Academic known as "Dr. Doom" predicts joblessness in U.S. will remain high during 2012. Full story
Each pair is so valuable that it could be traded for a month's supply of food, activists say. Full story
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. ahead of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
At his first public appearance since aggressively defending himself as "pro-immigration" at last night's final Florida debate, Mitt Romney took to the podium again today to argue that he and the Republican party are firmly in favor of legal immigration.
The economy perked up late last year as factories ramped up production. Unfortunately, a lot of what those factories made is still in warehouses and on store shelves.
Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking.
A YouTube tease had some fans hoping that a “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” sequel might be in the works. Turns out the short clip was posted to plug a Super bowl commercial featuring Matthew Broderick.
Two tragic spine injuries in Minnesota high school hockey games in the last month have sparked debate among parents, officials, and fans over how the rough sport can be made safer.
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The sunspot responsible for setting off a colorful round of northern lights got off a doozy of a parting shot, just as it was about to pass around the edge of the sun's disk.
Rough seas delayed the planned start Saturday of a salvage operation to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship off Italy’s Tuscan coast.
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