To balance Miami-Dade's budget next year, Mayor Carlos Alvarez wants to cut 1,600 county jobs, 4.6 million miles of bus service and a range of programs from playground inspections to domestic-violence counseling.

NEW YORK (AP) _ For the first time since the bubble burst earlier this decade, information technology stocks have overtaken financials as the largest sector by market value in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

While the city’s $315 million 2008-09 budget appeared balanced earlier this week, Berkeley was anticipating bad news by Wednesday afternoon, when the governor addressed state budget woes.

Rochester police still do not have any suspects in a shooting early Tuesday morning on the city's westside. Police say Anthony Jackson, 21, and Alexis McIntyre, 20, were walking down Maple Street when a vehicle pulled up behind them.

High-paying businesses are expected to find Martin County more attractive as a result of the County Commission's decision Tuesday to give itself the discretion to pay tens of thousands of dollars in impact fees for lucrative companies.