The judge in O.J. Simpson’s Las Vegas robbery-kidnap trial has rejected a bid by Simpson’s lawyers to ask prospective jurors if they consider him a...

A British jury has found three men guilty of conspiracy to murder thousands by plotting to down at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States.

Oil prices slipped Monday as Hurricane Ike weakened over Cuba and the U.S. dollar strengthened.

Oil prices slipped Monday as Hurricane Ike weakened over Cuba and the U.S. dollar strengthened.

Three bodies and one injured person were found after a house fire Monday morning and detectives said at least two of the four victims had been shot.

Federal regulators have agreed to formally review the government’s application for a license to build a radioactive waste dump in Nevada.

Procter & Gamble Co. has agreed to sell the rights and trademarks to its Noxzema skin care brand to suburban Chicago-based hair care products maker Alberto-Culver...

The White House says that the giant federal takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have been prevented if Congress had acted on its...

Firefighters in Baltimore are trying to contain a growing blaze at a shopping center.

Detroit’s mayor has a deadline for moving out of the city’s official mayoral residence now that he has pleaded guilty and is resigning.

A solitary sheep is living life in the fast lane.

Officials in New Jersey say three bodies were found after a house fire in Irvington and at least of the three had been shot.

Polishing off his strawberry-banana yogurt, Jacob Moore races to his keyboard with a whoop, picks his way through “Pop Goes the Weasel” and gives his mom a...

After failing to grab much consumer attention for its own smokeless tobacco products, Altria Group said Monday it would buy the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen for about...

Officials in Attleboro, Mass., say one person has been hospitalized after a cyanide leak at a business that makes gold and silver alloys.

Stock prices soared in the opening minutes today after a weekend announcement that the U.S. government plans to bail out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....

A father and his 12-year-old son are safe after spending more than 12 hours overnight treading water in the Atlantic miles from the central Florida coast.

Stocks are opening sharply higher as investors rush to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the U.S. government is bailing out...

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama held his daughters’ hands when he escorted them to their first day of school.

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