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The fact that not every community receives glum economic news at the same time, or in the same measure, is a mixed blessing.

A few days ago, leaders in St. Joseph might have offered a sigh of relief that our city was not home to an auto plant at a time when the industry was going through wrenching change.

On that day, there were no glaring headlines in the News-Press or somber Chamb...

Gasoline and diesel fuel prices hovering in the stratosphere don't seem to be having an impact on the number of people expected to pour into the Central Coast to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.

All 1,000 camp sites in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area are booked, as are virtually all the Central Coast's state and local campgrounds....

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart walks to his car for a qualifying run Friday afternoon, July 4, 2008, for Saturday night's running of the Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Glenn Smith) By JENNA FRYER

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart's freaky season of bad luck took another turn when the two-time NASCAR champion fell ill before the start o...