For the first time since 2009, Social Security benefits will get a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, that could be as much as a 3.5 percent increase.
he Postal Service is in dire need of restructuring
The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide if victims and their families can sue corporations or political organizations in America for human rights abuses in other countries.
This weekend marked the death of Dan Wheldon, the 33-year-old English race car driver who went careening to his death after a 15-car pile up at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Despite the need for changes and regulations, the unfortunate fact is that the dangerous sport often leads to the death of even the best drivers. We take a look at five other top drivers who were killed in the Indianapolis 500 over the years.
Unlikely Republican front-runner Herman Cain faces close scrutiny on Tuesday when the party's hopefuls for president in 2012 debate in a gambling city famed for separating winners from losers.
Gilad Shalit was released on Tuesday, after being held captive for five years by Palestinian political group Hamas. After years of protests, failed compromises and international outrage, the Israeli solder was finally reunited with his family.
Many factors are converging to create additional risk for owners of California nuclear plants during the relicensing process, according to an article published today on RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal. The Ground Shaking Reality For California's Nuclear Power notes that, in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, California is likely to carefully evaluate relicensing its two nuclear power plants.
Adbusters, the left-leaning magazine that ignited the Occupy Wall Street protests, said the movement should get behind one solid demand -- a 1 percent Robin Hood tax on financial transactions and currency trades.
The leaders of the most powerful nations in Europe, France and Germany, have reportedly agreed to increase the size of the Eurozone’s rescue fund to 2 trillion euros ($2.7 trillion) – up from the current 440 billion euro ($604 billion) lending capability -- as part of comprehensive program to find a solution to the debt crisis wreaking havoc across Europe.
Officials in Washington have been pressuring Islamabad to upgrade their crackdown on Haqqani militants.
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is pushing for the state legislature to hold a special session in November to discuss a new stadium for the Vikings#*#no word whether he also wants to force Leslie Frasier to start Christian Ponder.
Local media in Kuwait also reported the resignation but did not provide details.
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., comparing an NBC Saturday Night Live skit to a culture of intolerance that drives gay teens to suicide is more than insensitive: it's despicable.
S&P indicated that due to the higher yields on Italian sovereign government debt, the financial costs for Italian banks will rise appreciably.
Mitt Romney has been hammered by his Republican presidential rivals for his mandated healthcare law in Massachusetts, but now the state is havingto adjustwith the costs of Romneycare
Mining companies would be banned from investing in Eritrea's potentially booming minerals sector under a draft U.N. resolution that Security Council members are due to start negotiating on Tuesday.
An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the world's first shot against the deadly disease.
South Africa plans to place limits for carbon emissions on top polluters who may face penalties if they do not conform to the new regulations, a climate policy paper showed on Tuesday.
Ugandan police briefly arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye on Tuesday and said they would charge 15 protesters with treason in an effort to quell demonstrations against rising prices.
Authorities in the Ivory Coast have arrested 21 gendarmes and seized stocks of weapons after an attack on Abidjan's main gendarme base early on Saturday triggered a gun battle, a pro-government newspaper said on Tuesday.
Somali militants linked to al Qaeda prepared to defend a town in southern Somalia on Tuesday from advancing Kenyan and government troops, while a suicide car bomb killed six people in the capital during a visit by a Kenyan minister.
President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos cut Angola's growth forecast for 2011 to 3.7 percent on Tuesday due mainly to lower crude production but the economy should bounce back with a 12 percent expansion next year.
The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one-month anniversary Oct. 17 after four weeks of demonstrations that have since spread worldwide.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's legal adviser and failed U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork says he still believes that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment should not apply to women.
Donald Trump talked policy with Michele Bachmann on Monday night, in addition to calling for something to be done about the Occupy Wall Street protests earlier on Monday.
The Conservative government is increasingly showing impatience with federal labor laws as it seeks to prevent strikes that it says would damage the economy.
Grover Norquist, whose anti-tax pledge is extremely influential in Washington, called Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan dangerous because it creates three tax streams that could be increased.
GOP presidential candidates are getting ready for yet another debate, this one to be held at in Las Vegas
Greek ships were harbored and garbage rotted in the streets of Athens on Tuesday as angry workers built momentum for the mother of all strikes expected to bring the country to a halt in protest against a new package of tax hikes and wage cuts.
Thieves took off with a van containing sound gear -- along with some important presidential equipment, as well.
