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The United States said on Wednesday no deal had been reached so far in talks to settle a tax evasion dispute with UBS AG and it expected a trial against the Swiss bank to go ahead as scheduled on Monday.

New York has been rated the best U.S. city for singles, bumping Atlanta out of the top spot.

U.S. home prices rose in May for the first time in three years, the latest sign suggesting the battered housing market is stabilizing, but a weakening job market hit consumer confidence in July and could prevent near-term economic recovery.

U.S. home prices rose in May for the first time in three years, suggesting the housing market is stabilizing, but a weakening job market hit consumer confidence in July and could prevent near-term economic recovery.

Office Depot Inc reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as troubles in corporate America weighed on sales at the No. 2 U.S. office supplies retailer.

Office Depot Inc reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as the recession weighed on sales at the No. 2 U.S. office supplies retailer, and its shares fell 13 percent.

The Princeton Review released on Monday the latest list of U.S. top party schools 2009 based on a survey of 122,000 students:

The electrical smell that caused a Southwest Airlines flight to make an unexpected landing Sunday was caused by a coffee maker in the back of the aircraft, a company spokesman said on Monday.

When will the housing slump finally end? Even the experts' crystal balls are hazy.

A Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station said on Sunday it looks like Earth's ice caps have melted a bit since he was last in orbit 12 years ago.

The collapse of Lehman Brothers last September marked the start of a downward spiral for big investment banks. For a smaller fraternity of Internet brokerages, it has set off a dramatic spurt of growth.

Travelers seeking a bit of novelty on their journeys can study toilets from 2,500 BC or join a red-carpet duck parade, according to a list of top 10 weird attractions by travel review website IgoUgo.com.

The U.S. investment in the Apollo space program, which landed men on the moon, paid off handsomely, unlike the $100 billion plowed into the International Space Station, Apollo's pioneering astronauts said on Monday.

Three Republican senators said Friday they will back President Barack Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, setting the stage for a likely easy confirmation.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc has quietly reached an agreement to end a legal dispute with a blogger who will be allowed to keep running a website critical of the investment bank.

Bank of America Corp, the largest U.S. bank, posted a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street forecasts but warned of a fresh surge in soured loans to credit card, mortgage and business customers.

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday ripped into former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson over the government's role in Bank of America's merger with Merrill Lynch and other actions to cope with the deep financial crisis that gripped the country last year.

After six attempts, Space shuttle 'Endeavour' has finally blasts off safely for space station mission. The space shuttle Endeavour was successfully lifted up this evening at 6:03 P.M. EST on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts finally launched off into orbit on Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, making it its sixth attempt.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday filed civil charges for insider trading against 11 people, including a 26-year-old former Goldman Sachs Group Inc investment banking analyst accused of leaking confidential merger information to his brother.

Two of the biggest U.S. credit card companies, Capital One Financial Corp and Discover Financial Services , reported lower-than-expected defaults and delinquencies in June, sending their shares sharply higher.