National Guard and Reserve combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to develop drinking problems than active-duty soldiers, a new military study suggests. The authors speculate that inadequate preparation for the stress of combat and...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on President Bush to release oil from the government’s emergency reserve to knock down gasoline prices she says “are helping push the economy toward recession.”Pelosi, D-Calif., in a letter to...

President Bush still thinks a bill forcing his administration to temporarily stop acquiring oil for its emergency stockpile is a bad idea, but he’ll sign it anyway, a spokesman said Monday.”The president is not going to stand in their...

President Bush still thinks a bill forcing his administration to temporarily stop acquiring oil for its emergency stockpile is a bad idea, but he’ll sign it anyway, a spokesman said Monday.”The president is not going to stand in their...

The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires.The move came days after Congress passed legislation requiring the president to suspend...

The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires.The move came days after Congress passed legislation requiring the president to suspend...

The Senate late Wednesday approved and sent to the White House legislation directing President Bush to temporarily halt oil shipments into the government’s emergency reserve, hoping to lower energy prices.Final approval came without debate...

TAKE NOTE OF NOTE By: RAJBIR DESWAL I remember a few years back that the currency of a note of one-thousand denomination was stopped, or restrained to pass of, as a guarantee from RBI Governor, as a promise to pay to the bearer. People were then...

Bank of America Corp. says it will expand efforts to help Countrywide Financial Corp. borrowers avoid foreclosure on trouble mortgages.The announcement came Monday as members of the Federal Reserve Board began two days of public hearings on Bank...

The Energy Department said Friday it would continue putting oil into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve even as crude oil prices remain above $100 a barrel.The department announced a solicitation of bids for 13 million barrels of oil, with...