CBO sees record $1.2 trillion '09 deficit: The federal budget deficit will hit an unprecedented $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures. ›00:16
Late loan payments hit a record high: Late payments on consumer loans in last years third quarter hit the highest level since record-keeping began in 1980, the American Bankers Association (ABA) said Wednesday. ›22:36 7 Jan, Wed
Scientists hear mystery boom from space: Astronomers have detected a strange radio noise from the far reaches of the cosmos that booms six times louder than expected. ›01:42
Porn industry seeks own stimulus ... package: Seems everyone is lining up for a government handout, but in the case of the porn industry, you may wonder where the hands have been. ›02:45
Cuba allows access to Hemingway papers: Cuba on Monday began accepting requests for electronic access to more than 3,000 documents from Ernest Hemingway's home on the island, including the unpublished epilogue of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and coded messages the author sent when using his yacht to hunt for German submarines during World War II. ›16:22 6 Jan, Tue
Officials fear rise in monoxide poisonings: Power outages spurred by the combination of bad weather and utility shutoffs in a bad economy could boost cases of carbon monoxide poisonings this year, health officials fear. ›14:05 6 Jan, Tue
Oprah adds Holocaust story disclaimer: Oprah has yet to comment on the debunked story of a Holocaust survivor who claimed to have met his future wife in a Nazi concentration camp. But a brief disclaimer on the story she featured prominently on her show has been added to her Web site. ›19:44 6 Jan, Tue
Sub to probe shifting Antarctic glacier: A yellow, remote-controlled submarine will dive under an ice shelf in Antarctica to seek clues to world ocean level rises in one of the most inaccessible places on Earth. ›17:34 7 Jan, Wed
Obama pledges to tackle government spending: President-elect Obama says he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first. ›23:48 7 Jan, Wed
Bush leaves fuel economy rules for Obama: The Bush administration said Wednesday it won't finish implementing new vehicle fuel-efficiency rules, leaving the issue to the incoming Obama administration. ›19:10 7 Jan, Wed
Top dog and cat names of 2008: Move over, Fido and Fluffy. There's a new batch of pet names in town: "people" names! See which monikers were paws-down most popular and most unusual, too (Fetch, Meatwad!). ›17:17 7 Jan, Wed
Algae used in biofuel on jet test flight: Continental Airlines on Wednesday became the first U.S. commercial carrier to conduct a demonstration flight powered in part by alternative fuels. ›23:31 7 Jan, Wed
Half their size: 2 women shed 316 lbs. total: Stacie Guines and Lisa Dreher share a remarkable accomplishment: they both lost half their body weight, and they did it through plain old diet and exercise. Ive lost not only a person, but a good-sized person, Guines said. ›19:08 6 Jan, Tue
Microsoft's Ballmer: Windows 7 is nearly final: Microsoft Corp.'s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time. ›04:22
Congress poised to reshape Obama's stimulus: Since a large portion of President-elect Obamas stimulus proposal will come in the form of tax cuts, two congressional chairmen will ultimately determine what form the bill takes. ›23:45 7 Jan, Wed
German polar bear Flocke gets company: Nuremberg's celebrity polar bear cub, Flocke, has a new friend: a Russian bear. ›14:25 7 Jan, Wed
2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Top 10 Wacky Concept Cars: MSN editors pick the 10 craziest concept cars at the Tokyo show. ›07:00 29 Oct, Mon
Poorer education tied to preterm birth risk: Pregnant women with low levels of education are nearly twice as likely as their more educated peers to give birth prematurely, researchers from the Netherlands report. ›16:03 7 Jan, Wed
Flood-control dams eyed for energy: America's search for cleaner electricity has developers studying dozens of government flood-control dams to see if it makes financial sense to retrofit them with hydroelectric turbines. ›17:28 31 Dec, Wed
Cant get a date? Its not them, its you: Matchmaker Patti Novak, star of the A & E series "Confessions of a Matchmaker," gets brutally honest about some of the most common problems people have when dating from being too picky to being too promiscuous. In her new book, she suggests solutions for how to "Get Over Yourself" and find love. ›20:00 7 Jan, Wed
Walter: Reid faces senatorial test or two: The Blagojevich saga and seemingly never-ending Minnesota Senate contest will have more of an impact on the partisan tone and tenor of the upper chamber than the pending economic stimulus effort. ›13:40 7 Jan, Wed