Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama held his daughters’ hands when he escorted them to their first day of school.

New Kids on the Block, your check is ready.

If the nation’s looming transition to digital broadcasting turns out to be a train wreck, as some in Congress fear, this Southern city will be the first car to...

After failing to grab much consumer attention for its own smokeless tobacco products, Altria Group said Monday it would buy the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen for about...

Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and anti-submarine patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, a deployment...

The Oscar-winning Coen brothers are returning to their home state of Minnesota to shoot their next movie.

Washington Mutual is ousting Chief Executive Kerry Killinger as the beleaguered savings and loan moves to overhaul its business, which has been ravaged by sour mortgage...

An Ohio mother convicted of killing her infant daughter in a microwave oven is about hear her punishment.

As if a herd of bison roaming on an oceanfront military base wasn’t enough of a novelty, officials at Camp Pendleton want to see if their animals are of a more...

Altria Group says it will buy UST for nearly $10 billion in a deal that will give the maker of Marlboro cigarettes access to the smokeless tobacco market.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a huge rally Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following the weekend announcement that the U.S....

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to Category 2 storm as it moves over Cuba.

Job No. 1 for the next president? In the minds of an overwhelming number of Americans, it’s fixing what ails the sick economy. What the voters will have to sort...

As part of its efforts to shore up Windows Vista’s battered reputation, Microsoft has revealed plans for retail helpers that bear a strong resemblance to...

The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search for a Coast Guard pilot missing since his helicopter crashed during exercises near Hawaii last week.

Many colon cancer patients aren’t getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn’t returned, new research shows.

A regional carrier jet ran off a runway at San Antonio International Airport after landing on a flight from Los Angeles.

MSNBC said Sunday it is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as...

Real-estate Web site Zillow.com is expanding its partnership with 282 newspapers to give national advertisers new ways to reach local markets, changes that the news...

Although readers keep shifting to the Internet, Esquire magazine’s editor is sure print isn’t dying, and he aims to prove it Monday by unveiling a...