Barack Obama radiated confidence Monday as he and his presidential rival reached for the finish line of a two-year marathon with a burst of campaigning across battlegrounds from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona. ...more

November 4, 2008

Some thoughts to ponder the next time you're standing behind 10 people in the slowest line in the local Walmart, grousing that you won't ever shop here again, or at least not until you absolutely need to: ...more

October 4, 2008

An AARP study released Thursday challenges the perception that older Americans have been left out of the current real-estate crisis because they have built enough home equity to avoid delinquencies and foreclosure. ...more

September 19, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday slapped down California's bid for first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, refusing the state a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect. ...more

December 20, 2007