A new study is giving a some hope to breast cancer patients in very advanced stages of the disease.

The Internal Revenue Service says up to 350,000 households didn't get their $300 per child refund.

A federal jury has found an Afghan enemy combatant guilty of drug charges in what the Justice Department calls the first convictions under new narco-terrorism laws.

Retired NBA star Charles Barkley is acknowledging he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to the Wynn Las Vegas casino, and says he'll pay.

Police say a 38-year-old man has been charged with multiple murder and sexual assault counts after DNA evidence connected him to attacks against four women.

The House has rejected a $163 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year.

The Federal Reserve has auctioned $7.2 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses.

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a 33-year-old Missouri woman for her alleged role in an online hoax that led to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl.

California Supreme Court overturns same sex marriage ban.

Congress has sent the White House an election-year farm bill that includes a boost in farm subsidies and more money for food stamps amid rising grocery prices.

It's going to cost you even more for a fill-up today.

Key senators say they're nearing a deal on a homeowner rescue package that could help half a million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages.

The number of newly laid off workers applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, indicating the weak economy was still weighing on the job market.

The oil industry is bracing for courtroom battles to try to maintain its stake in the Alaskan oil fields now that the Interior Department has listed polar bears as a threatened species.

Florida firefighters are making major gains in battling a wildfire that's burned thousands of acres along the Atlantic coast.