LONDON – Jerry Hall (search) is in trouble below ground. Ads for her reality show, “Kept,” (search) have been banned from London’s subway system because the poster — which shows Hall surrounded by several half-naked men with her holding a leash wrapped around their necks — violates a rule banning …

If I have shares of penny stock and the Nasdaq drops it, how would I keep up with it? Let’s face it: By the time a stock is dumped from the Nasdaq, it has a lot more in common with a buffalo chip than a blue chip. Last year 440 …

BOSTO – As gasoline prices vault to well over $3 a gallon in many parts of the United States, some gas retailers are turning customers away because their pumps can’t be set above $3. About 200 gas sellers in rural Vermont own pumps too old to compute the higher prices, …

CRAWFORD, Texas – President Bush’s Thanksgiving Day agenda was a lot like that of most Americans: time with the family, plenty of turkey and dressing, maybe a nap in front of the Dallas-Denver football game. But before that, he took time out in the morning to call 10 members of …

BILLINGS, Mont. – Grizzly bears in areas surrounding Yellowstone National Park would be removed from the endangered species list under a proposal to be announced next week, officials said Thursday. The Interior Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined to comment on the proposal, but a congressional official …

CHICAGO – US Airways Group Inc. (LCC), which merged with America West Airlines in September, on Wednesday reported a wider third-quarter loss. The airline reported a net loss of $87 million, or $5.04 per diluted share, compared with $29 million, or $1.92 per diluted share, a year earlier. The consolidated …

WASHINGTON – Record oil prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and a drop in overall exports helped push the U.S. trade deficit to a record $66.1 billion in September, shattering the previous high of $60.4 billion set in February, the government said on Thursday. The record trade gap was …

AUGUSTA, Maine – In Augusta, Maine, window shopping is attracting a lot more guys than usual. A lingerie store called Spellbound is grabbing attention with live models in the window. Some people have complained, but police say there is nothing illegal about the lingerie models. “It’s tainting the wholesome businesses …

RALEIGH, N.C. – One of the nation’s leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined Monday to protect it from criminal prosecution should it fail to disclose software code as required by state law. Diebold Inc., which makes automated …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Arab-American college student was convicted Tuesday of joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush. The federal jury rejected Ahmed Omar Abu Ali’s claim that Saudi authorities whipped and tortured him to extract a false confession. Abu Ali, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen born to a …