Nov 20 - By Jim Salter, Associated Press Writer
A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.
Nov 20 - By Jim Salter, Associated Press Writer
A jury is deliberating the fate of a black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers in Missouri

Nov 19 - By Eve Tahmincioglu, Career and labor reporter
For two months this holiday season, an empty jewelry store in midtown Manhattan has been magically transformed into a toy train shop, complete with a Christmas tree and electric engines chugging along miniature tracks.
Nov 17 - By The Associated Press, HO
Police in Venice, Fla., said Wednesday that two suspects who attempted to rob a T.J. Maxx store Tuesday night left before police arrived, creating what they believed to be a hostage situation, the HeraldTribune.com reported.
Nov 17 - By Associated Press
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. plans to open a restaurant in London, its first location in Europe.
Nov 16 - By Betsy Taylor, Associated Press Writer
Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.
Nov 15 - By Associated Press
Paraguayan authorities say 1,200 people have escaped a fire that destroyed a supermarket on the outskirts of the capital, killing two people.
Nov 10 - By Associated Press
Six people are on their way to the hosptial after a strange smell sickened more than a dozen people at a Maryland grocery store.
Nov 7 - By Associated Press
In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat.
Nov 5 - By Mae Anderson, AP Retail Writer
Borders Group Inc., the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, said Thursday it would shutter more of its small-format Waldenbooks stores in January as it focuses on its more profitable superstores.

Nov 1 - By Alysia Patterson, Associated Press Writer
A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday.
Oct 14 - By Meghan Barr, Associated Press Writers
A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, police said, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
Oct 14 - By Meghan Barr, Associated Press Writers
Police say an Ohio woman being driven around in a limousine announced at a coat store she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases but ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax. Columbus police Lt. Michael Deakins says the woman announced Tuesday she'd spend $500 on everyone at a Burlington Coat Factory, prompting customers to gather at registers and call relatives.
Oct 5 - By Associated Press
Shares of major department-store operators rose on Monday amid positive comments from an analyst who predicted strong same-store sales in September. The broader market rose, as well.
Sep 16 - By Associated Press
A woman took a stranger's toddler son over her knee and spanked him three times inside a Salvation Army store after he said something that annoyed her, police said Wednesday.
Sep 11 - By Associated Press
Two Oklahoma men have been arrested for allegedly playing a pornographic DVD on display televisions at a Fort Smith Wal-Mart. Sebastian County jail records show 20-year-olds Cody Allen Sexton and Kenny Dean Andrews were arrested on a felony obscenity complaint.
Aug 25 - By Associated Press
Police said a man was arrested at a grocery store after workers found him at a table in the deli, eating avocados, cake and other items. Bismarck Police Lt. Randy Ziegler said the 38-year-old man was intoxicated and had a hearty spread, including cake, cookies and plums, in the deli area of Cashwise Foods about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Aug 22 - By Associated Press
The wife of former North Carolina Sen. and presidential candidate John Edwards has opened a furniture store.
Aug 19 - By Associated Press
Self storage company U-Store-It Trust said Wednesday it made $161.2 million from a public offering of 32.2 million common shares.
Aug 17 - By Associated Press
A man who beat to death a mini-mart clerk with a baseball bat, hoping the crime would lead to "suicide by cop," was sentenced to more than three decades in prison.
Aug 13 - By Associated Press
U-Store-It Trust said Thursday that it has priced the public offering of 28 million shares of its common stock to the public at $5.25 per share.
Aug 10 - By Associated Press
Bashas' food stores said it plans to ask permission from a judge to close 14 underperforming stores as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
Jul 16 - By Lauren Shepherd, AP Business Writer
Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it is wiping its name from one of its Seattle-area stores and adding alcohol to the menu.

Jul 15 - By Mike Brunker, msnbc.com writer and editor
ELKHART, Ind. - At an age where her biggest concern should be spending more time with her grandkids, Ann Cari is teetering on the edge of an economic precipice.
Jul 13 - By Associated Press
A federal bankruptcy judge is allowing bankrupt Bashas' food stores to tap $27.3 million from various accounts to pay wages and benefits earned by employees last week.