SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Procter & Gamble Co., Dell Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. Allergan Inc. (AGN) is expected to post third-quarter earnings of 79 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson …

I actually read Joe Wilson’s book, which is more than I can say for all those so-called reviewers that are reviewing my book on Amazon without ever having seen the thing. Ok, I digress. I did read Wilson’s book. I think I’m reporting this right when I say that Joe …

Breathing dirty, polluted air may increase your risk of suffering the most common type of stroke, according to a new study. Air pollution has already been linked to a higher risk of heart attack and other heart-related problems such as heart failure. But researchers say this is the first study …

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – Hurricane Wilma rapidly strengthened into one of the Americas’ most intense storms ever and lashed Caribbean coastlines Wednesday, forcing tourists to flee as it threatened to slam into Cancun and southern Florida. Wilma briefly grew into a monstrous Category 5 storm before weakening to a …

NEW YORK – U.S. stock markets on Friday shrugged off a threat against the New York City subway system, providing the latest evidence of how inured equity investors have grown to security menaces. In the year following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks the market was often roiled by threats at …

LOS ANGELES – Farm and ranch supplies retailer Tractor Supply Co. (TSCO) Wednesday said its quarterly profit more than doubled, beating Wall Street estimates, thanks to higher prices on its products and cost controls. Net income for the third quarter rose to $18.3 million, or 45 cents per share, from …

PARIS – Anna Wintour (search), editor in chief of Vogue magazine, was hit with a tofu pie by anti-fur demonstrators as she attended Paris fashion week. Dan Mathews, vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (search), said the vegetarian tofu tart was retaliation for Vogue’s decision to …

CANCUN, Mexico – Hurricane Wilma tore into Mexico’s resort-studded Mayan Riviera on Friday with torrential rains and shrieking winds, filling the streets with water, shattered glass and debris as thousands of stranded tourists hunkered down in hotel ballrooms and emergency shelters. Packing winds of 140 mph, the storm shattered windows …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – State officials late Friday night won a temporary stay from the U.S. Supreme Court (search), blocking a federal judge’s order requiring Missouri corrections officials to take an inmate to a St. Louis abortion clinic Saturday. Justice Clarence Thomas (search), acting alone, granted the stay pending a …

HOUSTON – Roger Clemens (search) would love to carry his hometown Houston Astros to their first World Series, and he put them in pretty good position to get there. Clemens held the Cardinals in check with six gritty innings, Mike Lamb (search) homered and Houston held off St. Louis 4-3 …