“Freedom!” bellowed Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” in a segment in which people described their relationship to AT&T as that of slaves to their masters, subjects to their tyrants.

Their jerseys are green, their language is blue and their coach could scarcely get more colorful. They are the New York Jets, and they play at New England on Sunday for the right to advance to the AFC championship game.

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc's $7.8 billion share swap with OAO Rosneft will replace almost all the reserves it sold to pay for the Gulf of Mexico spill at less than half price.

Recent rumors have suggested Apple will give the second generation iPad a much higher resolution screen, although short of the ppi density of the Retina Display of iPhone 4. New graphics discovered within Apple's iBook app suggest ...

WASHINGTON - The US lawmaker shot in the head in Arizona has been removed from a ventilator and is breathing on her own through a tube inserted into her windpipe, the University Medical Center in Tucson, has announced.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Actor Owen Wilson is a new dad. A publicist for the 42-year-old actor confirms that Wilson and girlfriend Jade Duell welcomed a baby boy in Hawaii on Friday.

TUCSON - A victim of the shooting spree here that killed six people and wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others was arrested Saturday after he spoke threateningly at a televised forum intended to help this ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 17-year-old from Nebraska has become the youngest winner of the Miss America crown in 90 years after beating 52 other young women from across the United States.

The Miami Heat's LeBron James, right, looks at the scoreboard as his team trails the Los Angeles Clippers in the second quarter at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.

A trader works in the JP Morgan stall on floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 14, 2009. By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - US bank stocks are flying high, and next week's earnings could give investors more reason to be optimistic ...

AP ATLANTA - Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes, ran for another score and led the Green Bay Packers to their second straight postseason road victory with a stunning 48-21 rout of the top-seeded Atlanta Falcons on Saturday ...

By Times-Picayune Staff After seven rounds of balloting, the Republican National Committee on Friday elected Reince Priebus, the Wisconsin GOP state chairman, as the new national chairman of the party, replacing Michael Steele, who had proved a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says the actress is smiling and talking, a day after doctors amputated most of her right leg.

Wikipedia is just the latest in a long line of encyclopedias. In fact, encyclopedias have been around in some form or another for 2000 years.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Somali pirates have seized a South Korean chemical cargo in the Arabian Sea, two months after an oil supertanker belonging to the same firm was freed after seven months in captivity, the government and local media said.

DOUG MILNE: Shigeki Maruyama joins us after a successful second round at the Sony Open of Hawai'i, 10-under for the tournament.

The first official count of Sudan's referendum has been announced, with the country's diaspora in Europe overwhelmingly voting for secession.

A horror movie set in the world of ballet? Small budget? Darren Aronofsky? It's an unlikely recipe for a smash hit, and its success is surprising even its makers.