These are places where the pain points from the recession are greatest.
The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration.
Police say a German woman missing for 12 years has been found living in the woods in Switzerland.
With all the talk about a new fleet of electric cars coming down the �pike, Jacob in Denver is wondering: Is the nation's power grid ready for all these vehicles? The Answer Desk.
Circuit City Stores Inc. agreed with liquidators on Friday to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal.
Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000).
The legendary Rainbow Room is the latest victim of the current economic crisis - saying it will close its restaurant, the Rainbow Grill, a company official told NBCNewYork.
A thief remains at large after pulling off a daring heist - in the pet food aisle.
Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.
Santa Claus has added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket while delivering gifts to children.
Steven Chu, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for energy secretary, has been a vocal advocate for more research into alternative energy, arguing it is imperative to combat global warming.
A Spokane woman and her mother have been convicted in federal court on charges of sneaking a rhesus monkey into the United States from Thailand.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that accuse him of trying to benefit from his ability to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's replacement in the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the situation in Afghanistan will get more difficult before it gets easier - "just like the surge in Iraq was" - as the U.S. prepares to pour thousands more troops into the country, including on the doorsteps of Kabul.
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the president may order that people picked up in the United States be detained indefinitely and without criminal charges.
Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers report.
Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said Tuesday.
A 28-year-old man who attempted to pay for his bar tab with gum wrappers was arrested after a scuffle with a police officer on Tuesday night, authorities said.
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