Photronics Inc., which makes photomasks used in manufacturing semiconductors and flat panel displays, lowered its guidance for the third quarter Wednesday on lower-than-expected revenues and a goodwill charge.

A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank’s water get too warm.Brookfield Zoo officials say the Sharks! at Stingray Bay exhibit will reopen Saturday.More than half of the...

Amid deep financial troubles, Photronics Inc. said CEO Michael Luttati has resigned as the company tries to reduce expenses and return to profitability.The company makes so-called photomasks that semiconductor companies use to transfer the image of a...

The search for a missing 12-year-old Vermont girl who triggered the state’s first Amber Alert centered Friday on the social networking site MySpace after divers discovered nothing in a lake near where some of her belongings were found, police...

John McCain locked up the Republican presidential nomination after a yearlong slog. Now the hard work begins.Senior aides to the GOP’s likely nominee emerged from a weekend strategy session with McCain in Arizona acknowledging they have a mound of work...