Jobs outlook adds urgency to stimulus
Friday's employment report confirms an already bleak job market outlook. Analysts say that even if all goes well hiring probably won't pick up again until early 2010.
At CES, progress a step at a time
The big debuts at the International Consumer Electronics Show aren't whiz-bang hardware systems. They're ideas designed to protect the environment and improve the technology consumers already use.
GM selling off its collectible cars
General Motors is cleaning out the attic to sell some stuff at the auction house to raise much needed cash.
Industry rips Citigroup mortgage deal
A top bank industry group said it opposes an agreement between Citigroup and Democratic senators that would change bankruptcy law to help troubled mortgage borrowers avoid foreclosure.
Kenya: 10 million at risk after harvests fail
Ten million people risk going hungry in Kenya after harvests failed because of drought, the government said Friday.
Don't vaccinate? Doctors paying to hear why not
There are so many parents in the free-spirited town of Ashland, Ore., who won't get their kids vaccinated that federal researchers are paying money just to hear their side of things.
Ex-‘Sopranos' actor gets 10 years in prison
A former actor on "The Sopranos" was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer.
Patrick Swayze checks into hospital
Patrick Swayze has pneumonia and has checked himself into a hospital for observation, it was revealed Friday at a press event for the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles.
Death row inmate pulls out eye, eats it
A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it.
Citigroup director Robert Rubin resigns
Citigroup says board member Robert Rubin, the former U.S. Treasury secretary, has resigned as a senior adviser to the big financial services company.
