Ernie Pellegrino: Pay czar’s failure to pursue $1.6 billion incredible

A board of military officers plans to investigate a plane crash that witnesses say sent a fireball rising hundreds of feet over an Air Force base near downtown Anchorage.

Hyundai Motor Co.’s second-quarter profit soared 71 percent to a record high on a double-digit jump in global sales.

More than 10 years have passed since she gave up her pursuit of a degree in computer science, but Yajahira Deaza still has regrets. She says she feels incomplete.

AstraZeneca PLC has reported a 22 percent rise in second quarter net profit and has also revealed that a key new drug _ its blood thinner Brilinta _ has been given a thumbs up by an advisory committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Associated Press-Univision poll of Hispanic adults was conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago from March 11-June 3. It is based on a nationally representative random sample of 1,521 Hispanic adults. Data were gathered via mail, the Internet and telephone. The majority of interviews were completed via mail (82 percent); 15 percent were completed by via telephone and 4 percent via the Internet.

German drug and chemical maker Merck KGaA says its second-quarter earnings were up 69 percent _ led higher by strong increases in revenue at its liquid crystals and chemicals businesses.

Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says its net earnings were up 9 percent in its fiscal third quarter as new orders rose strongly and revenue increased.

Never mind that the details about Chelsea Clinton’s wedding are being guarded like state secrets. The postcard-pretty town of Rhinebeck is ready for its close-up.

Police say an Ohio marriage counselor’s husband has been charged with aggravated murder in her stabbing death.