Wall Street mostly advanced Monday as investors rushed to lay bets on a broad economic recovery following a U.S. government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Bush administration canceled a once-celebrated civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Russia.

A woman in  Ohio, has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole for killing her baby daughter in a microwave oven.

The world's largest science experiment will re-create big-bang energies on the smallest scale imaginable, as part of a multibillion-dollar effort to solve the biggest puzzle in physics.

Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes. Some 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path.

Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, replaced Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation’s largest savings and loan on Monday.

With powerful Hurricane Ike on an uncertain course toward the Gulf of Mexico, many on the low-lying Florida Keys took a wait-and-see approach to evacuating Sunday.

Many colon cancer patients aren't getting the screenings recommended after surgery to make sure the disease hasn't returned, new research shows.

Ever since he was born, Gov. Sarah Palin’s youngest son, Trig, has had an unexpected effect on her political fortunes.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain jumped slightly ahead of rival Democrat Barack Obama among U.S. voters according to a new poll, benefiting from his party's convention and a rousing speech by his vice presidential pick Sarah Palin.