COLORADO SPRINGS, March 19 (UPI) -- With consumer prices rising 0.4 percent and average U.S. worker earnings dropping 0.3 percent, inflation is eating up U.S. wage gains, many workers say. The trend is likely to continue, predicts Michael Darda chief economist of MKM Partners investment fir

BOSTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. budget deficit is shrinking, despite continuing Iraq and Afghanistan war costs, a newspaper analysis said Wednesday.