Investigators are trying to determine whether the driver rested while his passengers gambled before the crash on Interstate 95. By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and PATRICK McGEEHAN Discount tour buses transport millions of passengers a year, but the federal ...

By BETTINA WASSENER HONG KONG - The Japanese stock market plunged further on Tuesday as worries about the fate of several earthquake-stricken nuclear reactors intensified sharply.

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard CEO Léo Apotheker on Monday detailed the computing giant's next-generation strategy, one that looks to cloud computing to deliver software applications and services for consumers and businesses ...

Bachelor Brad Womack got down on one knee during tonight's finale and slipped a sparkling ring on his love's finger. What happened: Brad's (cute) twin brother, Chad, arrived in South Africa, along with brother Wes and mom ...

Jacqui Kalin, left, and Coach Tanya Warren of Northern Iowa look over stats after learning they will meet Michigan State. By JERÉ LONGMAN Since the NCAA began sponsoring women's basketball in 1982, ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France pressured G8 foreign ministers on Monday to agree action on Libya and back its efforts to speed up a UN Security Council decision on imposing a no-fly zone, but hit pushback from partners like ...

Less than two weeks after the Spurs handed the Heat its worst loss of the season, Miami returned the favor. Miami's Dwyane Wade slams home two points during the fourth quarter against San Antonio at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Monday, March 14, ...

Switzerland freezes all plans to build or replace nuclear power plants pending a seismic safety review; Germany also puts on hold plans to extend the life of aging plants.

Microsoft's release of Internet Explorer 9 kicks off yet another stage in the company's long battle with Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

President Obama wants No Child Left Behind revised by the fall. The Senate is working toward a bipartisan compromise, but House Republicans want to shrink the federal role in education.

Aflac has fired Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian who is the voice of the insurer's quacking duck in the United States. Gottfried, who has voiced the duck in numerous commercials since 2000, posted a string of tasteless, mocking jokes about the ...

Apple's iPad 2 has sold almost 1 million units, according to some analysts. But what made the device such a success? Read on to find out.

Some Republicans say the temporary fix to avert a government shutdown doesn't cut deep enough, while some Democrats say it goes too far.

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Muammar Qaddafi's warplanes attacked rebels in the town of Ajdabiya, as opposition officials asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for airstrikes on Qaddafi's airfields and ...

Memphis power forward finishes with 30 points and 12 rebounds in a 105-82 victory over LA to snap a two-game losing streak. Clippers power forward Blake Griffin powers his way to a shot against Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph in the first half ...

The last thing Japan needed was more bad news on its threatened nuclear reactors. But Monday and early Tuesday, that's just what this nation got.

WASHINGTON - More than two months after the Tucson shootings, the administration is calling together both the gun lobby and gun safety groups to find common ground.

Oil fell in New York as concern damage from Japan's earthquake will limit crude demand outweighed speculation that heightening tensions in the Middle East may disrupt supplies.