Government bond prices fell amid quiet trading Friday, failing to extend the big gains logged the day before. The 10-year note fell 16/32 to 98 18/32, sending its up to 3.55 percent from 3.48 percent late Thursday. Worries over rising debt levels in Europe...
Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler