The president's job approval rises, despite concerns about the economy, health care, and war.
The burger chain is renovating its 12,000 locations to look more "edgy, futuristic."
This foot exercise will get blood flowing through your body and energize you.
A funded savings account could soon become reality for all children born in the U.S.
Scientists who made high-speed Internet and stunning Hubble photos possible share the $1.4 mil prize.
Brokers want to pay cash for your life insurance policy — but how they'll profit isn't so pleasant.
A hurricane-battered New Orleans school and Peru's ancient city of Machu Picchu need help.
A West Virginia city fights to keep a statue of a restaurant chain mascot, despite its owner's wishes.
No matter which snack you want, these tips can help you pick the healthier item.
Wing Nut Hate Talk show host Lush Dimbulb is part of a bid to buy an NFL team.
Da Vinci's greatest painting lies hidden somewhere inside a wall in Florence’s city hall.
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The recession has bankrupted some big chains, but these businesses are doing well.
The New York-based terror plot the feds say they disrupted last month was one of the most serious in the U.S. since the 9/11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder declared.
United Airlines put a new twist on baggage fees Monday, introducing a sort of all-you-can-carry fee for luggage. The airline said travelers could pay $249 for the right to check two bags every time they fly United or United Express for a year.
Lower fuel costs and a mild winter could add up to big savings for consumers.
Food-borne illnesses don't always come from the sources you'd expect, a new report shows.
William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him.
The solar wind has died to a ghost of a breeze, so what's stirring up our satellites?
People who carry firearms are far likelier to get shot – and killed – than unarmed people, finds a new study of hundreds of shooting victims in Philadelphia.
A dusty ring has been found around Saturn that dwarfs all others discovered to date – its particles are likely the detritus of collisions involving the moon Phoebe.
Brigitte, one of German's most popular glossy women's magazines, has banned models from its pages and will instead use only "real" women in its editorial pages, as a protest against society's obsession with stick-thin women.
A company that won a $565 million patent-case judgment before settling with Microsoft in 2007 has filed suit against 22 more companies, alleging they also violated the same patent.In the memo from Randy Brown, Wellpoint’s chief human resources officer, the company said it would lower its contribution toward worker premiums and raise deductibles in two of its three benefit plans. “Your cost per paycheck will probably increase,” the memo said. Wellpoint has 42,000 employees. - More here.
Anthem, a subsidiary of Indiana-based insurance giant Wellpoint, had requested an 18.5 percent rate increase that would support a 3 percent profit this year for policies sold to individual Mainers who are not covered under employer-sponsored group policies. Kofman’s decision reduced the average increase to 10.9 percent. - More Here.
...in 2006, executive compensation for the nine highest-paid administrators in Maine totaled more than $4.3 million, averaging almost $500,000 per executive.
With supplies limited, health care workers get inoculated, while others have to wait.
A British newspaper incorrectly claims the Iranian president's birth name is of Jewish origin.
The downturn has been good for at least one thing — big bargains for shoppers.
Prices dropping across America
Even if you haven't saved at all, it's possible to retire with more than $1 million in the bank.
