Kobe Bryant and the Lakers have an upstart challenger in the Pacific Division.
New consumer financial chief Richard Cordray has been calling the heads of some of the top U.S. banks in an effort to build support for his agency, which is viewed skeptically by the financial industry.
A group of more than 500 state lawmakers from around the country argue in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act fits into Founding Fathers' vision of a strong federal government to address the nation's problems.
American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action.
The man who arrested Mel Gibson for a DUI in 2006 tirade is will take his case to a jury, claiming he suffered workplace discrimination after he wouldn't remove the actor's anti-Semitic tirade from the police report.
It turns out Rep. Lamar Smith, author of the Stop Online Piracy Act, has been caught red-handed infringing copyright with an image used on his personal Web site.
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama for his stance on Israel on Thursday, telling a Florida crowd that if elected he would stand with our friends.
Originally intended as emergency legislation, the law has periodically been amended and extended over the years.
The U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars housing suspected terrorists in the military prison since 2002. So far, only six people have been convicted by a military commission.
US Airways Group and private equity firm TPG Capital are among several parties interested in potential bids for AMR Corp , the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Sarah Jones had her life intact – she was a successful professional NFL cheerleader for the Cincinnati Bengals, a beloved high school teacher and in a loving relationship with her high school sweetheart. Everything was perfect until her world turned upside down after an anonymous post on the gossip site, TheDirty.com. Jones’ will soon face those who trampled her reputation in court.
Several airlines have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation in an effort to overturn new rules regulating the industry's advertised rates.
Pro skateboarder Jereme Rogers will have to pay $2,850 to replace the art he destroyed in naked, drunken rampage last week.
Former customers of MF Global Holdings Ltd's collapsed brokerage were disappointed to hear on Thursday that the trustee hunting for funds missing from their accounts has no immediate plans to transfer more money to them.
It is also unknown why it took Ankara more than three years to file the charges.
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel said in a legal memo that the Senate was unable to perform its constitutional duties on presidential nominees, despite holding "pro forma" sessions aimed at blocking recess appointments.
The world of New York education made news lately--good, bad, cultural and ugly. It does seem sometimes that the latest energy adrift in the zeitgeist gets played out in school yards across the town, and today is no exception.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari left the country Thursday for a one-day private affair to Dubai, amid an escalating crisis between his civilian government and the Army, officials said.
Dr Pepper is parting ways with its oldest Dublin based bottler, who became renowned for enhancing the drink with real cane sugar.
South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources has rejected an appeal by platinum miner Lonmin over a prospecting right on part of its mining area granted to a third party, Keysha Investments.
Authorities in India on Thursday, ordered the arrest a tour operator for running what is described as a human safari after a video surfaced showing Jarawa tribal women on the Andaman island dancing in exchange for food.
The union said it will next target Adidas and Puma.
