NEW YORK/ATHENS, April 27 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's downgraded Greek bonds into junk territory on Tuesday, citing concerns about the euro zone member's ability to implement reforms to slash its massive debt.

(Updates size of oil slick beginning in first paragraph, intensified effort to shut off leak in second paragraph.) By Jim Polson April 27 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc intensified efforts to stop an underwater well leak that was streaming oil 80 miles (129 ...

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Consumers in the US turned more optimistic in April as the growing economy raised hopes jobs will become available.

Before the second film's premiere, the star says he has 'pretty strong ideas' for a third. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz "Iron Man" was the second biggest movie of 2008 and, if early tracking is to be believed, "Iron Man 2" has a ...

'He would work so hard, maybe harder than anybody else,' Trump says of Michaels' performance on 'Celebrity Apprentice.

'We're trying to step up our game," Nick Jonas says of summer tour that will last through October. By Jocelyn Vena After taking some time for other pursuits like Nick Jonas and the Administration, the TV show "JONAS," and well, getting married, ...

Feeling depressed might put you in the mood for chocolate, a new study suggests. Of nearly 1000 adults studied, those diagnosed with depression ate an average of 8.4 servings of chocolate per month versus 5.4 servings consumed by ...

Nearly half of all adult Americans have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes, all of which boost the risk of cardiovascular disease, the CDC says.

A new study finds that laughing a lot can actually make you healthier by lowering blood pressure and bad levels of cholesterol. Laughing was also found to increase a person's appetite, relax their mood and reduce stress hormone production.