WASHINGTON (AP) — The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt. Read more »

COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — Cummins Inc. is recalling 400 laid-off workers as it resumes production of the Dodge Ram engine at a central Indiana factory. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — For many small business owners, the recession can have an upside in giving them opportunities to strengthen their relationships with customers. Read more »

SOUTH BEND — A low-cost carrier scheduled to fly from here to the New York City area starting July 13 has delayed those flights by one month. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's wife asked to stay in her $7 million Manhattan penthouse and wanted to take a fur coat with her before federal marshals seized the property. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Read more »

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed meeting on tobacco smuggling has barred cigarette companies from attending for fear they will try to influence delegates, participants said Thursday. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for a trio of bondholders opposed to General Motors' sale plan on Thursday urged a judge to call the government's bluff and require the automaker to restructure itself through a more traditional Chapter 11 process instead of through the quick sale of its assets. Read more »

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana software company has laid off 35 employees just months after cutting about 125 jobs. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's Corp. will begin selling a new line of bigger burgers priced at about $4 each on Thursday to bring in customers looking for a beefy alternative to pricier burgers at sit-down restaurants. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — A senior member of President Barack Obama's auto task force testified Wednesday that the U.S. government will not continue to fund General Motors Corp.'s operations if the automaker doesn't get approval to sell its assets to a new company within the next 10 days. Read more »

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a move by environmentalists to stop the $3.8 billion expansion of BP's oil refinery along Lake Michigan. Read more »

TOKYO (AP) — When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Read more »

CINCINNATI (AP) — Gillette has launched a new global advertising campaign that underscores parent company Procter & Gamble Co.'s efforts to expand the shaving brand to reach men with other grooming products. Read more »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wal-Mart has embraced President Barack Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers, adding momentum to the president's push for far-reaching changes to the nation's health care system. Read more »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Protests are planned in more than a dozen cities across the country to demand that a group of mortgage companies who benefited from federal bailout money participate in a government program designed to prevent foreclosures. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are pursuing charges against 10 more people in the Bernard Madoff financial scandal after the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in history was sentenced to spend the rest of his days behind bars, The Associated Press has learned. Read more »

NEW YORK (AP) — As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday. Read more »