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
Certificate says seizure killed Jett Travolta: An official with a Bahamian funeral home says Jett Travoltas death certificate says he was killed by a seizure. ›22:51 5 Jan, Mon
Google cuts contractors, plans to grow: Google Inc. has jettisoned a substantial number of temporary workers in a recent austerity drive spurred by the recession. ›01:15
N.Y. adopts tough clean air rules: New York environmental regulators adopted stricter air pollution rules on Tuesday to prevent power plants and factories from belching out more smog and soot. ›22:46 7 Jan, Wed
Video: Madoff gifts cause for confinement, prosecutors say: Jan. 7: Prosecutors said Wednesday that admitted Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff should be put in jail for violating bail by sending several expensive gifts to family members. CNBC's Scott Cohn reports.(Nightly News) ›00:02
Lead for car batteries poisonstown: The dirtin this town on the fringes of Dakar, Senegal's capital, is laced with lead left over from years of extracting it from old car batteries. And it is poisoning children. ›08:47 4 Jan, Sun
Great Barrier Reef's coral growth is slowing: The growth of coral in the Great Barrier Reef has slowed to the most sluggish rate in at least 400 years and signs point to manmade greenhouse gas emissions as the culprit, according to a new study. ›19:00 1 Jan, Thu
'God' author faces plagiarism claim: Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of "Conversations with God," said that he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own in a recent blog post. ›14:18 7 Jan, Wed
Toyota to roll out safety, driver assist services: Toyota said Wednesday that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer. ›01:27
Feds: Inauguration is attractive terrorist target: The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats. ›03:03
Watch out Vegas! New York hears wedding bells: With a gleaming marriage bureau makeover, New York City aims to become the new No. 1 place to tie the knot. ›00:56
Newsweek: Why saving now hurts the economy: Our savings are finally rising but not because the United States has suddenly become a thrifty nation. It's happening because after years of spending everything we earned, there is suddenly no money available for consumers to borrow and no money safely stored away for us to fall back on. ›17:36 7 Jan, Wed
Kittengarten: Take your cat to class!: It's just what it sounds like: a class for kittens and their owners. The goal is to make sure that cats are happy and healthy in their adoptive homes and that they stay there. ›19:36 5 Jan, Mon
Video: West Coast battles winter washout: Jan. 7: The West Coast tried to cope Wednesday with a monster storm that threatens to cause epic flooding. Weather Channel's Julie Martin reports.(Nightly News) ›00:05
Oil plunges on worries about demand: Energy prices plunged across the board Wednesday after a government report showed U.S. oil reserves were much greater than expected, suggesting demand continues to fall. ›20:15 7 Jan, Wed
Matthews won't run for Pa. Senate seat: MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. ›02:44
Win a trip to the inauguration: Florida homebuilder Cynthia Russell won an all-expenses-paid trip to the inauguration for her essay on her economic struggles and her hopes for the new administration. The Presidential Inaugural Committee is giving away nine more trips to those who enter by midnight Thursday. ›15:28 7 Jan, Wed
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
Presidential libraries to disclose future donors: Future donations to presidential libraries would have to be publicly disclosed, the House decided Wednesday. ›19:20 7 Jan, Wed
Obama designer Pinto sticking to Chicago: Despite being a Michelle Obama fashion favorite, Maria Pinto stresses that her clothes are for real women, not just ingenues who are here today and gone tomorrow. This may be why the Chicago-based designer hasn't campaigned to become a household name. ›20:46 5 Jan, Mon
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