LOS ANGELES — The nation's second-largest shopping mall owner, General Growth Properties, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday in a tough bargaining move to restructure it's $27 billion in debt.
OXON HILL, Md. — An emotionally drained but ebullient Maersk Alabama crew told gripping stories of captivity at sea Thursday while urging stronger protection for ships operating in treacherous Horn of Africa waters.
WASHINGTON — The number of people receiving jobless benefits exceeded six million for the first time, the government reported Thursday, and housing construction unexpectedly plunged to its second-lowest level on record — fresh evidence that th
WASHINGTON — Confronting a security threat on America's doorstep, President Barack Obama launched a swift diplomatic mission to Mexico Thursday to show solidarity with a troubled neighbor — and to prove that the U.S. is serious about halting t
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, millionaires from his best-selling books, made $2.7 million last year and paid just under one-third of their adjusted income in federal taxes.
NEW ORLEANS – Contrary to a popular notion reported in news coverage of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 Gulf Coast disaster did not reveal to most Americans that widespread poverty and inequality are the nation’s “dirty little secret.”
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared on tax-filing day that he aims to ease the dread of deadline day with "a simpler tax code that rewards work and the pursuit of the American dream."
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oil prices wavered Tuesday as traders continued to look for signs that either the economy is stabilizing and will push up demand for crude or that the glut of oil around the globe will continue to hold down prices.
