Americans still need their Starbucks fix... even in the weak economy.

US Airways flight attendants will soon vote on a contract that could increase their pay and put them in a better position for any future mergers.

Belkin, a maker of smartphone cases and computing accessories, said Thursday that it is buying the home networking business unit of Cisco, including the Linksys router brand.

A federal judge has ordered the city of New Orleans to scale back its plans for creating a "clean zone" where the use of banners, signs and flags would be restricted during Super Bowl festivities.

"American Pie" singer Don McLean has been fined $400 for driving his Chrysler too fast through a school zone in Maine and has paid the levy.

Here's a possible new cost for people with the cigarette habit.

Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change.

A prominent genetics expert from Harvard Medical School says he is not looking for a woman to bear a Neanderthal baby. Not even an adventurous one.

The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Mary Jo White as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission this afternoon.

A federal judge in Chicago has imposed a 35-year prison sentence for an American who played a key role in a 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, India, that killed more than 160 people.

Western governments are urging their citizens in the Libyan city of Benghazi to leave -- in response to what is described as an imminent threat against Westerners.

President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state says it's imperative for the United States get its fiscal house in order to lead worldwide.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest level in five years, evidence that employers are cutting fewer jobs and may step up hiring.

The House has passed a bill to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first avoid default for at least four months, defusing a crisis looming next month and setting the stage for a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, facing off with lawmakers who included potential 2016 presidential rivals.

A 16-foot great white shark named Mary Lee is among those who like calling North Carolina home.

The Harris County sheriff says there could be a second suspect in the aftermath of the Houston-area community college shooting that injured three people.

Vice President Joe Biden is launching a White House campaign of road trips to promote gun control with a visit to the heart of avidly pro-gun Virginia.

Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Senate Democrats will support a House Republican bill extending the government's ability to borrow for four months.

An eastern Ohio couple has pleaded guilty to punishing their three children by forcing them into plastic storage boxes sealed with duct tape and only a square cut in the top for air.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Congress Wednesday that she is committed to improving security at U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide after the Sept. 11 raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.

New York has legions of residents living in tiny apartments. Now the city is about to see just how small they're willing to go.

A top National Rifle Association official has criticized President Barack Obama's reference to absolutism in his inauguration speech.

Authorities say the daughter of a murdered Nevada official had an affair several months before fatally shooting the woman she was married to and then turning the gun on herself at their Phoenix home.