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Construction activity fell for a seventh consecutive month as spending on residential and commercial projects declined, a sign that lingering troubles in construction may act as a drag on the...

Oklahoma City 98, Bulls 85 Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin Durant added 25 and the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the third quarter Monday night in a 98-85 victory over...

The Internal Revenue Service plans to start regulating paid tax preparers, requiring them to register with the government, pass competency tests and adhere to ethical standards. The new regulations, announced...

Agent Zero is armed and hilarious. Or tried to be, at least. Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas says he took unloaded guns from his locker Dec. 21 in a "misguided...

An unexpectedly strong report on manufacturing activity Monday bolstered confidence that the nation's factories will help sustain an economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing...

President Obama returned Monday to the White House he never really escaped. Obama and his family took an overnight flight from Hawaii, capping an 11-day holiday vacation sure to be...

Football fans and "American Idol" devotees can breathe a sigh of relief. Fox and Time Warner Cable have reached a deal in principle that will keep the network on the...

All of 22 seconds into things Sunday, gloves and sticks burst into the air and scattered across the ice, as if someone dropped a live grenade into the faceoff circle....

No. 13 Georgetown 67, DePaul 50 DePaul extends Big East woes A sputtering DePaul offense ignited too late Sunday. Trailing No. 13 Georgetown 53-36 with 7 minutes 18 seconds to...

Cheney attack White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan says former Vice President Dick Cheney is intentionally misstating President Obama's terrorism-fighting policies or is ignorant of the facts when he criticizes...