The White House says Obama made clear to emergency management officials that the federal government should do all it can to provide resources to state and local officials along the East Coast as they brace for the approaching storm.
Investors are sending Apple's stock below $600 for the first time in three months, after the consumer electronics behemoth reported earnings for its latest quarter that missed expectations and warned that profits in the holiday quarter would fall from last year
The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by an uptick in consumer spending and a burst of government spending.
The mother of two young children found stabbed to death in the family's New York City apartment kept a loving blog of her children, detailing their latest antics and interests, and full of happy photos.
Newell Rubbermaid plans to cut more than 1,900 jobs, or about 10 percent of its workforce, over the next two and a half years as the consumer products company reorganizes its operations in a bid to boost profitability.
Residents are awaiting the next release of names of accused clients of a woman who police say used her Zumba dance studio as a front for prostitution in the seaside town of Kennebunk, Maine.
Police at Los Angeles International Airport say actor Jack Scalia has been arrested after security screeners found an unloaded handgun in his carry-on bag.
big peanut harvest is likely to reduce prices on peanut butter and other products for consumers stinging from high grocery prices. U.S. farmers expect to bring in two-thirds more peanuts this year than they did in 2011.
Police say a mother returning to her New York City apartment has found her two small children stabbed to death in a bathtub and her nanny with a knife in her hand.
Hurricane Sandy has already claimed two lives, one in Jamaica and another in Haiti. Now, the weather system is headed toward Cuba and could hit the east coast of the United States.
President Barack Obama has used an appearance on the "Tonight Show" to encourage voters to go to the polls and to condemn the remarks of a Republican Senate candidate about rape and pregnancy.
Republican Mitt Romney's campaign says he still supports Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after Mourdock said "God intended" pregnancies that result from rape, but the campaign has not asked Mourdock to take down a TV ad featuring Romney.