RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Used car dealership chain CarMax says it plans to hire more than 2,500 workers across the U.S.

The Richmond-based company said in a news release Tuesday that the positions include sales, service operations, purchasing and the business office. Both full-time and part-time positions will be filled.

Some of the areas with a large number of opportunities include Atlanta, Denver, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City and Miami.

CarMax has more than 20,000 employees and operates more than140 used car superstores.

Applications will only be accepted online at www.carmax.com/careers.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Target has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Northern California prosecutors that alleged the retailer charged higher prices than advertised, prosecutors said Tuesday.

The lawsuit also alleges the Minneapolis-based company misrepresented the weights of products and failed to ensure that price scanners at checkout stands were accurate.

Target Corp. was ordered to pay $3.9 million to settle the lawsuit filed in Marin County, the San Francisco Chronicle reported

Marin County District Attorney Ed Berberian said his office filed the lawsuit in conjunction with counterparts in Contra Costa, Fresno, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, and the San Diego city attorney’s office.

“A fundamental consumer right is to be charged no more than the lowest advertised price. Consumers should always notify retailers immediately when they are being overcharged and demand to be charged only the lowest advertised price,” Berberian said.

Target spokesman Evan Lapiska said some of the problems stemmed from promotional signs not being removed immediately after a promotion ended and the company has taken steps to fix that and other problems.

Target, the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S., also agreed to increase the number and frequency of price-accuracy audits at California stores, train its employees to make sure prices are accurate and hire an outside auditor to make sure weights are accurate in Target-branded products.

“Any guest who feels she or he was overcharged for an item should bring their receipt to the guest service desk, where any pricing inaccuracies will be resolved,” Lapiska said.

DODGE CITY – A Kansas teenager was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday in Ford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Chevy Cobalt driven by Karely Solis-Enriquez, 16, Dodge City, was northbound on 108 Road one mile west of Dodge City.

The vehicle left the roadway, rolled multiple times and came to rest in a ditch.

Solis-Enriquez was transported Western Plains Medical Center.
The KHP reported she was properly restrained at the time of the accident.

LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report declares chronic fatigue syndrome a real and serious disease and needs a new name to reflect that — along with a straightforward way to diagnose the illness.

The Institute of Medicine sought to redefine this long-controversial ailment Tuesday, after hearing from patients that the “chronic fatigue” moniker belittles their suffering. The panel advised the government that instead, it should be named Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease, or SEID, to reflect that symptoms worsen after exertion.

The panel also set new criteria for diagnosis, saying doctors should focus on five main symptoms. In addition to post-exertion worsening, they include: fatigue that forces a reduction in pre-illness activity levels for six months or more, non-refreshing sleep, cognitive problems, and symptoms that improve when lying down.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A decision by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback to narrow an anti-discrimination policy for Kansas government workers has prompted a Democratic lawmaker to introduce a bill aimed at protecting gays and lesbians.

Democratic state Rep. John Carmichael of Wichita on Tuesday asked the Kansas House Judiciary Committee to sponsor a measure to bar discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The committee agreed to do so.

Carmichael’s bill would expand the state’s existing anti-discrimination act, which does not specifically cover gays, lesbians and transgendered residents.

He said he acted in response to Brownback’s decision to rescind a previous Democratic governor’s executive order barring such discrimination in state government hiring and employment.

House Minority Leader and Kansas City Democrat Tom Burroughs also condemned Brownback’s action.

YATES CENTER – A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Woodson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1983 Olds passenger vehicle driven by Virgil Lafayette Seay, 46, Yates Center, was westbound in the 700 Block of West Mary in Yates Center.

The vehicle left the road on the north side, struck a block building and a house.

Seay was transported to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center.

The KHP reported he was properly restrained at the time of the accident.