WASHINGTON (AP) - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are playing defense all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for Pre..

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard is filing a lawsuit against former CEO Mark Hurd to prevent him from joining rival Oracle. The complaint filed Tuesday in a California state co..

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new federal report says microbes that are gobbling up oil from the BP spill haven't caused problems with oxygen loss in the Gulf of Mexico. Federal officials sa..

In a jailhouse interview with a Dutch television station, Joran van der Sloot said he is remorseful for telling so many stories regarding the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, but once again denied culpability in the case.

WASHINGTON (AP) - An administration official says President Barack Obama will call for new tax breaks to allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments ..

DENVER (AP) - A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes - som..

Two independent lawmakers from rural Australia broke a parliamentary deadlock on Tuesday, siding with Prime Minister Julia Gillard to return the Labor Party to power.

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five suspected militants in Pakistan\'s tribal region on Monday, intelligence officials tell CNN.

A tropical depression in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is creeping toward Mexico and the United States and could bring substantial rainfall, officials said.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A combative President Barack Obama has rolled out a long-term jobs program before a cheering Labor Day crowd and coupled it with a campaign-season assault on Repub..

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco authorities say they plan to arrest a man who is scaling the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper - just as soon as he reaches the top.The ..

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Despite the struggling economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year's Labor Day event totaled $58.9 million.Th..

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Little Rock Nine member Jefferson Thomas has died at age 67 in Columbus, Ohio.      Fellow Little Rock Nine member Carlotta Walls ..

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine made landfall in extreme northeastern Mexico on Monday night. Authorities had been urging people along Mexico's n..

DENVER (AP) - A wind-driven wildfire in the rugged Colorado foothills has spread across 4 square miles, destroying some houses and triggering evacuations of as many as 400 homes.No..

The toll from torrential rains and landslides in Guatemala moved higher today, with disaster officials reporting 44 dead, 56 injured and 16 missing.

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a U.S. church\'s plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the event \"could cause significant problems\" for troops.

A retrial in the case of two men accused in the Bahamas of attempting to extort millions from John Travolta over the death of the actor\'s son was halted Monday just as it was about to get under way, according to the Bahamian attorney general\'s office.

Rescue officials reported Monday they had to temporarily stop one of two drilling operations to reach 33 men trapped for more than a month inside a Chilean mine.

WASHINGTON (AP) - They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong.  At least up to a point.People's emotional well-being - happiness - increases along with their income up t..