Oct 19 - By Associated Press
Victims of a 2003 crash in which an elderly driver plowed into a crowded farmers market can sue the city of Santa Monica for failing to protect them, a state appeals court ruled.
Aug 9 - By Tim Paradis, AP Business Writer
The realization that weakness in the U.S. housing and credit markets is spreading — and affecting companies and markets abroad — sent Wall Street skidding sharply lower once more.
Mar 2 - By Associated Press
Archaeologists have discovered extensive remains of what is believed to be an ancient marketplace with shops and a religious center at the southern edge of Athens, the Culture Ministry said Friday. The finds, in the coastal neighborhood of Voula, date from the 4th or 5th century B.C.
Feb 27 - By Madlen Read, AP Business Writer
After Wall Street saw its biggest losses on Tuesday since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, investors will be looking at fresh economic data on Wednesday to see if the plunge was justified.
Jan 16 - By Kim Gamel, AP Writer
An explosion outside a Baghdad university as students were heading home for the day killed at least 65 people on Tuesday in the deadliest of several attacks on predominantly Shiite areas. The attacks — and the announcement of four U.S. military deaths — came on a day the United Nations said more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians died last year in sectarian violence.
Nov 20 - By Rodrigo Estrada, AP Writer
An enormous fire at Central America's largest open-air market Monday killed 15 people, including three minors, and sent up columns of smoke visible six miles away. Witnesses said the blaze was sparked by a lit cigarette.
Nov 20 - By Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
An 89-year-old man whose car hurtled through a farmers market, killing 10 people, was let off on probation Monday by a judge who said he believed the defendant deserved to go prison but was too ill.
Oct 31 - By Vinnee Tong, AP Business Writer
For many industries, declining consumption, higher taxes and outright product bans would drag down share prices. Not for tobacco.
Sep 21 - By Andrew Glazer, AP Writer
An elderly man whose car roared through a farmers market, hitting more than 70 people and killing 10, told police he did everything he could to stop, according to a tape recording of the interview.
Aug 24 - By Ben Dobbin, AP Business Writer
An SUV driven by an 89-year-old man plowed into pedestrians and vendors at an open-air public market Thursday, injuring 10 people.
Jun 12 - By Ellen Simon, AP Business Writer
In a June 12 story, The Associated Press reported that the National Association of Realtors expects housing prices to rise 0.8 percent in 2006. The story should have specified that the figure refers to prices for new homes. NAR also expects prices for existing homes to rise 5.3 percent for the year.
Feb 23 - By Steve Gutterman, AP Writer
Rescuers paused repeatedly in hopes of hearing survivors trapped under concrete and metal beams Thursday after a snow-laden roof collapsed on one of Moscow's biggest markets, killing at least 56 people.