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** FILE ** An attendee shakes hands with Hoovers Mobile's remote-controlled Robot Hoovie at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2009. (Associated Press)
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Disbarred Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein (left) and financier Allen Stanford have both pleaded not guilty to massive investment scams in 2009.
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A sign for a newly constructed home advertises a financing rate in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The Federal Reserve has been attempting to keep 30-year mortgage rates low to encourage home sales and help the battered housing market. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS **FILE** Job seekers line up in front of a Dollar General booth at a Little Rock, Ark., job fair in October. Some economists and business executives warn that health care and climate-change costs on corporations would stifle the ability of employers to hire workers.
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** FILE ** Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, who now is retired, was an Army vice chief of staff. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Valero Energy Corp.'s Delaware City, Del., refinery lost about $1 million every day this year. Falling fuel demand has forced refineries across the country to shut down and put hundreds of employees out of work.
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Associated press photographs Intel Corp. is paying $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), its largest rival in the market for computer processors, to settle all antitrust and patent suits, the companies said. However, Intel must deal with antitrust charges filed by governments, most notably in Europe, at the urging of AMD.
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Associated press A Brooklyn brownstone building is for sale by its owner in New York. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third quarter of this year and that home sales continued to increase.
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** FILE ** A Peace Corps volunteer works with local women in Liberia. About one-third of Peace Corps applicants are selected for service. (Peace Corps)
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An Anadarko Petroleum Corp. crew works on a drilling platform near Mead, Colo. A private measure of U.S. manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace in more than three years.
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A shopper pushes her purchases and a child outside a T.J. Maxx clothing store in Braintree, Mass. TJX, the parent company of both Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, is hoping to take advantage of so-called "frugal fatigue."
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Tony Podesta
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** FILE ** Starbucks Corp., based in Seattle, hopes its new venture into instant coffee, Via, will be as prevalent in stores as its packaged coffee is now. The Starbucks instant comes in just shy of a $1 a cup, compared with the pennies a cup of home-brewed joe can cost. (Associated Press)
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PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY D.C. DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH REHABILITATION SERVICES The $45 million New Beginnings Development Youth Center in Laurel opened in May, replacing the trouble-plagued Oak Hill Juvenile Detention Center. It houses 60 male youths.
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UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT COMIC TRADE: NBC Universal, owner of the popular Spider-Man ride in Orlando, Fla., could suffer a loss of revenue now that Disney has purchased Marvel and its cast of characters.BLOOMBERG NEWS A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse sits in front of the Magic Kingdom, part of the Walt Disney World theme park and resort in Orlando, Fla. The company. announced last week it had purchased Marvel Entertainment Inc. and its comic book heroes and villians for about $4 billion.
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**FILE** Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called Israel's plan to construct new housing units in West Bank settlements despite U.S. calls for a building freeze “completely unacceptable.” (Associated Press)
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Environmentalists say the delta smelt population has declined because state and federal water pumps suck in and kill smelt, which usually spawn in the delta's upper reaches in spring.
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Former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Monday he fears that artificial intelligence will empower America’s enemies to engage in biological warfare. (AP, file)
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Pipes carrying liquid natural gas, or LNG, and electrical lines run toward a storage tank at the Distrigas liquid natural-gas plant in Everett, Mass. Some energy experts say there is sufficient liquid natural-gas storage capacity in the U.S. to make natural gas a good choice for serving the nation's energy needs until other energy sources become more common.
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President Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich share a few words during introductions at the National Summit on Retirement Savings at the Hyatt Hotel in Washington. (Agence France-Presse Images)
