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Obesity rate plateaus The nation's obesity rate appears to have stalled. But the latest numbers still show that more than two-thirds of adults and almost a third of kids are...

26.7% About one in four female teens is involved in some sort of violent behavior at school or at work, according to a government report. A survey of more than...

General Motors Co. will halt Hummer production next week at its Louisiana plant until sale of the brand to a Chinese company is completed. Kevin Wale, president of GM's China...

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced new investigative units and enforcement measures as the agency undertakes the most extensive restructuring of its enforcement division in decades. The SEC was scorched...

United Airlines joined the latest round of baggage-fee increases Wednesday, following Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines. United said it will charge $25 to check the first bag at the...

Mexico has captured a kingpin accused of terrorizing his way to the top of a gang fighting for control of key U.S. drug routes -- even ordering rivals dissolved in...

Tally of bird-plane strikes up Final count in U.S. for 2009 could exceed 10,000 WASHINGTON -- Reports of airplanes hitting birds and other wildlife surged last year, including serious accidents...

Airbus said it beat rival Boeing in aircraft production in 2009, maintaining its place as the world's largest plane-maker, but warned that a troubled military transport program is endangering the...

A Lombard mortgage company and 14 other firms were served with subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday, part of a probe of mortgage lenders...

The U.S. trade deficit jumped to the highest level in 10 months as an improving U.S. economy pushed up demand for imports. Exports rose as well, boosted by a weaker...