(Orlando, FL) -- The credit crunch may mean Americans aren't living it up as much, but they're still dying expensively. Business is booming for funeral industry execs who gathered for their annual convention in Orlando, Florida this week.

Southeast Michigan’s state legislative candidates include a Hillsdale County Democrat who believes she is the illegitimate daughter of John F. Kennedy’s sister and Queen Elizabeth II’s father, as well as a Monroe County member of the U.S. Taxpayers

Earnings met expectations, as AT&T?s wireless business continued to grow fast enough to make up for its shrinking traditional service.

NORFOLK – It’s a busy time in the shoe repair business. "Traditionally, the repair business gets a little better as the economy gets a little worse," says cobbler Jeff Evans.

The top issue of the presidential election is obvious to small-business owners. Which candidate is best suited to turn around the economy is a more complicated question.