In these days of skyrocketing energy prices, owning an electric company is a good way to keep costs under control.

Three paint companies want to be reimbursed for the costs of defending against a public-nuisance lawsuit filed by the state, but Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch is opposing that in court.

Roughly 25 percent of Social Security and Veterans Affairs beneficiaries nationwide had not yet claimed their federal Economic Stimulus Payments as of June 20, according to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.