Giniel De Villiers of South Africa won the Dakar Rally on Saturday, holding off Mark Miller of the United States and NASCAR driver Robby Gordon.

A sharp rise in British retail sales pierced the global economic gloom like a rare shaft of sunlight on Thursday, but other developments showed that hopes that storm...

Driving a 2006 Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI, Mark Miller conquered the treacherous 12.4-mile course at the Race to the Clouds in 14 minutes 8 seconds. The secret of his...