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Apple CEO gets modest 2012 pay after big 2011

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook got $4.2 million in pay for the latest fiscal year, a modest sum compared with last year, when the company's board set him up with stock now worth $510 million for taking the reins in 2011. Cook's pay for fiscal 2012,

US new home sales jump to fastest rate in 2½ years

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans bought new homes last month at the fastest pace in more than two and a half years, further evidence of a sustained housing recovery. Sales of new homes rose 4.4 percent in November from October to a seasonally adjusted annual

US consumers lose confidence as fiscal cliff nears

By PAUL WISEMANAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumers peering over the "fiscal cliff" don't like what they see. Fears of sharp tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect next week sent consumer confidence tumbling in December to its lowest level since August.

Husband charged in killing of Wisconsin officer

By DINESH RAMDEAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) - An Iraq War veteran told detectives that he stalked his wife for several days while she was patrolling the streets of the Milwaukee suburb where she was a police officer, then ambushed her in the early hours of Christmas Eve and killed her, according