WASHINGTON The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983, as a wide range of employers eliminated a net total of 663,000 jo...
DES MOINES, Iowa The Iowa Supreme Court said the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples, making it the third state ...
LONDON Leaders from around the globe made headway today on tackling the world's worst financial crisis since the 1930s, with signs of agreements to give more money to t...
NEW YORK Enthusiastic investors are buying up stocks today, sending the Dow Jones industrials above the 8,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months.
All the majo...
WASHINGTON New signs that the recession could be nearing a bottom emerged today as factory orders were far better than expected and the Dow industrials surged above 8,0...
WASHINGTON Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama's choice for health secretary, told senators today that she wants to transform Medicare and Medicaid wi...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Marvel Smith signed a two-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers, who expect him to be their starting right ta...
NEW YORK — Wall Street is turning higher as investors buy up technology and financial stocks to square their portfolios on the last day of the quarter.
Analysts are attr...
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. today said it is offering a payment protection plan to help reassure consumers who may be putting off buying a new car because of worrie...
WASHINGTON —Yamaha Motor today recalled about 120,000 off-highway recreational vehicles for repairs, after two models were involved in 46 deaths.
The two-passenger vehic...
