I recently stumbled across some information that helps me believe justice and fairness still exist. The first was the news that the Obama administration plans to drastically cut the pay, bonuses and perks going to the executives who head the seven ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The real estate investment manager who led the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund, into a money-losing land venture has resigned as an adviser to the fund, a spokeswoman for ...

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- US regulators closed more than 100 banks in a single year for the first time since 1992, signaling the financial crisis hasn't abated for lenders struggling with mounting losses tied to ...

The mother of "Balloon Boy," Mayumi Heene, has confessed to lying to authorities and said that the release of the 20-foot Mylar balloon on Oct. 15 was "intentional as a hoax," according to an affidavit obtained by the Fort Collins ...

Soupy Sales, 83, a loose-limbed comedian whose goofy skits, slapstick antics and pie-tossing shenanigans made him one of the country's most popular television stars of the 1950s and '60s, died Oct. 22 at a hospice in the Bronx, ...

For Hilary Swank, at least one thing about portraying the enigmatic aviator at the center of the new film "Amelia" was certain.

By JACKIE CALMES and DONALD G. mcneil Jr. WASHINGTON - President Obama has declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, allowing hospitals and local governments to speedily set up alternate sites for treatment and triage procedures if needed ...

Less than half of the swine-flu vaccine expected to be shipped to doctors, hospitals and clinics in the US this month has been shipped so far.

A single injection in a patient's eye brings 'astounding' results. The findings may offer hope for those with macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.