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New Bedford, Mass. -- Prosecutors in Massachusetts said financial constraints are the only reason they are declining to appeal the overturning of an animal cruelty conviction.

Washington -- The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration is preparing to dole out $8 billion in stimulus funds to support high speed rail projects, an agency spokesman said.

If, after 2008, you still expect the stock market to fund your retirement, most people probably consider you a few Congressmen short of a bailout. (Zing!) Yes, it was tough being openly optimistic after a year in which every bull became a steer.

Short-sellers and hedge funds may be shadowy, but sometimes they're the smartest investors in the room. They've done their homework and are willing to bet their capital against the crowd -- an investing strategy that can be as lucrative as it is contrarian.

Given the steep minimum investments many mutual funds insist upon, you may assume that you simply don't have enough money to take the plunge. True, some funds charge as much as $1 million to get a foot in the door, and plenty more require even thousands of dollars as an initial investment. But despite the prominence of those high-priced funds, plenty of others are much more inviting to cash-strapped investors.

Exchange-traded fundshave become one of the most popular investment vehicles during their relatively brief history. Now, though, one major discount brokeris preparing to offer ETFs in a way that few have seen before: free of charge.

Washington, October 27 -- According to a report released by Thomson Reuters on Monday, the U.S. healthcare system squanders a lot of funds and approximately $505 billion to $850 billion go waste every year.

Los Angeles, CA, September 26 -- Twitter Inc., the immensely popular social-networking site used by scores of users, right from the hoi-polloi to the elite, got a huge boost when it received a “significant” amount of venture capital funding.

Washington -- The size of the federal payroll has jumped by 25,000 workers since December 2008, while nearly 4 million private U.S. jobs were lost, government records show.