The value of a person's home will be excluded from net worth calculations used to determine whether an individual may invest in certain unregistered securities offerings, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday as it moves to adopt new standards under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Rick Santorum has been a sideshow for most of the Republican presidential campaign. Now, two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, he has nabbed endorsements from two evangelical leaders, Bob Vander Plaats and Chuck Hurley. But is it too little, too late?
President Barack Obama tried to budge a Congress currently deadlocked over how to bridge a divide between Senate and House plans for extending the payroll tax cut, with both sides seemingly stubborn in ceding middle ground.
The standout point guard and key basketball player, Chris Saiz, at Cinco Ranch High School was killed late Tuesday in a one-vehicle car accident around 11:30 p.m. The accident has left the Cinco Ranch community numb.
In the new issue of Elle magazine, actor Matt Damon has some choice words for President Obama.
Bank of America stressed that only Countrywide's practices are at issue in Wednesday's announcement of a settlement for discriminatory mortgage lending practices.
Bank of Nova Scotia has applied to re-establish a presence in Cuba and a report says rival Royal Bank of Canada is considering a similar move in the wake of Cuban reforms and a thawing of the country's icy relationship with the United States.
Two women, Marissa Gaeta and Citlalic Snell, made history yesterday as the first gay couple to get the first kiss, a Navy homecoming tradition where a sailor is chosen to be the first to greet his or her loved one. Their kiss is an LGBT victory after the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and Navy officials say it's the first time a gay couple has ever participated in the tradition.
Imperial Oil Ltd said on Wednesday it will go ahead with an C$8.9 billion ($8.65 billion) plan to double the size of its Kearl oil sands project, even as it said total costs for the massive mining operation have climbed by nearly a quarter.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty imposed what he called a fiscally sustainable formula for increasing federal transfers to the provinces for health care, one that will eventually increase spending by less than the current 6 percent a year.
What residents of Cowley County, Kansas speculated as a cloaked UFO actually turned out to be a commonplace military drone being shipped to Maryland, according to reports.
The Kindle Fire is one of the hottest gifts this holiday season, but many users have voiced complaints over problems with Amazon's new tablet. We decided to take a closer look at the Kindle Fire to determine whether or not the tablet is worth your money this holiday season. What are the pros and cons of the Amazon Kindle Fire?
Institutional investors such as unions won the right to file private common-law suits against Wall Street firms for alleged securities-related fraud and negligence.
North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.
Newt Gingrich got a rude welcome at a campaign stop at an Iowa grocery store on Tuesday, when a patron shook his hand and called him an obscene name.
Find out how your senator voted on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012.
The newtgingrich.com URL has been put up for sale by American Bridge for the 21st Century, a Democratic group currently using the web address to give voters a tour of the former House Speaker and Republican primary candidate Newt Gingrich's many foibles.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA) bill contains some controversial language that codifies the detention of anyone, including U.S. citizens, who is suspected of being terrorists or supporting terrorists.
Interestingly, according to British laws, the deputy Prime Minister would not necessarily ascend to the top job in case of a sudden death.
Since September, members of the U.S. House and Senate have introduced five different amendments to the U.S. Constitution that would overturn key parts of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee.
Europe's markets fell on Wednesday after the large take up rate by banks for cheap European Central Bank loans worried investors about the banks' funding needs and raised doubts they would use the money to buy the region's peripheral debt.
Iran will not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS News on Monday, adding that despite efforts to spoil Iran's nuclear program the country has already progressed enough to assemble a bomb within a year or less.
Due to Kenya’s soaring unemployment rate, the men are easily fooled into this trap.
The world learned of Kim Jong Il's death on Monday, two days after the North Korean leader died of a heart attack. His death immediately placed his son, Kim Jong Un, into the spotlight, as he went from being a Respected General in North Korea to a Great Successor.
There are many mysterious aspects to the late leader’s death.
Ayla Reynolds disappeared from her father's home in Waterville, Maine late Friday, Dec. 16. Her father, Justin DiPietro, spoke out in a statement Tuesday for the first time since the 20-month-old's disappearance.
The Ethiopian government considers ONLF a terrorist group.
Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin has been missing for nearly three months following her mysterious disappearance the night of Oct. 4. What happened to Lisa Irwin, Bianca Jones, Ayla Reynolds and Aliayah Lunsford?
Heyn was last seen having dinner at the Argentine embassy on Tuesday evening.
Barack Obama won an upset victory in Virginia in 2008, and many people believe he has no chance to win it again in 2012 with his approval ratings so low. But a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Obama's position is stronger than one might think.
