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Washington D.C. is setting up for yet another budget battle that threatens to shut down the government and potentially cause the U.S. to default on its debt. Yet, investors don't seem to be too worried. The volatility in...

I have very clear memories from when I was a girl of my grandpa sitting at the table, hands fluttering wildly, struggling to get a spoonful from his plate to his mouth without making a mess. His Parkinson's disease made ...

In August, National Geographic caught incredible footage of a large male jaguar stalking and lunging onto the back of a caiman — a cousin of the crocodile native to South America — as it was hanging out on the shore ...

It used to be that a coffee maker was just a coffee maker: Multi-cup pot, filter, water, coffee grains. If you had $40 and a nearby department store, all of your caffeine-feind dreams could come true. But today, things a...

The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other's organic products, the latest step in a global effort that could give consumers access to more — and cheaper — organic food.

Al-Shabab took credit for the Nairobi mall attack, but Kenyan officials and other observers say they had outside help

At almost the same time President Barack Obama was giving a big speech in Maryland touting his health-care reform law and mocking his critics, his administration had to admit to another delay in putting part of it in pla...

All marquee luxury brands want one cohesive destination, says a report

Nation's dynamic free society and apparent addiction to all things social offer a high potential growth market for social media companies including Facebook and Twitter.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) insisted Thursday that the government would not shut down, but he also flatly refused to pass a "clean" spending bill to keep Uncle Sam in business next week when the ban...

The Justice Department's internal watchdog says the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mounted dozens of undercover investigations into illicit cigarette sales without proper approval.

The spacecraft reaches ISS within six hours of launch from Kazakhstan

12 people, including an army officer, were killed

Fifteen-foot walls and nearly a dozen armed guards protect Nadeem Khan's palatial home in the most upscale neighborhood of Pakistan's largest city. When it comes to getting around town, though, Khan prefers to travel as ...

We rounded up the top trends of the season and scouted the Web for options that can make your outfit gold (without costing you your weight in gold).

KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush has served as an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends in Maine.     

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- "No more Hiroshimas!" ''No more Fukushimas!" Those slogans are chanted together at rallies by Japanese who want both an end to nuclear power in the island nation and an end to nuclear weapons aro...

For the fourth week in a row, 30-year fixed mortgage rates stayed in a tight range between 4.50 percent and 4.58 percent. However, the outcome of the Fed meeting concluded on September 18 raises the possibility that thos...

A majority of gun dealers support expanded background checks, according to a survey. Though enhanced checks on potential gun buyers may reduce sales, retailers who responded to the survey revealed near unanimous support ...

BANGKOK (AP) -- Oil prices fell again Thursday amid worries about the U.S. economy and signs of a slowdown in demand.     

Longtime rivals NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX are discussing a plan with other exchanges in which each company would run a backup for the other's benchmark stock-pricing data in the event of a breakdown.

BANGKOK (AP) -- Worries about the U.S. economy and a looming budget battle in Washington kept Asian stock markets in check Thursday.