Barack Obama celebrated “active faith” as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly...

World stocks slipped back towards this week’s five-month low on Friday as oil prices near record highs kept inflation concerns alive a day after the European...

Although I\’m not surprised by the number of comments we received to my story on Friday about what Rogers will charge customers who buy Apple\’s iPhone 3G,...

Michael Phelps broke his own world record in the 200 meters individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swim trials on Friday, clocking a time of one minute, 54.80 seconds.

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will appear together at three fund-raisers next week in New York, an Obama spokeswoman said. Two of the fundraisers are aimed at...

Obama’s plans for taking from the rich and giving to the poor seem noble at first but the implications spell disaster for the USA. With the top earners...

So many people are lining up to buy a new touch-screen wireless phone that the carrier selling it can\’t keep up with demand.

we think of these old-economy industries, and we picture pollution. Smoggy skies, fouled rivers, toxic waste. As we make the transition to a new economy, we imagine...

Brian “Young Gun” Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Eau Claire,...

“The Bachelor” is a bachelor no more.

More lava than usual is spilling from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano into the ocean.

A popular beach on Long Island was evacuated at the height of a holiday weekend after stray, unexploded fireworks washed ashore the day after a July Fourth show, state...

El Paso police arrested a man on a charge of attempted murder Saturday after he was caught fleeing the scene of a stabbing in his motorized wheelchair.

The three American hostages rescued by Colombia’s military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and are thrilled to “return home to...

Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show “Love Connection,” has died. He was 71.

A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up,...

A Wisconsin man who posted a video online showing him and his father shocking each other with a stolen stun gun has been sent to prison.

Most media attention may be on Mars these days, but luckily for us (and the species as a whole) NASA is smarter than the average news network, and can actually look at...

A man flying across Oregon in a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons has reached his destination.

Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday to volunteer for public service, pledging to...