Updated: 9:49 AM Texas medical schools feel like the scorned children of the state’s education budget.

Posted: 6:38 AM St. Joseph Regional Health Center has received the American Stroke Association’s (ASA) Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

Updated: 9:50 AM Americans waste an estimated 14 percent to 40 percent of the food produced for consumption. It happens in fields, stores and your kitchen. That's bad for the environment, and it can be very bad for your wallet.

Posted: 9:46 AM Oil prices are falling after factory production and new home construction declined in the U.S. last month.

Posted: 9:37 AM Oil is falling as fears ease that Gulf Coast refineries may be affected by flooding.

Posted: 10:34 AM Companies in March advertised the most jobs since the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, a sign that hiring is likely to remain healthy in the months ahead.

Posted: 1:46 PM Stocks are rising after Microsoft said it would buy Skype for $8.5 billion and more companies reported strong earnings.

Posted: 10:39 AM Oil is falling again in volatile trading as investors try to gauge where the market is headed.

Posted: 9:47 AM Stocks are mixed at the opening of trading after commodity prices rose, along with worries about Greece's debt problems.

Updated: 11:12 AM The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce put together a delegation that visited the capitol in Austin earlier this year. Now, they're going to a different capitol.

Updated: 5:46 PM NEW YORK (AP) — Some relief from suffocating gas prices will likely arrive just in time for summer vacation. Expect a drop of nearly 50 cents as early as June, analysts say.

Updated: 1:06 PM High gas prices are eating into the economic recovery, diminishing the political boost President Obama has received from the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Updated: 6:48 PM It was a battle of the Twin Cities Wednesday afternoon, all for a good cause and to show the importance of tourism.

Updated: 10:39 PM The College Station-Bryan job market is growing faster and has greater momentum than most of the nation’s cities, according to Forbes Magazine.

Posted: 11:11 AM Stocks are rising modestly following the death of Osama bin Laden and several strong earnings reports.

Posted: 9:54 AM Manufacturing grew for the 21st straight month in April, though at a slightly slower pace than the previous month.

Posted: 10:12 AM Americans saw their incomes rise in March and this spurred higher spending. But much of the extra money went to pay for more costly gasoline.

Updated: 9:52 AM SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A trip to the grocery store just keeps getting more expensive.

Updated: 9:32 AM You might have heard that skyrocketing gas prices have finally "plateaued." If gas prices were like gravity, you would anticipate they would start plummeting soon. But that would be a wrong assumption.

Updated: 8:47 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and at least 10 major markets are at their lowest point since the housing bubble burst.

Posted: 12:19 AM Adidas today announced partnerships with top NFL prospects Von Miller of Texas A&M and Randall Cobb of Kentucky.

Updated: 10:56 AM AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives is expected to soon vote on joining with other states in a formal agreement called an “interstate compact” related to federal health care programs.

Updated: 10:47 AM As he ramps up his 2012 re-election bid, President Obama on Thursday turns to one of his earliest and most pivotal constituencies of support when it comes to campaign cash: Hollywood.

Posted: 10:47 AM The unemployment rate fell in two-thirds of the nation's states last month, the latest evidence that the strengthening economy is encouraging many employers to boost hiring.

Posted: 10:11 AM Standard & Poor's Ratings Service has lowered its long-term outlook for the United States' sovereign debt to "Negative" from "Stable" due to risks from the country's growing deficit.