Posted: 9:12 AM U.S. stocks are rising in early trading, a day after their worst drop since 2008.

Posted: 8:28 AM Gold prices are pushing to new heights as investors digest the possible consequences of the lowered U.S. credit rating and Europe's debt crisis.

Posted: 1:20 PM President Barack Obama says the U.S. always is and always has been a triple-A country, despite its rating agency downgrade.

Posted: 11:22 AM U.S. stocks are joining a global sell-off in the first trading since Standard & Poor's downgraded American debt and gave investors another reason to be anxious.

Posted: 10:24 AM President Barack Obama plans to deliver a statement about the economy as the nation grapples with the first downgrade of U.S. debt in the country's history.

Posted: 9:41 AM Officials at Standard & Poor's are downgrading the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt.

Updated: 8:09 PM Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's is defending its decision to downgrade the United States' credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings.

Updated: 10:26 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The Postal Service said Friday it lost $3.1 billion in the April through June period.

Updated: 10:10 PM The possibility of mandatory water restrictions is one step closer in College Station. Those who oversee water usage in that city tell News 3, the heat and drought are taking its toll on the amount of water that can be stored and treated in the city.

Posted: 11:00 AM Stocks are falling for the eighth straight day as worries about the economy deepen.

Updated: 1:03 PM Kenneth Neatherlin announced today that he has successfully negotiated the purchase of the Neatherlin Homes Brand back from Jim Walter Homes. Jim Walter Homes bought Neatherlin Homes in the late 90’s and operated it until it ceased all Jim Walter Homes. operations in 2009. Included in the purchase are all the intellectual property rights and the former Neatherlin Homes sales center location on Hwy. 6 in Bryan, TX.

Posted: 10:06 AM Oil prices are below $93 a barrel, as concerns persist about the slowing global economy.

Posted: 9:50 AM Oil prices are below $93 a barrel, as concerns persist about the slowing global economy.

Updated: 9:37 AM So we already know what the debt-limit debate did for leaders in Washington: nothing pretty. By and large, the American people were turned off by both parties, infuriated that political squabbling might do measurable damage to the nation’s bottom line.

Posted: 5:26 PM Moody's Investors Service says the United States will retain its triple-A bond rating following passage of legislation to boost the debt ceiling. But the rating agency says it is lowering the outlook for possible future changes to negative.

Posted: 4:23 PM A sell-off is erasing all of the year's gains in the stock market.

Updated: 10:14 AM General Motors says its U.S. sales rose nearly 8 percent last month, led by fuel-efficient vehicles such as the Chevrolet Cruze car.

Posted: 9:39 AM Stocks are falling in early trading ahead of a Senate vote to raise the nation's borrowing limit.

Posted: 5:50 PM Texas A&M has established a new record for football season tickets sold with 42,151 purchased by the end of business on Friday. The previous record was 38,877 prior to the 2008 season. Combined with the 31,000 student season tickets allocated, a total of 73,151 season passes are in place at Kyle Field's capacity of 83,002.

Posted: 10:31 AM The Dow Jones industrial average is sinking after a key manufacturing index dropped sharply in July.

Posted: 10:28 AM The Obama administration says health insurance plans must cover birth control for women with no copays.

Posted: 3:03 PM An agreement between the White House and automakers includes a doubling of overall fuel economy by the year 2025 -- when vehicles are supposed to average 54.5 miles per gallon.

Posted: 1:23 PM Finding work may not be quite that simple, but it sure seems that way. While the nation's job growth has limped along since the economic recovery began two years ago, the Lone Star State is enlarging payrolls in Texas-size fashion.

Updated: 9:46 AM The United Auto Workers union wants a bigger share of Detroit's newfound profits while the car companies hope to cut labor costs in contract talks that begin Monday.

Updated: 3:41 PM There's still no clear path to an agreement on deficit cuts that will avert a first-ever U.S. government default in less than two weeks.