General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares to unveil additional restructuring efforts designed to save the domestic auto industry. ...more

March 29, 2009

Madonna is planning to adopt a second child from Malawi, officials said Thursday, but questions have already been raised over whether the newly divorced pop star will face obstacles because of her single mom status. ...more

March 26, 2009

David Stevens, president of the Long & Foster Companies Inc. real estate firm, is expected to be selected today to run the Federal Housing Administration. ...more

March 23, 2009

Rep. Barney Frank charged Monday that a decision by financially strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to "rewarding incompetence." ...more

March 16, 2009

The advent of the Internet opened a gateway to limitless information. But it started with physical limitations. Namely, anyone accessing it was anchored to a home computer. ...more

March 15, 2009

Bernard Madoff could soon find himself in a courtroom with some of the same devastated investors who he is accused of ripping off in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. ...more

March 7, 2009

Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate is President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...more

March 4, 2009

A suspected U.S. missile killed seven people in a Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said, while a hard-line cleric rattled peace efforts elsewhere by demanding the government launch Islamic courts within two weeks. ...more

March 1, 2009

A spokesman for Ed McMahon says the television personality is in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital. ...more

February 27, 2009

Alex Rodriguez was told by the New York Yankees to keep his cousin away from the team. ...more

February 27, 2009