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J.C. Penney announced scores of store closings and thousands of layoffs. Here's a list of the areas getting hit.

The company’s scant three-sentence comment on holiday sales last week raised doubts about the store’s performance in the crucial holiday season.

RealtyTrac, in its report released Monday, said that foreclosure filings were down 53 percent from their peak in 2010.

The remains, which date back to about 1650 B.C., were discovered near the southern city of Sohag.

Venezuelans have an almost pathological obsession with physical beauty.

Lauren Harrington-Cooper, a married Pennsylvania high school teacher, was arrested twice within the past month for allegedly having sex with students.

What's more, the migration is occurring amid rising gun sales.

Exports up, imports down in encouraging report. Lower oil prices help.

While New York City debates its universal public pre-kindergarden plans, here's a look at what some other cities are already doing.

A blizzard that barreled across the Midwest and into the Northeast has led to the cancellation of nearly 3,000 flights through Friday afternoon.

The Mattel-owned doll-maker said it is committed to diversity, but it stopped short of committing to a doll with a disability.

Snow started falling in the Northeast early Thursday, but the heaviest accumulation is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.

Former Penn State head coach Bill O'Brien reportedly criticized the remnants of Joe Paterno's power base just weeks before he left the school to join the Houston Texans.

Check out the top 11 most interesting infographics on the energy sector in 2013.

Five new Supercharger stations have been added to Tesla’s network map in the past week.

Rachel Washburn was honored as a Hometown Hero for her service to her country and the Philadelphia Eagles.

One of the last taxpayer-guaranteed export-import incentives of the year benefits GE, Caterpillar.

Working conditions at Amazon.com aren’t any better than they are at Walmart. The difference is you don’t see Amazon's employees.

The popular sandbox indie game will be available for the PS3 on Dec. 17, with some add-ons that the previous version didn't have.

The Connecticut town is left to recall Sandy Hook school slaughter in peace.

According to an annual measurement of the U.S.’s overall health, Americans made healthier living choices in 2013, improving in more than two-thirds of the health factors measured.