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New Jersey Transit says passengers were stranded for more than three hours after their train broke down and their rescue train became disabled.

Company officials say a chemical leak at a Houston-area plant has forced the closure of some nearby roads, as a precaution.

Southwest Airlines says no one was injured when one of its planes aborted takeoff at Midway International Airport in Chicago due to a mechanical issue.

Alcoa Inc. said its second-quarter earnings rose 1.4% as weak aluminum prices hurt results at its smelting operations.

All United Continental flights in the U.S. are currently grounded due to computer problems.

Homes and businesses damaged by flooding in Niobrara and Johnson counties can seek federal aid thanks to a federal disaster declaration.

Amtrak passenger service disrupted by a freight train derailment is expected to resume Wednesday along the Chicago-to-St. Louis line.

Danish shipping and oil group A.P.

What was to be a five-hour trip between Chicago and St. Louis turned into a 14-hour ordeal for passengers aboard an Amtrak train due to a truck accident and the derailment of a freight train.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Humana Inc. (HUM), up $1.46 to $188.96 The health insurer provided a lower-than-expected second-quarter profit outlook as it moves ahead with its buyout of Aetna Inc.

Los Angeles building officials approved plans to build a 1 million-square-foot complex of skyscrapers, stores and restaurants in the heart of Hollywood, agreeing with the developer that an earthquake fault underneath the property is too old to be considered active.

Ohio University officials say the campus nestled in the state's coal-mining country will transition from coal to natural gas fuel by the end of the year.

The latest government report shows airlines doing a little better at arriving on time.

Europe's low-cost airline Ryanair says it will start its first cheap flights in and out of Israel in November.

It took $817 million, two starts, more than six years and one worker's life to drill a so-called "Third Straw" to make sure glittery casinos and sprawling suburbs of Las Vegas can keep getting drinking water from near the bottom of drought-stricken Lake Mead.

Three villages in Long Island's Hamptons region are looking to slow down, or even stop, a growing trend of constructing ever-larger homes on small plots of real estate.

Footwear company New Balance says the military has been slow to deliver on its promise to outfit recruits in sneakers 100 percent made and manufactured in America.

Southwest Airlines says it has a tentative contract agreement with the union representing its flight attendants.

Missouri utility regulators on Wednesday denied a company's request to construct a high-voltage power line in Missouri that was planned for a multistate wind energy project.

Hundreds of Milwaukee County union bus drivers went on strike early Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of commuters scrambling to make alternative plans to get to work and elsewhere.