Third instance in last month where grand jury did not indict police officer. — -- A grand jury in Houston has decided not to indict a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed 26-year-old ...

Oct. 17, 2006 — -- It took the United States: (— U.S. Census Bureau and various sources) If --repeat, if --U.S. population grows by yet another hundred million, it could happen soon, well before ...

TOWSON, Md. -- President Obama has seen his approval ratings slide, but a dozen independent voters who gathered here for a roundtable discussion about politics were still inclined to give him a break.

April 10, 2006 — -- America's children are leaving school in higher numbers than most people realize, according to a report in Time magazine. The issue's cover story reports that one in three ...

— -- Q: After losing $50,000 in the market's downturn, my brokerage firm has reassigned me to another adviser. Should I give up on this firm and look elsewhere? A: Most people that read your ...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, endorsed a federal law Monday to help reporters protect confidential sources, but he did so with reservations. McCain ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue University scientist who was reprimanded for research misconduct over claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments is suing two other faculty members for ...

— -- The hunt for that traditional Black Friday quarry, a low-priced HDTV, should be as easy for shoppers this year as shooting fish in a barrel. That's because a confluence of market pressures ...

— -- If you've ever forgotten to put on your parking brake on a steep hill, you know that objects in motion tend to stay in motion. The same is true with stocks — not just individual stocks, but ...

— -- David Hodge got a shock when he filed his federal tax returns last year. An identity thief had beaten him to it. "I was stunned," says Hodge, a 33-year-old Mount Vernon, N.Y., ...

NEW YORK -- AT&T and Verizon are raising prices for caller ID and other popular phone services by as much as 300%, even as they continue to push regulators to loosen up because of increased ...

— -- As foreclosures mount around the country and vacated homes slowly turn into neighborhood eyesores, governments from California to Chicago to Rhode Island are cracking down on owners in a ...