LA pushes for repayment for $3M Jackson memorial despite no law forcing Staples Center to pay. The Los Angeles city attorney still plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial, a spokesman said Monday, despite an audit concluding the event pumped even more dollars into the local economy.

LA pushes for repayment for $3M Jackson memorial despite no law forcing Staples Center to pay. The Los Angeles city attorney still plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial, a spokesman said Monday, despite an audit concluding the event pumped even more dollars into the local economy.

Wal-Mart confirms some Black Friday deals, adding to hype surrounding holiday shopping kickoff. The official kickoff for the holiday shopping season is more than a week away. But the nation's retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are already starting to let shoppers know about their fat discounts in hopes of attracting big crowds.

Scott Brown was not always the self-assured state senator, lawyer, National Guard officer, triathlete, and Republican candidate for US Senate that he is today. Far from it. He was once a shaggy-haired 12-year-old growing up in Wakefield, drifting into trouble. His parents divorced when he was a year old, he said, and each remarried three times. Asked if he had ever been arrested, Brown, choking up at times, related a story he said he had never told: ``My mom was on welfare a little bit, and, you know, I lived with my grandparents, I lived with my aunt, whatever. I was a jerk. I had some issues. You know, I was lost. . . . Mom was always working. . . . There was some violence in there where I would be sticking up for my mom and sisters. . . . I may get a little emotional. . . . And one day I was out with some older kids. . . . We were in Salem. . . . I had a pair of farmer overalls, and I stuck some records in them. . . . I was walking out, and a guy caught me. ``And so I was arrested a

Scott Brown was not always the self-assured state senator, lawyer, National Guard officer, triathlete, and Republican candidate for US Senate that he is today. Far from it. He was once a shaggy-haired 12-year-old growing up in Wakefield, drifting into trouble. His parents divorced when he was a year old, he said, and each remarried three times. Asked if he had ever been arrested, Brown, choking up at times, related a story he said he had never told: ``My mom was on welfare a little bit, and, you know, I lived with my grandparents, I lived with my aunt, whatever. I was a jerk. I had some issues. You know, I was lost. . . . Mom was always working. . . . There was some violence in there where I would be sticking up for my mom and sisters. . . . I may get a little emotional. . . . And one day I was out with some older kids. . . . We were in Salem. . . . I had a pair of farmer overalls, and I stuck some records in them. . . . I was walking out, and a guy caught me. ``And so I was arrested a

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Staples Inc and Home Depot Inc are collaborating with environmental groups in a pilot program aimed at conserving fast-disappearing Southern U.S. forests, organizers said on Thursday.

Arena owner: LA city attorney bullied him to pay $6M for policing Jackson memorial. The owner of the Staples Center arena said the city attorney bullied and threatened him in an effort to recover millions of dollars the city spent to police last summer's Michael Jackson memorial.

Arena owner: LA city attorney bullied him to pay $6M for policing Jackson memorial. The owner of the Staples Center arena said the city attorney bullied and threatened him in an effort to recover millions of dollars the city spent to police last summer's Michael Jackson memorial.

TITLE BOUT Mauricio Rua tries to take the light heavyweight belt from undefeated champ Lyoto Machida tonight, one of 11 bouts on the UFC 104 card at the Staples

LA police link con man to thefts from Israeli basketball team, Chivas USA and salsa troupe. A man with slicked-back hair who stole $26,000 in cash and jewelry from an Israeli basketball team at the Staples Center also scammed his way into two downtown hotels to steal thousands of dollars from Chivas de Guadalajara soccer players and a salsa music troupe, police said Wednesday.

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - For "This Is It," Michael Jackson's planned 50-concert residency at London's O2 Arena, the star's sudden death really could have been "it," with millions of dollars lost for producer/promoter AEG Live and the star's vision never realized.

`The Box'' almost squeezes the non-anatomical part your stomach that tenses up in moments of dread. Considering how long it's been since a movie's gotten near that part of my stomach, that's not an insignificant ``almost.'' James Marsden and a twangy Cameron Diaz, looking like a Pan-Am flight attendant, play Arthur and Norma Lewis. A package appears on the doorstep of their 1976 Virginia home. It's a small wooden chest topped with a red game-show button. Not much later a man calling himself Arlington Steward (Frank Langella) arrives with instructions but without a section of his face (he looks like one of those life-size anatomical cutaways). If the Lewises push the button, a stranger will die, but they'll receive a million dollars. After some deliberation, they go for it. The resolve Diaz uses to smack the button is the same used by people hitting the Easy button in those Staples ads. But Kelly could have stamped his button with ``hard.'' The consequences are strange and brutally inhu

Retailers use social media to advertise Black Friday deals. You may want to check Facebook and Twitter before heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. retailers looking for a much-needed sales boost may find a glimmer of hope in a survey released on Tuesday showing consumers have not yet finished the majority of their back-to-school shopping.

The Dow pared earlier gains but ended the day in positive territory, while financial stocks weighed on the TSX . Today on Stockhouse

5:15 p.m. Update: Most major indexes turned good gains into modest losses Monday, snapping a four-session win streak. Only the Dow managed a small gain.

Staples Inc. second-quarter earnings at a glance. Staples Inc., the nation's largest office supplies retailer, reported its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 39 percent compared with a year earlier, hurt by its acquisition of Corporate Express. Here's a look at some of the highlights of the earnings report.

Staples says back-to-school promotions are on par with last year. Staples reported Tuesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 39 percent, while sales at Staples stores open at least a year, a key industry metric known as same-store sales, fell 5 percent in the second quarter as average order size fell.

Staples 2nd-qtr profit slips on acquisition cost but adjusted results meet forecasts. Office supply chain Staples Inc.'s sales fell less in the second quarter than earlier this year, but the company said Tuesday that its profit dropped 39 percent, mainly because of its acquisition of Dutch chain Corporate Express.

10:15 a.m. Update: The major indexes moved sharply higher to open Tuesday's session, following an encouraging housing report.