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AP Photo/Bill Wolf) NU Board of Regent Jim McClurg of Lincoln, left, takes notes during public testimony Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at the regent's monthly meeting in Lincoln, Neb., regarding the expansion or restriction of embryonic stem cell research as...

Big hits are nothing new in college football, but Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy says he's seeing a lot more of them these days. Texas Tech safety Jamar Wall delivered the latest wallop, laying out OSU quarterback Zac Robinson, and...

M ichael Falco for The Globe and Mail George Soros at his offices in midtown Manhattan Shares of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan hit a five-month high and led the Toronto Stock Exchange to higher ground Tuesday, after the hedge fund...

Neb. – Bone-rattling, head-jarring hits are nothing new, but Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy says he’s seeing more of them these days in college football. Gundy witnessed firsthand a cringe-inducing wallop when quarterback Zac Robinson was laid out by Texas...

The Sage of Omaha has made what maybe his smartest, best and boldest investment yet by buying the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad. By buying the BNSF, Warren Buffett has positioned himself to profit from the future of American transportation....

What does every one think of what happened at Fort Hood? I was watching it on the news and listening to the reports. I was wondering what people were thinking about it. Like, what do you make of the military's...

ConAgra Foods posted weaker quarterly sales on Tuesday, though its profit beat expectations. The news raised concerns about the strength of its brands as consumers buy more private-label goods, leading its shares lower. ConAgra, which sold units to focus more...

When Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe took her seat on the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday morning, she had only an inkling of how she’d vote on health care reform. She wanted the budget experts to weigh in before making up her...

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