As hopes rise in a consumer spending rebound, big chains are offering Thanksgiving Day hours. Some were hawking big price breaks before the holiday, and many retailers will offer fresh deals Saturday and Sunday.

The operator of the mine said it would make every effort to retrieve the men's bodies. Francis Skiddy Marden and Stuart Gilbert Mudge are not pictured New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has promised an investigation into the deaths of 29 miners at ...

A new study by the National Institutes of Health suggests that a pill, known as Truvada, may be able to prevent HIV infection for gay and bisexual men.

DUBLIN - Acting to secure a $114 billion international bailout, the Irish government announced plans on Wednesday for steep tax increases and sharp cutbacks in its social welfare state.

By AP Interviews, insight and analysis from The Times on the competition and culture of college football. AP and Coaches? Polls Bob Kustra, Boise State's president, said that a claim by his counterpart at Ohio State that Big Ten and Southeastern ...

WASHINGTON -- A good-natured President Barack Obama on Wednesday spared the lives of two turkeys that played their own parts perfectly.

A quartet of Patriots players will spend Thanksgiving at home in New England, watching their teammates on TV. Neal's absence should make life easier for Ndamukong Suh and an underrated Lions defensive line.

The latest ballot-tallying updates from the most populous part of the district showed McNerney, D-Pleasanton, again had widened his lead over Republican challenger David Harmer to a margin of 2475 votes, or about 1 percent of the 237808 ...

Judging by the critical response to his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West's love/hate relationship with the media has had little impact on how they view his music.

Senate aides and senators believe that adjournment this year will be close to Christmas - again. | AP Photo Close By JAKE SHERMAN & MANU RAJU | 11/24/10 4:28 PM EST Once again, the Capitol could be in for a long winter.

John Marshall Mantel for The New York TimesDon Chu was arrested on charges that he helped hedge funds obtain improper information about publicly traded companies.

WASHINGTON - The United States is concerned about a big dumping of classified documents by WikiLeaks which is expected to include diplomatic cables, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.

Maui, HI (Sports Network) - Kalin Lucas poured in 29 points and Durrell Summers canned a pair of three-pointers late in the second half, as second- ranked Michigan State pulled out a 76-71 win over No.

DETROIT—General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt battery-powered car will get three mileage ratings on its window sticker - 37-, 60-, and 93-miles per gallon - that vary based on how the vehicle is driven.

Nov. 24, 2010 -- Some hospitals are no safer today than they were 10 years ago, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

What's happened to heroines in animated features? For 60 years of the Walt Disney Company's domination of the format, girls were the focal characters who could be expected to come of age, triumph over ...

FRANKFURT/NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - SAP AG (SAPG.DE), slapped with a record $1.3 billion fine for stealing Oracle's (ORCL.O) software, faces the task of salvaging its tarnished reputation and convincing US clients ...

The euro traded near a two-month low against the dollar and the yen as concerns over labor strikes and a Portuguese government vote tomorrow on austerity measures damped demand for the region's ...