Business Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) , Forest-camouflaged pickups roared to life as the Mexican soldiers pulled on their black masks and hoisted their Heckler and Koch G3 assault rifles. The three-truck...

NEW YORK (AP) , The blue and orange finish line is in place in Central Park, no superstorm debris in sight. Little else is normal with the New York City Marathon. The course will be the same since there was little damage but getting to the finish line could still be an adventure for runners from outlying areas.

HONOLULU (AP) , One night in 1969, as a salvo of Viet Cong rockets exploded in the streets of Saigon, Edwin Q. White paused after typing a dateline on his typewriter to light his pipe and reflect on his belief that as an American journalist, he belonged in Vietnam.

LOS ANGELES (AP) , A former computer specialist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was not dismissed because he advocated his belief in intelligent design while at work, a Superior Court judge has tentatively ruled.

NEW YORK (AP) , Election officials were ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers displaced from coastal areas as Tuesday's presidential election became the latest challenge for states whacked by Superstorm Sandy.

WASHINGTON (AP) , Amtrak will resume service between New York City and Boston on Friday following the repair of commuter rail tracks damaged by Superstorm Sandy, the railroad said late Thursday. ...

JHARABARSHA, Bangladesh (AP) , Amina Begum had never seen a computer until a few years ago, but now she's on Skype regularly with her husband. A woman on a bicycle brings the Internet to her. ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) , The 105-story, pyramid-shaped hotel that has stood over North Korea's capital city like a mountain for more than 20 years just might be on the verge of opening for the first time.

IWAKI, Japan (AP) , The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a tsunami-triggered meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings, a worker said in a legal complaint.

NEW DELHI (AP) , Vijay Kumar clutched a worn plastic folder containing his high school diploma and his nursing aide certificate as he joined a long queue at an employment exchange in a New Delhi suburb. It's a familiar ritual. For six years he has struck out.

XILINHOT, China (AP) , In a small town in northern China's Inner Mongolia where sheep and cattle easily outnumber humans, Fan Chen paid a Communist Party boss three times an average urban resident's annual salary to become a local police chief.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) , Mitt Romney came under withering criticism Wednesday over his depiction of President Barack Obama's auto industry bailout, with Vice President Joe Biden accusing him of perpetuating an "outrageous lie" and newspapers assailing the Republican's advertising campaign on the subject.

NEW YORK (AP) , The people gathered around the side of a building on Third Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology: a power strip that had been offered to charge cellphones.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) , Lawyers for ABC News asked a judge Wednesday to toss out a $1 billion defamation lawsuit filed by a South Dakota-based meat processor over a meat product that critics dub "pink slime," saying the news organization did not knowingly disparage the company or its product.

Travel in the Northeast creaked back into motion Wednesday as Superstorm Sandy receded, allowing workers to check runways and railroad tracks for water damage. It was a grinding, patchy recovery that made it clear that stranded travelers will struggle to get around for days to come.