The stock market continued its slow but steady advance of the past month as investors grew more confident that interest rates will remain at low levels.
Ben Raisher watches the writhing Octopus on his plate. With a deft pinch of his chopsticks, the wriggling, still-alive limb is in his mouth and down his
Dancing Dubliners and New York City paradegoers wearing kilts and green body paint led the world in celebrating St. Patrick on Wednesday along sun-warmed
Shares of Blockbuster Inc. sank more than 30 percent Wednesday after the video rental chain warned that it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
A former Fall River, Mass., dentist is accused of placing paper clips inside the teeth of root canal patients instead of stainless steel posts while billing
Magazine publishers may have a new way to boost flagging circulation: the iPad.
The powerful nor'easter had moved out at sea, but flooding lingered Tuesday in many Northeast communities.
Maple syrup producers are under fire for tapping maple trees in Central Massachusetts cemeteries.
One Maryland dog has some expensive taste. He gobbled up a diamond worth $20,000. But the gem wasn't gone forever. His owners just had to wait a few days for
The powerful wind-whipped nor'easter was gone, but the floods lived on Tuesday in many Northeast communities.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is re-enacting a performance artist's works including one in which two people in the nude stand still, facing each
Thieves broke into an Enfield, Connecticut, warehouse filled with prescription drugs, getting away with up to $75 million worth of narcotics.
Major stock indexes closed narrowly mixed after trading lower for most of the day. An analyst upgrade of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. helped lift the Dow Jones
Clothing maker Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. said Monday it has agreed to buy privately held Tommy Hilfiger in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3 billion,
The top House Republican said the GOP can defeat the Democratic health care bill that may reach the House floor this coming week.
Expelled from the state Senate, shunned by his party and denounced as a domestic abuser, Hiram Monserrate is seeking his old job back in a special election
