These leaders have been a driving force behind the nation's economic policies since the financial crisis of 2008. Tax cuts enacted under former president George W. Bush are set to expire at year's end, and lawmakers are battling over whether to extend ...

Computerworld - In an effort to refresh the Twitter.com site and pull users back in from third-party platforms -- and take a swipe at Facebook -- Twitter launched a significant site redesign on Tuesday.

With explosions and spotlights, Eminem and Jay-Z are taking over Yankee Stadium for a second night here in New York City. Naturally, RapFix has you covered with a live blog of the greatest concert the Big Apple's seen in quite sometime.

The yen retreated from a 15-year high and Japanese shares advanced as the government intervened to weaken the currency. Mining stocks rallied after gold rose to a record and silver hit a ...

AP NEW YORK -- Political novice and tea party ally Carl Paladino has beaten the Republican designee in the race for the party's nomination for New York governor.

MIAMI -- The Phillies think they have the starting pitching to get them to their third consecutive World Series. Cole Hamels is one of those starting pitchers, and he helped the Phillies take a two-game ...

Sept 14, 2010 -- Popular osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates may increase the risk of rare, but painful thigh bone fractures, and their labeling should be updated to reflect this increased risk.

ATLANTA - On Tuesday night, the storyline of the Washington Nationals' final month moved aside. Livan Hernandez climbed the mound and Ivan Rodriguez crouched behind the plate, a battery with a combined age of 73.

The Iowa egg farm linked to a national outbreak of salmonella illness found the bacterium in its facilities hundreds of times in the past two years, according to records released by congressional investigators.

Were you there? If so, start chronicling your game history by saving your comments and photos to your ESPN Passport. Enter the games you attend and view your team's record when you're at the game.

NEW YORK—Stocks fell slightly Tuesday as investors worried about the economy despite better-than-expected signs from the retail sector that boosted Best Buy, JC Penney and Kroger.

Nokia Corp. (NOK) expects attractive hardware design to become increasingly important in order to win new smartphone buyers as the market for advanced handsets widens, the mobile-phone maker's design strategy director said in an ...

Tony Giberson/Pensacola News Journal, via AP From left, Attorneys General Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark Shurtleff of Utah and Troy King of Alabama on Tuesday outside the courthouse in Pensacola, Fla.

By Reality TV World staff, 09/13/2010 Jennifer Lopez will reportedly be very well compensated for her new American Idol judging position.

The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill barring women from wearing the full facial veil anywhere in public. If the law is approved by France's constitutional council, it will go into effect next spring and set a ...

In some ways, Lady Gaga leaves nothing to the imagination. From her skin-flashing outfits and onstage catharsis to soul-baring lyrics and frequent weepy shout-outs to her "little monsters," the international pop diva is an open book.

A saleswoman stands behind the showcased gold necklaces at a jewellery showroom in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 18, 2010.

NEW YORK - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has easily won a Democratic primary challenge in New York from Gail Goode, a little-known lawyer for New York City.