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Positive signs for crops send corn prices lower

Positive signs for crops send corn prices lower

The Associated Press · May 27, 2014 9:50 pm

Egyptian women wait in line before casting their ballots at a polling station in a presidential election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office. (AP Photo/Ahmed Sayed)

Voices of Egypt’s voters on presidential election

The Associated Press · May 26, 2014 6:27 pm

Egyptian women chat in front of a banner showing presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the country's former military chief, center, along with late presidents Anwar Sadat, right, and Gamal Abdel-Nasser, left, two days before presidential elections in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Considered all but certain to win is el-Sissi, the man who removed the former president, Mohammed Morsi. El-Sissi, who for the past 10 months has been the most powerful figure in Egypt, faces one other candidate in the race, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished third in the 2012 presidential election. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Things to know about this week’s election in Egypt

The Associated Press · May 25, 2014 4:41 pm

From right, Kelly Preston, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, director Quentin Tarantino and producer Laurence Bender arrive for the screening of Sils Maria at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

CANNES WATCH: Uma Thurman wows; designers pop up

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 9:42 pm

Commodities end mixed ahead of Memorial Day

Commodities end mixed ahead of Memorial Day

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 9:05 pm

Trader Neil Catania, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 23, 2014. Stocks inched higher early Friday in quiet trading ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

S&P 500 index closes above 1,900 for first time

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 8:09 pm

Oil above $104 ahead of US holiday, Ukraine vote

Oil above $104 ahead of US holiday, Ukraine vote

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 7:24 pm

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows an Office Depot Gibson Leather Task Chair. The chair is being recalled because the mounting plate weld can break and separate the seat from the base of the chair, posing a fall hazard to consumers. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)

Recalls this week: Office chairs, smoke alarms

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 5:12 pm

Trader Neil Catania, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 23, 2014. Stocks inched higher early Friday in quiet trading ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks move higher ahead of Memorial Day holiday

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 3:53 pm

Stocks open higher ahead of Memorial Day holiday

Stocks open higher ahead of Memorial Day holiday

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 1:53 pm

CANNES WATCH: Apology for love-triangle plane plot

CANNES WATCH: Apology for love-triangle plane plot

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 10:15 am

A look at major construction on NYC’s west side

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 10:00 am