THE EVENT: The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee left interest rates near zero Wednesday and repeated its expectation that rates will remain so low for "an extended period.

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- US Senator Bernard Sanders vowed to block Ben S. Bernanke from a second four-year term to lead the Federal Reserve, as the Senate Banking Committee chairman said his panel tomorrow will clear the nomination.

Escaping the media glare, Elin Nordegren is taking the kids and traveling to her homeland for the holidays, a source tells PEOPLE.

Prepare to be astonished. In terms of story, “Avatar,” James Cameron's long-awaited follow-up to his 1997 landmark “Titanic,” is “Dances With Giant Blue Ewoks.

Roy Disney, nephew of the most famous name in animation history and a key figure in the Walt Disney Company's existence over the past several decades, died Wednesday (December 16) in Newport Beach, California, according to Variety.

Now there's enough swine flu vaccine for everyone in 24 states, but will they get it? By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer The Associated Press After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can ...

A US Food and Drug Administration panel's recommendation that some adults with no prior heart problems should take the cholesterol-busting statin Crestor appears to have pitted cardiologists against many primary care ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 20 percent of the US population -- or almost 60 million people -- went without health insurance at some point since January 2008, according to government estimates released Wednesday.