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Stocks are rising after Tropical Storm Irene wound up being less severe than many analysts had anticipated.

Spending rebounded strongly to post the largest increase in five months, the Commerce Department said.

California students continued to make incremental gains in meeting minimal graduation standards, with 94.6 percent of the Class of 2011 passing the high school exit exam.

The Dow Jones industrial average is closing with its biggest gain in nearly two weeks.

Twenty-three lenders fell off the government’s list of so-called “problem banks” in the second quarter, bringing the total to 865.

Another recession isn't likely over the next 12 months. Neither is any meaningful improvement in the economy.

Raymond Johnson was due for some good news. Earlier this month, he was denied Medicaid coverage after being diagnosed with breast cancer. But he just got the call he was waiting for: South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services is granting him coverage, after all.

Stocks are edging higher following a four-week losing streak. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 23 points, or 0.2 percent, to 10,844 in midday trading Monday. It had been up as many as 203 points. The Dow fell 4 percent last week as worries deepened that the U.S. could slip into a recession. The S&P 500 rose less than a point to 1,124. The Nasdaq was up less than a point at 2,342.

I don't know the circumstances of parents Summer Dawn Angelly and Jasen Anchondo, but I suspect we'll find out that drugs and alcohol are behind this horror: Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, and Jasen Anchondo, 28, who moved from California to Tempe about two months ago, were arrested by Tempe police Aug. 12, ending a weeklong ...

US stocks rose Friday as an upbeat retail sales report trumped a weak reading on consumer confidence, putting the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track for its first back-to-back gain in ...