Big Oil is set to spend billions on new exploration in 2009, but in addition to ocean beds thousands of feet below the water’s surface, major producers are...

When I first saw the NXE the thought crossed my mind that Microsoft was trying to make the 360’s new dashboard pretty just for the sake of being pretty. The dashboard...

The world’s oldest polar bear has died at a Canadian zoo.

Federal biologists say three pesticides common on farms and orchards in the West jeopardize the survival of Pacific salmon.

Deflation might sound like a good thing. Yet it can be even rougher on the economy than the more familiar phenomenon of inflation, because it’s harder to get rid...

A San Diego jury has convicted a man of murder for killing a professional surfer with a punch during a scuffle.

USA Basketball is moving its headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colo. to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, adding to the city’s growing roster of sports...

The reappearance of man who was officially dead has shaken and outraged some in Chile, a nation that mourns 1,196 other political prisoners who vanished in the hands of...

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri admitted Tuesday that he broke state ethics rules for a fourth time by hiring a niece to work in his office.

The government sought Tuesday to dismiss concerns that it might try to delay rollout of the new GI Bill, pledging to be ready to handle growing claims in veterans...

The wife of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens says she’ll create a refuge for wild horses, after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it was considering...

Israeli tanks pushed into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, drawing mortar fire from Palestinian militants and intensifying violence that has chipped away at a...

Wall Street retreated in another turbulent session Tuesday, as investors refrained from making big bets in a volatile market battered by a stream of weak economic...

Shares of Corning Inc. tumbled 17 percent to a five-year low Tuesday after the specialty glass maker lowered its fourth-quarter sales and profit guidance to reflect...

A soldier’s wife has been charged with setting a fire at their Kentucky Army base home that killed her two young children.

France will host a January meeting of world leaders and experts to look for ways out of the global financial crisis, the president’s office said Tuesday.

Four illegal immigrants were found in the back of a Wal-Mart truck, and the driver and two alleged accomplices were accused of trying to smuggle them through a Border...

FREE OF CHAINS: Wisconsin-based Trek Bicycle is introducing two chainless models this holiday season, using technology most often found in things like motorcycles and...

Citigroup Inc. shares continued to fall Tuesday, as the struggling bank disclosed it expects consumer loan losses to rise sharply through the first half of 2009.

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