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(Corrects typo in number in headline) Patterson Companies Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its medical business to private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for about $715 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter. "Patterson's strategy for growth is to focus our resources and investments on building our dental and animal health businesses," Chief Executive Scott Anderson said in a statement. The medical business is expected to thrive under new ownership... Читать дальше...

Richard Petty tells Rutledge Wood and Kelli Stavast what Daytona International Speedway was like in the early days.

NEW YORK - Service ratings site Angie's List on Wednesday named Chief Operating Officer J. Mark Howell as its interim CEO as it looks for a replacement for co-founder and longtime executive William Oesterle.

By Jeff Seidel, The Sports Xchange
BALTIMORE -- Josh Hamilton returned from a month-long stint on the disabled list Tuesday night and helped produce a win.

An odd thing happened as Americans' taste for luxury vehicles grew in recent years: Jaguar, the venerable British marquee, struggled to gain traction.

An odd thing happened as Americans' taste for luxury vehicles grew in recent years: Jaguar, the venerable British marquee, struggled to gain traction.

Andrew V. Pestano
WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- The United States of America and Cuba have formally restored diplomatic relations after 54 years of hostilities inspired by the Cold War.

Khris Middleton was a little-known second-round draft pick when he broke into the NBA with the Detroit Pistons in 2012.

Carlton chief executive Steven Trigg has denied the club have sounded out Fremantle coach Ross Lyon about coaching the Blues next season.

Do some supernovae involve two explosions?

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Sen. Russ Feingold says he raised more than $2.2 million in the second quarter as he seeks a return to the Senate.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the state Assembly plan to vote on the state budget next week along with a bill that would repeal prevailing wage requirements for local governments.

Lakers feel better about this one than previous meetings with Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' decision to ask voters next Sunday whether the bailout offer from Europe should be accepted was as much about avoiding strife in his party, as it was about giving the people a choice.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Data from a June survey echo previous signs that slower economic growth likely lays ahead for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report released Wednesday.

A new trailer for "Steve Jobs" gives viewers a bigger taste of Michael Fassbender as the Apple honcho.

Carlton will upgrade rookie Blaine Johnson ahead of this weekend's game against the Western Bulldogs on the back of a six-goal haul in the VFL.

Ryan Gosling’s Driver and Jake Gylenhaal’s Lou Bloom. Both loners. Outsiders. Men who abide by a very strict and unwavering code. One a stoic, the other a chatty, ambitious lunatic. And, as this new supercut, titled “Driving at Night,” points out, both are men who navigate the neon-ensconced nighttime streets of Los Angeles for their own strange, and often violent, purposes. That’s right folks: “Drive” and “Nightcrawler” are the new breed of L.A. neo-noirs, suffused with a lingering sense of dread and mordant comedy... Читать дальше...

Homeowners in Chicago’s Cook County who appealed their property taxes won a reduction 60% of the time.

Ed Adamczyk
TOKYO, July 1 (UPI) -- Julie Hamp, Toyota Motor Corp. managing officer, resigned after her arrest in Japan on drug importing charges, the company said Wednesday.

Ben Hooper
NEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- A tourist's GoPro selfie from atop New York's Brooklyn Bridge is raising concerns about security on the landmark ahead of the July 4 holiday.