New Jersey joins a list of states considering privatizing their lotteries

New Jersey joins a list of states considering privatizing their lotteries: Interested in a piece of New Jersey's government? With Gov. Christie in office, now's the time to buy, buy, buy.

A bank of big dreams, big losses

A bank of big dreams, big losses: United Bank - the city's only black-owned bank - was founded in 1992 with modest capital and big dreams, as a path to economic success for the city's African American community.

Obama Campaign Defends New Bin Laden Web Ad

Obama Campaign Defends New Bin Laden Web Ad: Campaign backs video that questions if Romney would've ordered bin Laden raid, which his adviser called 'divisive'

White House Keeps Lid on Photos of Bid Laden Raid

Weaker Al Qaeda Dreams of Payback

Saudi Arabia: Bin Laden Wives Have No Terror Ties

British Red Cross Worker Killed in Pakistan

Health-care fraudster to pay $1.3M

Health-care fraudster to pay $1.3M: A MONTGOMERY County man who bilked Medicare in an ambulance-transport scheme was sentenced Thursday to time served and ordered to repay the government health-insurance program for seniors more than $1.3 million.

Sheriff's Office seeks extra $3.5 million

Sheriff's Office seeks extra $3.5 million: PHILADELPHIA Sheriff Jewell Williams wants $3.5 million more for his office than last year to pay for more deputies, accounting help and a new computer system.

Apple considered iPhone with physical keyboard? Wait, what?

Apple considered iPhone with physical keyboard? Wait, what?: According to former Apple engineer Tony Fadell, one of the proposals for the first iPhone was a hardware keyboard.
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Hey, kids, more moms want iPads for Mother's Day

Hey, kids, more moms want iPads for Mother's Day: A survey suggests that tablets and smartphones are swiftly catching up to jewelry and flowers as gifts that mothers crave (or, at least, feel they deserve) for Mother's Day.
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Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation

Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation: Rebuttal comes in the wake of a report claiming the tech giant goes to great lengths to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes.
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Video: Sixers Wrap up Roller Coaster Season

Video: Sixers Wrap up Roller Coaster Season: Can the 76ers finish the NBA season strong? CineSport's Noah Coslov and The Philadelphia Daily News' Bob Cooney discuss this and if Philadelphia will play the Bulls or the Heat in the playoffs.

NBA commissioner David Stern impressed with Sixers owners

NBA commissioner David Stern impressed with Sixers owners: At the Associated Press Sports Editors meeting with NBA commissioner David Stern yesterday, Stern said he is impressed with what the Sixers' new owners have done in their first season.

Walgreens settles amid probe

Walgreens settles amid probe: Walgreens will pay the government $7.9 million in a settlement reached amid allegations the drugstore chain illegally paid kickbacks so that prescriptions would be transferred to its pharmacies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.

Cops: Killer's lover was victim's ex

Cops: Killer's lover was victim's ex: A MAN who fatally shot an Upper Darby barber in front of his customers, one of whom was a 4-year-old boy, was the boyfriend of the barber's ex, police said Thursday.

Henon to landlords: Stand and deliver

Henon to landlords: Stand and deliver: CITY COUNCILMAN Bobby Henon plans to haul allegedly negligent landlords into City Hall to answer for why they've let properties deteriorate, going as far as to single out eight people during Council's session Thursday.

What's next for LivingSocial

What's next for LivingSocial:

Gas prices continue retreat below $3.90

Gas prices continue retreat below $3.90: The price of an average gallon of regular gasoline declined for the third straight day Thursday, putting a crimp -- at least temporarily -- in one of the fastest and steepest runups in recent memory.

Where have all the women's jobs gone?

Where have all the women's jobs gone?: More jobless Americans are finding work these days, but they are mainly lucky fellas.

It's safe to sell your home again

It's safe to sell your home again: Given everything they knew about the lackluster housing market, Meghann and Cort Battles didn't expect much when they listed their four-bedroom home in Centennial, a Denver suburb, for sale in January. So they were taken aback by the onslaught of interest.

What Buffett means to Berkshire

What Buffett means to Berkshire: FORTUNE -- Warren Buffett, it appears, is worth less than he used to be. Shares of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) fell slightly, down about 1%, on Wednesday, a day after the company's legendary CEO announced he has Stage 1 prostate cancer. Buffett said his condition is "not remotely life-threatening" and would barely slow him down. (He won't be able to travel, while getting radiation treatment, for two months starting in mid-July.) Surely, part of the small drop has to do with the fact that few think Buffett is going anywhere soon. Nonetheless, the muted reaction of Berkshire's shares raise the question of just what investors think the 81-year-old CEO is worth to the company and its shares. The answer might be a lot less than they used to.

Baseball's new price tag

Baseball's new price tag: A question posed by the $2.15 billion bid to buy the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers (the most money ever paid for a sports franchise): Is the team really worth that much? Thanks to increasingly lucrative TV contracts, it very well could be. As the graph below of team sales since 2003 demonstrates, a larger audience drastically ups the franchise's price. Angels owner Arte Moreno knows this all too well. He spent more signing slugger Albert Pujols than it cost to buy the team in 2003.

AmEx is putting the customer back in customer service

AmEx is putting the customer back in customer service: Call-center customer service has become a finely honed discipline, but usually it seems honed to cut time: The agent is superficially friendly, but nothing can derail that person's mission of getting you off the phone fast. Service at American Express wasn't much different from that before Jim Bush was put in charge of it in 2005. His basic insight was that breaking with industry orthodoxy by transforming those conversations into less structured, more human engagements would pay off. Instead of evaluating service reps mainly by how quickly they got you off the phone, as many companies still do, he switched to the net promoter score developed by Bain's Fred Reichheld. It's based on one question: Would you recommend this company to a friend? AmEx's score has risen significantly under Bush's direction, and he was right -- it pays off. Customer spending is up, attrition is down.