Correction: Dwindling Bathhouses story

LOS ANGELES — In a story Aug. 23 about the declining number of gay bathhouses The Associated Press reported erroneously that Todd Saporito, the CEO of Ohio-based Flex Spas, ran the Gay Games that were held in Cleveland. Saporito held events at his bathhouse...

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US economy forecast to grow by 1.5 percent in 2014

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday forecast that the U.S. economy will grow by just 1.5 percent in 2014, undermined by a poor performance during the first three months of the year. The new assessment was considerably more pessimistic...

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VMA Awards, rising 'Big Brother' top week's ratings

CBS' "Big Brother" had its best week of the summer and claimed the top three series spots in the weekly demo rankings, but it was no match for MTV's "Video Music Awards." Though it was down from last year, the Sunday awards show remains a popular draw...

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3 ways insurers can discourage sick from enrolling

Insurers can no longer reject customers with expensive medical conditions thanks to the health care overhaul, but there's still wiggle room for them to discourage the sickest and costliest patients from enrolling. Insurance companies can exclude some...

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US indexes drift a day after record; Express gains

Stocks were mostly flat in midday trading Wednesday after wavering between small gains and losses through much of the morning. Investors had their eye on a batch of company earnings and the latest corporate deal news. Trading volume was light ahead of...

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GM to move Cadillac SRX production to Tenn.

SPRING HILL, Tenn. — General Motors is moving production of the next-generation Cadillac SRX crossover SUV from Mexico to a factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The company also announced Wednesday that it will add production of some small gasoline engines...

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Time Warner Cable suffers nationwide Internet, video-on-demand outage

Time Warner Cable's broadband and video-on-demand services were knocked offline for at least an hour and a half Wednesday, with the cable company saying most services were restored by 6 a.m. Eastern. TW Cable said the outage occurred at about 4:30 a.m....

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Time Warner Cable says outages largely resolved

NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable said Wednesday that service was largely restored after a problem during routine maintenance caused a nationwide outage of its Internet service for hours. The company said it is still investigating the cause of the problem,...

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West Africans get creative with Ebola awareness

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — A young man on camera names the person who's challenged him to dump the contents of a bucket over his head. But in a twist on the ice bucket challenge, this man is soon drenched in frothy, soapy water — part of a campaign to raise...

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SEC adopts rules on loan-backed securities

WASHINGTON — Financial firms that sell securities backed by loans, like the kind that fueled the 2008 financial crisis, will have to give investors details on borrowers' credit record and income under action taken Wednesday by federal regulators. The...

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