Four debates, 61,000 words, plenty of spin, sighs, smirks and grimaces, one plumber. What to take away from the three debates between Barack Obama and John McCain and...

Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree _ the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions...

A woman who miscarried after two Kansas City officers failed to get medical treatment for her has reached a settlement with police.

Some spectacled strippers are looking to score some votes of their own, just for looking like Sarah Palin. A Sin City strip club says it plans to host a lookalike...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. says it reduced its third-quarter loss sixfold from a year ago, as the computer chip maker saw strong sales of its latest products.

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens said at his corruption trial Thursday he never tried to hide any gifts on financial disclosure forms turned into the Senate.

Democrat Barack Obama extended his front-running campaign into West Virginia, a bastion of white, middle-class voters who rejected his primary season appeals, and...

A packaged “incendiary device” exploded in a suburban St. Louis parking garage on Thursday, injuring the man who picked it up, rocking an office high-rise...

IBM Corp. says its third-quarter profit jumped nearly 20 percent, surpassing analysts’ estimates. However, slumping hardware sales hurt the technology...

Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has taken the stand in his own defense at his corruption trial in the nation’s capital.

Leading in polls and exuding confidence after last night’s debate, Democrat Barack Obama is edging into traditionally GOP states _ now including West Virginia _...

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will update the labeling of Genentech Inc.’s psoriasis drug Raptiva to highlight the risk of several bacterial...

Prompted by this summer’s salmonella outbreak, the government has begun investigating how to quickly identify the source of contaminated food and stop it from...

Google says it shook off the slowing economy to boost its third-quarter profit by 26 percent to $1.35 billion.

Firefighters neared full containment Thursday of the smoldering remnants of deadly Southern California wildfires that destroyed more than 50 homes and forced thousands...

A company that became a national leader in providing patrol cameras to police was built on the strength of a Texas contract obtained while two state lawmakers were...

The head of a computer networking company got a shock when DTE Energy sent him a gas and electric bill for $136,524.40. The utility said the bill sent to Dominant...

Wall Street has turned in another stunning finish and extended its unprecedented streak of volatility _ this time, to the upside. The Dow Jones industrials are up...

John McCain has learned the hard way not to risk the wrath of David Letterman.

Wall Street has turned in another stunning finish andextended its unprecedented streak of volatility _ this time, to the upside. The Dow Jones industrials are up nearly...