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Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos, made with a nacho cheese-flavored Doritos shell, have been a hit. A huge hit.

If you have a lot of your clothes dry-cleaned, you might want to set aside a little more of your monthly budget for the expense. Prices are about to go up, and — with our apologies to ‘Mommie Dearest’ — you can blame it on those darned wire hangers.

A 73-year-old Scottsdale, AZ resident is accusing book retailer Barnes & Noble of discrimination after an employee had him booted from the store for shopping by himself in the children’s section.

Commentator and comedian Bill Maher has purchased a minor ownership stake in the New York Mets, making him the latest celebrity to cross over into franchise ownership.

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — The new chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips is a graduate of Great Falls High and earned his petroleum engineering degree at Montana Tech. Ryan Lance earned his new title in April, when ConocoPhillips split into two companies — one that produces oil and one that refines it...

Americans may have fewer entertainment dollars to spend these days, but according to new attendance estimates, they seem to be spending more of them at theme parks — and the Harry Potter phenomenon has a lot to do with it.

You know about shopping holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but how about Back-to-School Saturday?

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Department of Agriculture has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly remodeled State Grain Lab. The Great Falls Tribune reports that state officials gathered Thursday to dedicate the $500,000 project...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Canadian company seeking to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has submitted a new application for the southern segment of the project that avoids sensitive wetlands in Texas. It comes after the U...

Because Walmart doesn’t yet blanket enough of the US (and beyond), the retailer is now rolling out smaller versions of itself called Walmart Express stores. And they already seem quite profitable.