Alpha Natural Resources said Thursday it expects to lay off 1,100 workers at 11 southern West Virginia surface coal mines by mid-October, citing dismal markets and federal regulation.

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An Alaska Native regional corporation and six Native Village corporations have signed an agreement with a Shell Oil subsidiary that aims to share the profits from offshore drilling off Alaska’s northern coast.

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The Canadian owner of a company that won nearly $1 billion in contracts to provide steel for the construction of the World Trade Center’s tallest building and an adjacent transit center has been arrested on fraud charges.

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A federal mediator is on her way to New York to try to resolve a labor faceoff at the Metropolitan Opera.

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California’s Republican candidate for governor says he spent a week living as a homeless person in search of a job to test Gov. Jerry Brown’s claim that the state is making a comeback after the economic downturn.

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A judge has ordered Kellogg to put employees at its Memphis, Tennessee, cereal production facility back to work.

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A report released Wednesday on the NCAA and its member schools shows fewer women holding jobs in college sports and only a small improvement in racial diversity.

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A small plane clipped the top of a store before it crashed in the parking lot of a San Diego shopping center, killing an 80-year-old passenger and seriously injuring the 52-year-old pilot, authorities said.

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The Metropolitan Opera wants to bring in a federal mediator to settle a contract dispute that’s threatening to lockout workers.

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A sharply divided Santa Fe City Council voted Wednesday to spend up to $100,000 to try to lure “The Bachelor” to the northern New Mexico city.

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