Small businesses still recovering from devastating spring and summer floods in Tennessee, Iowa

Small businesses learn hard lessons from floods

100 days of oil: For residents of the Gulf Coast, nothing is the same as it used to be

100 days of oil: Gulf life will never be the same

Oil spill ripples fear and anxiety through Gulf’s Vietnamese fishing communities

Spill spreads anxiety among Vietnamese fishermen

Post-holiday temps soaring in the East; utilities bracing for possible record usage

Heat blankets US as workers return after holiday

La.’s offshore oil rig workers forced to go out job hunting after drilling ban stalls work

President Barack Obama

New line of defense: Parking attendants are getting training in how to watch for terrorists

Parking attendants trained to watch for terrorists

Southern cold snap diverts emergency heating aid away from cold-weather states

Cold-weather states lose heating aid to South

Prolonged cold snap chills small businesses _ their buildings and their cash flows

Winter can chill your workplace and your cash flow