The national unemployment rate fell in January to 8.3 percent from December's rate of 8.5 percent, an incremental decline, but the fifth straight month of increasing employment rates. (Today)

The early 1920s were a good time for wheat, but by the 1930s, dust and drought were choking the Great Plains, depression was gripping the world and of particular interest to grain farmers -- and perhaps to today's natural gas producers -- the price of wheat was bottoming out. (Today)

The West Penn Allegheny Health System hopes to get regulatory approval for its affiliation with insurer Highmark by the fall and, if that goes through, it expects to be on solid financial footing within two to three years, interim president and CEO Keith T. Ghezzi said Thursday. (Today)

Education Management Corp., which runs a group of for-profit colleges -- The Art Institutes, Argosy University, South University and Brown Mackie College -- saw enrollment drop by 9.3 percent in the most recent quarter. (Today)

After spending time in Iraq during the war, Regina Koetters isn't about to lose sleep over her latest endeavor -- opening a new market in the Strip District. (Today)