CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- Food researcher Michele Bloovman grabs the freshly baked angel food cake and rips it open the way one would tear apart a loaf of Italian bread. Inside, it's blue — the color of a ...

WASHINGTON -- Americans are increasingly downbeat about the economy and deeply worried that their standard of living is at risk, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll that shows family finances ...

NEW YORK -- Stocks closed mixed Friday after playing out a now familiar scenario: Upbeat sentiment about falling oil prices flagged amid onging concerns about weak credit markets and the economy. The ...

WASHINGTON -- Consumers, battered by a slumping housing market and a credit crunch, slowed the growth in spending in October to the smallest amount in four months, and construction activity fell by a ...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama's economic stimulus plan grew to nearly $900 billion in the Senate on Tuesday, even as Republicans who have criticized its size prepared major efforts to slash spending.

B A G H D A D, Iraq, Oct. 28 -- — As the most sacred month on the Muslim calendar, Ramadan, is being observed in the presence of 130,000 American troops, there are concerns about a potential culture ...

L O N D O N, May 31 -- Politician and best-selling novelist Jeffrey Archer forged his diaries and paid a friend 20,000 pounds ($28,500) to provide him with a false alibi to help rebut allegations he ...

Aug. 19 -- — Two out of three American adults are overweight. One in three Americans is obese. The adults of tomorrow aren't looking any better — 15 percent of American children are obese. It's ...

June 8 -- Imagine selling your child to the highest bidder — and getting away with it. For many Romanian families, it's not a nightmarish fantasy, but a common strategy for survival. In a country ...