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Patrick Farves, 18, will be serving an in-school suspension this week, and it's all because he wanted to take the reigning Miss America to his senior prom. USA Today reports the Central High School student "received thre...

Let's just say that math and science professionals everywhere are ready to high-five.

For those who equate money with anxiety, here are tips to help alleviate some of the strain.

Policy experts wonder whether the government and private businesses can control spending as the economy gets stronger and millions more Americans gain coverage.

Slapping Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry with a new tax has long been the currency of Democrats, and now an increasingly grim budget picture is turning Republican heads in the GOP-controlled state Legislature...

Apple, unlike any other company in the world, has its identity tied to one individual: Steve Jobs. And without question, Jobs was the driving force that turned Apple into the world's most valuable tech company. But, Jobs...

Whistleblower claims staff were encouraged to sell the most expensive deals to charities and small businesses

A federal judge on Friday issued final dismissals of lawsuits accusing Lululemon Athletica and company officials of defrauding shareholders by concealing defects in yoga pants.

It's the good-old days in Silicon Valley again. Venture capitalists poured $9.5 billion into US startup companies during the first quarter, the highest quarterly total seen since 2001 when the...

A new estate and gift tax law that went into effect on April 1 will create enormously complex financial planning problems for a few years.

The amount of money invested in local companies during the first quarter looks meager, but if past years are any indication, a slow start to the year may not be cause for concern just yet. Forty-three Washington area fir...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A gun thought to have been carried by Wyatt Earp during the famous O.K. Corral shootout in Tombstone has sold at auction for $225,000. A telephone bidder in New Mexico made the winning bid for ...

(NEW YORK) -- A judge has declined to toss out federal fraud charges against the brother of a one-time billionaire hedge fund founder, though she noted that two charges have flaws that the government must fix. U.S. Distr...

When Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie started driving northwest from New York in 1994, they were setting off on a journey to create one of the biggest e-commerce sites in the United States, based in Seattle. Although th...

Monte dei Paschi di Siena is fighting to avoid nationalization and bracing for stress tests of its balance sheet by European regulators.

The company said that two security firms had found evidence of a breach at Michaels, a crafts retailer, and at a subsidiary, Aaron Brothers, a framing company.

People who have accounts on the enrollment website for President Barack Obama's signature health care law are being told to change their passwords following an administration-wide review of the government's vulnerability...

Mortgage lenders are beginning to ease the restrictive lending standards enacted after the housing boom turned to bust, a sign of their rising confidence in the housing market.

Co-authored by Jackie Mahendra You've been dreaming of launching something new. Perhaps you've already taken the plunge. Theories and coaching manuals abound on how, when and with whom to start a new company or organizat...

A robust housing market and a wave of new high-rises have improved job prospects for construction workers in the state.The healthier housing market and a slew of city towers going up are brightening job prospects for con...

Boeing Co. will pay $47 million to hundreds of current and former Southern California employees who are owed back pay and benefits, a union announced Friday.

If reports are true, it looks like Nike just laid off 70 to 80 percent of its FuelBand team. The reason for such a move, CNET reports, is huge: Nike reportedly believes its future lies in software -- not hardware, ...