RICHMOND - Virginia's go-it-alone legal strategy to challenge the nation's sweeping federal health-care overhaul - once questioned by both advocates and some opponents of the law - seems to be paying off for state Attorney ...

A man looks over employment opportunities at a jobs center in San Francisco, California, in this February 4, 2010 file photo. By Mark Felsenthal and Pedro da Costa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday offered only a cautious nod to the ...

A very unusual blood transplant appears to have cured an American man living in Berlin of infection with the AIDS virus, but doctors say the approach is not practical for wide use.

Workers remove snow from the field of TCF Stadium in Minneapolis where the Minnesota Vikings preparing to play their game against the Chicago Bears in the event that the roof of the Metrodome is not fixed ...

AP / December 15, 2010 Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are breaking up. The two entertainers said in a joint statement yesterday that “after long and careful consideration'' they have decided to end their two-year marriage.

A search for bodies continued Tuesday along Ocean Parkway on Long Island, where four bodies were recently discovered. By AL BAKER and NATE SCHWEBER There were four bodies, in all, found on Oak Beach, each one holding a possible resolution to an ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will demonstrate tablet computers running a version of Windows 7, including a Samsung model with a slide-out keyboard, at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in January, The New York Times reported yesterday in a blog post.

The Oscar contest for best picture had been shaping up as a head-to-head fight between the plucky British drama "The King's Speech" and... By Los Angeles Times and New York Times LOS ANGELES - The Oscar contest for best picture had been shaping up as a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said Tuesday it was cutting about 600 jobs, or about 4% of its work force, as the struggling Internet media company strives to increase revenue and boost margins.

The government's subsidy program to buy fuel-efficient cars ended in September, prompting companies including Toyota Motor Corp.

The Sidney Crosby we see in the locker room is usually the same -- the serious captain surrounded by cameras, digital recorders and notepads, politely answering questions while wearing a sweat-stained Pittsburgh Penguins cap.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks rose to two-year closing highs Tuesday as the Federal Reserve stuck to its easy-money policy and economic data showed improvement.

Florida coach Will Muschamp might seem like a complete departure from Urban Meyer, but both have one thing in common -- a passion for winning.

NEW YORK (AP) - Neil Diamond had been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for several years but never got a nomination to join music's prestigious club.

Dec. 14, 2010 (San Antonio) -- More than half of women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels, British researchers report. "Women with breast cancer should be tested for vitamin D levels and offered supplements, if necessary," ...

More than three decades after the spacecraft launched, it sends data from the edge of the solar system proving theorists wrong: Solar wind does not curtail sharply in that region after all, but rather moves in a different direction.

AP CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Authorities say this year's death toll in drug-related violence in the border city of Ciudad Juarez rose to 3000 Tuesday after two men were shot dead on a street.

Scientists think they now have the best evidence yet for an ice volcano on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The Cassini probe has spotted a 1500m-high mountain with a deep pit in it, ...