After winning three silver medals in Beijing, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has mastered another daunting challenge: walking the runway at New York Fashion Week.

Efforts to bring oil and gas production back online in the Gulf of Mexico slowed Sunday as Hurricane Ike barreled toward the nation’s energy complex, likely to be...

The stock market has lurched back near its July lows _ but Wall Street’s concerns are a bit different now than they were then.

Broadway prepared to say goodbye Sunday to “Rent,” 12 years and 5,124 performances after it first became a rock musical with a message for theatergoers of...

Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular...

By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union’s invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons...

Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the...

Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson.

Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Charlize Theron were among the celebrities who appeared at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the relationship...

Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said.

As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama.

Soybean prices tumbled Friday after the dollar continued its rally against the euro, giving investors more reasons to sell commodities that were bought as a hedge...

Treasury prices fell Friday as investors cashed in profits from the strong gains the bonds made earlier in the week.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

The New York Times plans to reduce the number of standalone sections of the New York metropolitan editions of the newspaper, a move designed to save money by cutting...

In terms of drawing a television audience, John McCain and Barack Obama are in a virtual dead heat.

Stocks have ended an erratic session mostly higher, recovering from steep losses that followed a worrisome reading on the nation’s job market. After an early...

Stocks turned higher Friday, reversing steep losses that followed a worrisome reading on the nation’s job market as investors sought bargains in sectors like...