Strapped for cash, GM is on the brink of bankruptcy. It's a dramatic shift for a car company that had begun to right itself after decades of trouble. So what happened?

A ban on fast food advertisements in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, according to a new study being published this month in the Journal of Law and Economics. The study also reports that eliminating the tax deductibility associated with television advertising would result in a reduction of

A federal judge sentenced a former sheriff in Tennessee to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for convictions that included shaking down convenience store clerks for protection money and transporting cocaine by the pound.

The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council says China's and Peru's robust growth rates of 9.3 and 9.2 percent respectively will fall in 2009, but Peru's drop-off will be more pronounced.

Bidders for the Chicago Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership committee.

Authorities in Texas say a teenage boy fatally shot his father during an argument over a fast-food order, then killed himself.

A killer convicted of kidnapping and torturing two young siblings from Idaho says he doesn't plan to appeal his death sentence.

A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the auto industry needs.

Somali pirates preying on international shipping are also damaging their homeland's battered economy, worsening the instability that opened the door to piracy and inroads by Islamic extremists, the U.N. chief warned Wednesday.

Federal health advisers on Wednesday backed the benefits of an experimental antibiotic but rebuffed another, citing questions that it would be able to fight dangerous staph infections that are becoming increasingly common.

Peyton Manning watches the last three games and sees progress.

Women's ski jumping is being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics because there are not enough athletes to merit the sport's inclusion, not because of gender discrimination, an International Olympic Committee spokeswoman said Wednesday.

What's so bad about bankruptcy as an alternative to big bailouts for automakers or other critical U.S. companies? Frozen credit and the hardships of a Chapter 11 reorganization make it a tough pill to swallow for struggling industries and their workers.

Guitar Hero/Nerd displays his...heroism by creating a Guitar Hero course on the streets of his hometown.

Recognized widely for his catchphrase — "the family that prays together stays together" — the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message to millions by radio and later television, using Hollywood stars to emphasize prayer and moral values.

Randy Thomas stared in puzzled silence at the numbers for the longest time, then finally starting laughing. If the Pro Bowl voting were to end right now, the veteran right guard would be on his way to Hawaii — along with 19 of his Washington Redskins teammates.

It's easier than it's ever been in recorded history to send letters to one another, and while that's great and all, it also means we're sending each other things we probably wouldn't have bothered with back when it took a guy on a horse a month or more to deliver them. This is double true for people who don't really understand the internet. You kn

North Carolina says forward Tyler Zeller will likely miss the rest of the season with a broken wrist.

The NFL is giving Adam "Pacman" Jones another chance.