As economy tumbles, retirees scramble to cope

Rising food and fuel prices, falling interest rates and screeching declines in global stock markets have retirees paring spending to levels some haven't seen in decades.

The most overpriced suburbs in America

While many of the nation's homeowners are worried about falling home prices, others would argue they're not falling fast enough.

More F.B.I. Privacy Breaches Reported - New York Times

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.

Tight Budget? Skipping Java Isn't Enough

Go beyond cuts in spending to find the best ways to save your cash.

High-Speed Rail Coming to America...South America

High-speed rail is finally coming to America. However it's Argentina and not the United States that will be the first "New World" country to build a high-speed rail system and join the modern age of transportation.

Chinese premier calls for price controls (AP)

AP - China's premier on Wednesday called for "powerful measures" to rein in inflation that is battering ordinary Chinese, saying the government will use price controls and curb soaring investment to hold prices to a 4.8 percent annual rise.

Alaska Is Bigger Than I Thought

Bush's stay there this past weekend with the the Danish prime minister marked Bush’s 70th visit as president. President Ronald Reagan, one of the modern presidency’s most “famous vacationer[s],” spent just 335 days at his ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.

Did a Scandal Cost Boeing the $40B Bid?

A 4-year-old scandal may have scuttled Boeing's bid for an Air Force contract.

Clinton PAYING black people to hold her signs in Texas

The Clinton campaign paid a group of people, all African-American, to hold her campaign signs on a Dallas street corner.

FBI Murders Scott to Seize His Land. No Marijuana Found.

Age 62 at the time of his death at his home in Malibu, CA. on October 2, 1992.

The Anatomy of a Distaster; The Clinton Campaign

How did the Clinton campaign get here? Just a few months ago, few imagined she'd be struggling to catch up to Obama

10 Tips: How to score big at yard sales

With a little bit of advance planning, you can greatly improve your experience at garage sales and save serious cash on all sorts of purchases, both big and small.

Answer Desk: Tax rebate riddles

As readers sit down to the annual brain-teaser of filing their income tax returns, this year offers a new enigma. Will I get one of these tax rebates from the government?

Mexico Abruptly Restricts Car Imports

Mexico Abruptly Bans Imports of Most Used Autos, Causing Panic Among South Texas Dealers

Why I Called Fox News "Propoganda" Live on Fox News

I ripped into Fox "News" while on a Fox "News" morning show last week. I thought I'd answer a bunch of questions people had about the incident.

Surprise! "Iran" Nuke Laptop Data Likely Came From Israel

Tehran has denounced the documents on which the charges are based as fabrications provided by the MEK, and has demanded copies of the documents to analyse, but the United States had refused to do so. There are some indications, moreover, that the MEK obtained the documents not from an Iranian source but from Israel's Mossad.

Answer Desk: A hostile takeover playbook

If Microsoft has the cash to buy rival Yahoo, why can’t it just call up a stock broker and? buy? all of Yahoo's stock? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

Dreading the Gas Station? Get Used To It

For a variety of reasons, $4 gas could become a familiar sight.

10 Tips: Renting rather than buying?

Given the current state of the housing market in many parts of the country, it might make more financial sense for you to rent for the time being rather than buy a home.

Obama wins on civil liberties

NY Times editorial says our privacy rights not as big a priority for Clinton

Amtrak's New Look: Screeners, Dogs, Guns

Amtrak says new procedures won't hold up the flow of passengers.

In Recessions, Doing the Job Is Not Enough

Career coach says no job is safe, and the workplace is no place for modesty.

America's Rogue 'French' Trader

Friends say the trader at the center of a $141M scandal is a smart, kind man.