WASHINGTON (AP) — Strong stock market gains and higher home prices boosted Americans' net worth in the April-June quarter to a record high, a trend that could encourage more spending. U.S. households also took on the most new debt in five years, …

Don Munce, the president of the National Research Center for College and University Admissions, or NRCCUA, offers a modeling service meant to predict which high school students are most likely to enroll at a particular institution. … who might not …

Bloomberg Photo Service 'Best of the Week': Billionaire Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., speaks to members of the media after arriving for a meeting at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Alibaba, the …

The National Weather Service has put out a freeze warning for late Thursday night into Friday morning, saying parts of both states can expect low temperatures to drop into the upper 20s and lower 30s. Uncovered plants should be brought indoors, if …

… documents say, a federal judge approved changing conditions of Arbour's supervised release to include mental health treatment and ordered him to participate in the federal computer and Internet monitoring program and do 20 hours of community service.

Nevins said he had received no reports of service outages. Gail Rice, a spokeswoman for CMP, said the downed utility poles did not disrupt electricity to Scarborough customers. “There was no (long-lasting) outage, only a momentary bump in service,” she …

They may have been helped by a last-minute offer from Britain's main political parties to give Scotland more powers if voters reject secession, and by fears about the future of Britain's pensions and the National Health Service in an independent Scotland.

The economically disadvantaged and marginalized have rallied to the Nationalist promises to protect the welfare state in an independent Scotland. The more affluent have tended toward resisting change and so have supported staying in the U.K. If they …

Rain for 10th-straight day: Another wet day in Anchorage gives Alaska's biggest city its 10th straight day of measurable precipitation – just the 37th time that has happened since weather records began being kept in 1917, according to Alaska Climate Info.