Nearly 20 years of John McCain’s contrition over his role in a 1980s banking scandal vanished this week in 17 minutes and 30 seconds.

Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes said an inmate’s bid to escape the county jail on Saturday was foiled by a correctional officer. Hughes said a 19-year-old man...

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. says its third-quarter earnings plunged 52 percent due to sharply lower prices, weaker demand and higher costs.

A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home wins $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.

The Federal budget deficit is ballooning under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Two things rule the financial world: Making money and figuring out ways to make more of it. That’s why some on Wall Street are sure to figure out how to profit...

The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more...

O.J. Simpson’s attorneys in his armed robbery case could be fighting long odds to convince an appeals court that he was a victim of racial prejudice and payback...

Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S....

The company with the nation’s largest chain of Chevrolet dealerships violated federal labor law when it fired thousands of employees last month, according to a...

A mother who police said stabbed her daughters before shooting herself had raised the children as a single mother after her husband hanged himself three years ago.

Prosecutors said Tuesday they are not pursuing criminal charges against seven Tulane University fraternity members accused of burning pledges with boiling water during...

Curtis Lemons was supposed to report for jury duty in a drunk driving case. Instead, according to authorities, the 50-year-old Cape Girardeau man skipped the jury duty...

Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site’s users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co.,...

Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history,...

Wall Street sank further Tuesday, extending its heavy losses as enthusiasm over Federal Reserve efforts to inject confidence into credit markets gave way to concerns...

The head of Frontier Airlines says he’s pleased with the business generated by a Denver-to-Aspen service launched in April by subsidiary Lynx Aviation.

A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an...

“I hate the g- -ks,” McCain said in response to a question from reporters aboard his campaign bus. “I will hate them as long as I live.”

Officials say a small leak of hydrochloric acid and a refrigerant from a western Kentucky plant Tuesday kept nearby residents in their homes and closed roads for...