including Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Mariano's, Fry's, Smith's, King Soopers, QFC and others. The company has more than 2,700 stores and employs 409,000 workers.

Talks about political status change for Guam have to start with the role the island plays in the defense of the United States, according to the opening panel of the Commission on Decolonization ...

Fairfield, Ohio-based industrial distributor AFC Industries has acquired fasteners distributor QFC Industries, the company announced April 24. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Of the £425,000 claimed in one region under the Riot Compensation Act following last summer's disorder, just over £18,000 - or 4.3% - has been paid out so far. Cleveland's Police and Crime ...

Shawna B. was born Dec. 8, 1992, in Rochester, a daughter of Thomas and Nanette (Burns) Beechler of Bennington.