A North Carolina man has been formally indicted on a charge that he threatened to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Four national associations of real estate appraisers have asked Congress for major regulatory reforms in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that identified key failings within the existing system.

As soaring home prices set the stage for America’s great housing meltdown, a critical step in making sure those home sales were a fair deal _ the real estate appraisal _ was undermined from within.

Authorities say a North Carolina man will undergo a psychiatric evaluation after being jailed on a charge of threatening to kill Barack Obama.

Authorities in two states say they’re still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a 76-year-old Georgia grandmother who has had five dead husbands.

Authorities in two states say they’re still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a 76-year-old Georgia grandmother who has had five dead husbands.

Wachovia Corp.’s President and Chief Executive Robert Steel has bought 1 million shares in the nation’s fourth-largest bank, according to a regulatory filing late Wednesday.Steel spent about $16 million on shares Tuesday, the same day the...

A surprisingly large second-quarter loss at Wachovia Corp. has quickly revived Wall Street’s concerns that the financial sector still has a long way to go before it recovers from the year-old credit crisis.Investors got a cold wake-up call when...

Wachovia Corp. reported a surprisingly large second-quarter loss Tuesday, deflating Wall Street’s hopes that the nation’s big banks are weathering the credit crisis well. The nation’s fourth-largest bank by assets said it lost $8.86 billion, is...