After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.
Even as the controversy surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) continues, the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers were put in an awkward situation when they were forced to vote for protecting online pornographic material, in order to prevent a legal loophole in the anti-piracy act.
The Lakers have had an unusual off-season.
Americans are making progress in working down their heavy debt burden, but they are struggling to break out of another funk holding back the economy: their deep pessimism.
Last week, investors could finally buy a share of Internet gaming site Zynga, which was priced Thursday at $10 a share in the company’s $1 billion initial public offering. What did they say about other IPOS as well as Facebook's for 2012?
West, who refused to apologize to the Jewish community after he compared Democrats to the Gestapo in 2010, said he will not apologize for once again comparing his colleagues across the aisle to the Nazi Party.
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau found about 146 million Americans are either low-income or living in poverty.
Overall U.S. foreclosure activity fell in November compared to the previous month, but auctions hit a nine-month high, according to RealtyTrac.
Starting Friday Dec. 16, 42 select theaters in North America and 10 select theaters in Canada will be dishing out the Dark Knight Rises IMAX prologue before screenings of Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Find your nearest city and go see it!
A House bill to extend a payroll tax cut would also authorize states to require drug testing for recipients of unemployment benefits, prompting questions about the measure's effectiveness and legality.
Something has to change. Consider only that a government shutdown threat is with us again. Seems we can't have a good old-fashioned budget battle in Washington these days without the threat of government shutdown. As President Barack Obama and Congress battle over an extension of the payroll tax cut which expires at the end of this year, Congress must pass a temporary spending measure before the U.S. government runs out of money at midnight on Friday.
Michigan and Wisconsin have swapped fuzzy woolen blows ever since Travel Wisconsin featured a pea-green mitten on its Web site.
Chrysler released an interior preview Tuesday of its 2013 Dodge Dart, the car the company hopes will help reinvigorate its standing in the compact-car market.
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse has come under fire after the retail company pulled advertisements from TLC's reality show, All-American Muslim. The ads were pulled after the Florida Family Association claimed that TLC's 'All-American Muslim' is propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.
Gold prices eked out a small gain Friday after Eurozone leaders agreed to surrender some of their national fiscal sovereignty to prevent another debt crisis and U.S. economic reports signaled a growing recovery.
Stocks rose on Friday as European Union leaders agreed on measures to tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis and data showed U.S. consumer confidence rose to a six-month high.
An index of consumer sentiment rose to its highest in six months in early December and the trade deficit narrowed in October in the latest signs that the U.S. economy's health is slowly improving.
Stocks advanced on Friday as European Union leaders agreed on measures to address the region's sovereign debt crisis, while U.S. consumer confidence rose to its highest level in six months.
Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.1 to 0.4 percent.
Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter on long-running TV classic M*A*S*H, died Wednesday at age 96, possibly from pneumonia. Look back on the prolific character actor's five-decade career, and watch Morgan's interview with the Television Academy Foundation in 2004 and classic M*A*S*H moments with his Col. Potter.
The search for 2-year-old Detroit girl Bianca Jones, who has been missing for five days now, continues without result so far. The child was reported missing on Friday morning, by her father, D'Andre Lane.
The Obama administration does not know Israel's intentions regarding potential military action against Iran, and the uncertainty is stoking concern in Washington, where the preferred course for now is sanctions and diplomatic pressure.
