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WASHINGTON — With voters strapped by high gas prices, the Democratic leaders who run Congress will propose legislation as early as next week aimed at easing motorists' misery at the pump.

Is it possible for a company to have its best earnings ever for the first three months of the year and the second-best of all time for any corporation and still not please anyone?

Yesterday's recount of last month's tie vote on allowing the sale of beer and wine at local restaurants and inns found the measure was defeated.

WASHINGTON — Employers shed jobs in April for the fourth consecutive month, but they did so at a much slower pace than analysts expected, and the unemployment rate actually improved to 5 percent, a government report said yesterday.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps yesterday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy.

The Scenic Highway was closed briefly yesterday morning after an orange ball, used to warn aircraft of high tension wires over the Cape Cod Canal, caught fire when it made contact with a 345,000-volt electrical line, a utility spokesman said.

More than 40 Hyannis retailers are urging shoppers to take a break from the mall this Saturday to participate in the first Hyannis Business Improvement District Shop Local Day.