Gross domestic product growth shows a small improvement from the second quarter's 1.7% rise. Stronger private spending and business investment help power the increase, and imports are blamed for keeping it down.

After beginning the season with a measured pace, the Heat flashed its considerable potential for the NBA to behold Friday in the team's home opener at AmericanAirlines Arena.

The Redmond-based software giant experienced much higher performance particularly of its Windows and Office software products. It announced a 51 percent rise in first quarter profit, with net profit for the three months to September at $5.4 billion.

Groups aligned with Democratic candidates have unleashed a last-minute paroxysm of spending in competitive House races in the final days of the campaign that has them outpacing Republicans, reversing the trend of the ...

Although two of the four judges argued against her collection on Thursday's heated season finale of Project Runway, winner Gretchen Jones isn't offended.

Former President Clinton said he did not ask Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek to drop out of the US Senate race to pave the way for Charlie Crist against Marco Rubio.

By REUTERS Shares of Vivus, a drug manufacturer, rose 26 percent as investors bet it would be able to convince regulators to approve its experimental weight loss drug, Qnexa.

AP / October 30, 2010 WASHINGTON - A gunman who fired shots at a Washington-area Marine Corps museum and who is believed to be responsible for three similar incidents may have a grievance against the Corps, the FBI said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Iran can keep its stake in a uranium mine in Namibia owned by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO.

THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Although some research has suggested that drinking green tea might help protect women from breast cancer, a new, large Japanese study comes to a different conclusion.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is joining the Asean regional summit, amid a continuing war of words between China and Japan over disputed islands.

This weekend, hordes of flesh-hungry zombies will finally shamble their way from printed page to television screen as AMC premieres its new post-apocalyptic horror series "The Walking Dead" on Halloween night.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US blue-chip stocks edged higher Friday while the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell slightly in a quiet end to a strong October as investors bided their time before next week's ...

A sausage cart up for sale on the Las Vegas strip. Buildings are empty across Nevada, the foreclosure capital of the nation. More Photos » By DAN BARRY and MICHAEL COOPER HENDERSON, Nev.

Halliburton Co. is acknowledging that it skipped doing a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal the BP oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico.

Chad Hurley, one of the three original founders of YouTube, the groundbreaking website that radically altered the media landscape, is stepping down as its chief executive, the San Bruno, Calif.

By Sports Network Dave Teggart kicked a 27-yard field goal in overtime to lift Connecticut to a 16-13 win over West Virginia at Rentschler Field.

Canesta makes chips that, when coupled with a digital camera, give devices a sense of depth perception. By ASHLEE VANCE MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.