Moody's Investors Service downgrades Liberty Media LLC ratings. Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.

UConn officials say health center merger with Hartford Hospital not feasible. University of Connecticut officials say a plan to merge the UConn Health Center in Farmington with Hartford Hospital is unlikely to win official approval.

East Valley Tribune says buyer makes offer that may keep suburban Phoenix paper in business. The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business.

Wyoming files new lawsuit challenging Yellowstone snowmobile rules. The state of Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the National Park Service from further restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park.

Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

Northeast Pa. residents sue Houston-based natural gas driller over polluted water wells. Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud. The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what prosecutors say is the largest Oregon fraud case to emerge from the national real estate boom and bust.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.

LeBron scores season-high 40 as Cavaliers beat Pacers 105-95. LeBron James scored a season-high 40 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 105-95 on Friday night.

Philly transit union ratifies labor pact that was reached following strike. A labor agreement for Philadelphia transit workers has been ratified overwhelmingly by union members.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talks between General Electric and Vivendi over the future of NBC Universal have stalled, the New York Times reported on Friday night.

The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Qualia Capital LLC are interested in buying Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, home of the James Bond movies, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

Colo. coroner says mother of New Orleans Saints QB Brees died of drug overdose. The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc <DAL.N> says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines <9205.T>, the Wall Street Journal reported.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis has said he would consider postponing his retirement if directors need more time to find a successor or smooth the transition to the next CEO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Over a hundred miners were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Over a hundred miners were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

UC students protest 32 percent fee hike by occupying campus buildings in Berkeley, Santa Cruz. Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.