With the financial meltdown leaving many Americans wondering what a dollar is worth, one New York City artist has an answer _ zero.

The winner of Tuesday night’s presidential debate is the candidate who can best use his performance to boost his standing with voters. For Republican John McCain,...

No Texas or U.S. motor safety officers were on duty when an unsafe bus crossed the border hours before a fatal crash, says National Transportation Safety Board...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warns that the financial crisis has not only darkened the country’s current economic performance but also could prolong the...

Martin Luther King Jr. graces one page, Angelina Jolie the next. A photo of a man on fire opens the book of Revelation. And laid across a two-page image of gasoline...

Two Massachusetts businesses battling over the use of the infamous “Lizzie Borden” name have settled out of court.

Higher sales at its gas stations and upscale stores helped boost grocer Safeway Inc.’s profit nearly 3 percent in its third fiscal quarter.

The U.S. military has started a media campaign to educate soldiers about working with electricity as part of an effort to prevent future electrocutions in Iraq.

A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for beating her 93-year-old neighbor with a vacuum cleaner during a robbery that netted her $5.

The mother of the girl who became known as “Precious Doe” has testified in a Missouri courtroom that she watched her then-boyfriend kick her daughter in the...

Higher gas sales and a boost from its more upscale stores helped grocer Safeway Inc. post a slight rise in profit in its third fiscal quarter.

A Serbian court has freed a former diplomat suspected of helping a student facing assault charges in the United States flee to Serbia, a court official said Tuesday.

President Bush has reached out to European leaders, urging coordinated action to address the global financial crisis. The White House says Bush is open to the idea of a...

The Internal Revenue Service, seeking to make cash more available during the current credit crunch, has issued a rule making it easier for U.S. corporations to bring...

Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its...

Lawyers have begun to question potential jurors in the case of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix.

Democratic registration has surged by 13 percent and Republican ranks have shrunk by 1 percent as a record 8.6 million people registered to vote in battleground...

A federal judge has ordered the release of a small group of Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States.

A federal judge has ordered the release of a small group of Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay into the United States.

Oil prices rebounded slightly Tuesday, briefly rising back above $90 a barrel after some stability returned to the shaky financial system and prodded investors to put...