Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims shared the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for work that helps governments and central banks weigh up responses to crises -- though it offers no immediate answer to current global problems.
NBA commissioner David Stern has canceled the first two weeks of the 2011 season as the NBA lockout drags on, he announced late Monday night.
A reported threat from an activist hacker group to take protests against Wall Street to the Internet by crippling the New York Stock Exchange website appeared to come to nothing on Monday.
The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor opens Oct. 13 in Los Angeles, Calif. See the jewelry, costumes, and iconography on display before they go on auction on Dec. 13.
The death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has put the Onion in a difficult position, as the satiric news magazine struggles to remain irreverent without being insensitive.
Christie's auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor
Christie's auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor
Breakup? What breakup?
Immortals rivals Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke are at it again, this time in the action thriller Java Heat.
The day after he tied the knot with American heiress Nancy Shevell, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney announced 11 extra dates for his On the Run tour ending in his native town of Liverpool, England, on December 20.
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but for Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor they were a lifelong passion that could now strike gold for the AIDS sufferers she championed.
Anna Bjornsdottir, a former Miss Iceland 1974, has been publicly named as the tipster who led to arrest of fugitive James Whitey Bulger. She has received a $2 million reward for turning in the notorious gangster.
Joe the Plumber has filed paperwork to run for Congress as a Republican in Ohio's Ninth District -- home to two of the most liberal Democrats in Congress.
The release of the iPhone 4s smartphone by Apple (AAPL) will likely juice the shares of AT&T's (T) by attracting hundreds of thousands of younger adult subscribers to AT&T's stable. Those extra subscribers should also help T improve its network quicker -- something the company needs to do.
It took almost two years, but Facebook has finally launched its much anticipated app for the iPad, packed with the social networks newest features and perks.
The New York Jets' defense seemed like a shell of its former self, allowing the most rushing yards in one game this season against the New England Patriots.
More than a hundred people from 24 states have been confirmed as infected with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
Two Americans, Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims, both 68, have won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy, the prize committee said on Monday.
When it came time for Cassidy Rumble to choose a college, she had a range of options thanks to great SAT scores, a solid grade point average and a stellar volunteer resume.
Gold prices surged Monday and the dollar plunged as investors piled into stocks in the hope that Europe's sovereign debt crisis may finally be ending and the continent's financial system is beginning to stabilize.
California teens are no longer allowed to use tanning beds after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
Sir Paul McCartney on Sunday entered into his third marriage, this time with with three -year-girlfriend Nancy Shevell, at the Old Marylebone Town hall in London on Sunday -- the same place he married his first wife, Linda Eastman.