If 2011 is hinting at a national recovery, there is little sign of it in statehouses across the country. States that already have raided their reserve funds, relied on borrowing or accounting gimmicks, and imposed deep cuts on schools, parks and public transit systems no longer can protect key services in the face of another round of multibillion dollar deficits.
- Time Warner Cable-Sinclair deal avoids TV blackout- AP
- GM expands recall of some 2011 trucks and SUVs- AP
- Toyota: Rising yen could force production shifts- AP
- Bank of America restores online banking system- AP
- Plan set to end government involvement in AIG- AP
- Regulators shut small Georgia bank; 3rd this year- AP
- European ministers consider boosting bailout fund- AP
- Holiday spending "record" not as good as it looks- AP
- Industrial production rises by most in 5 months- AP