'I've got my life back'

TRIUMPH: A Collin County woman beats back adversity. By Jim Kilpatrick, McKinney Courier-Gazette When Kelli Cough woke on her 27th birthday on February 11, 2004 she didn't know a head-on collision with another ...

Federal judge delays remainder of physician's fraud trial

A federal judge has continued until Sept.15 the health care fraud trial of a doctor accused of billing for unnecessary heart procedures.

Nanotherapeutics files INDA for NanoDOX hydrogel to treat type of diabetic ulcers

Nanotherapeutics announced today that it has submitted its first Investigational New Drug application to the FDA for a phase IIa clinical study for its product NanoDOX Hydrogel, a topical doxycycline hydrogel ...

Borough pays price for employee lawsuits

The borough's dealings with three employees who filed lawsuits against the borough have cost taxpayers more than $100,000 in the past three years, a Mercury analysis of borough records has shown.

Laboring on Labor Day: 'Somebody has to do it'

COSHOCTON - Labor Day has been a holiday for more than 100 years. The Department of Labor's Web site states, 'The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest ...

Jobs Decline 8th Month In a Row, Unemployment 6.1%

The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers ...

EPA Slaps Richford Farm With Fine For Wetlands Fill

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the owners of a Richford farm will be fined and ordered to make amends for illegally converting 40 acres of wetlands into hay fields.

EPA: Underground fires continuing at Northeast Ohio dump

BOLIVAR - Underground fires that have burned for several years at one of Ohio's largest landfills are continuing to spread, a federal environmental official said.

EPA adds Colorado mining site to Superfund list

An abandoned mining site blamed for leaking fish-killing contaminants into a creek in southwestern Colorado was added to the Superfund list on Wednesday, clearing the way for a cleanup at federal expense.

Our View: Oil market apparently misused

While much of the attention for solving the economic crisis of high gas prices has focused on more drilling, an important government investigation is suggesting that a big spike in prices in 2007 may have been ...

Federal Securities Laws: Judicial candidate accused

A candidate running for embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson's seat is facing a complaint brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that alleges he helped set up an improper stock scheme that ...

Hinsdale man accused by SEC of bilking investors of $1.7 mil.

A Hinsdale man is accused of swindling elderly investors out of more than $1.7 million to lavish gifts on his wife, secretary and pay for his daughter's college tuition, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...