For the market to move higher, some stocks have to become leaders, convincing investors they're convincing buys.

One of the first challenges of budgeting is figuring out what expenses are necessary.

When corporations run into trouble, candor is the way to win back public trust.

Probably not. Two of the GOP's most senior elected officials ? Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham ? said Sunday their party needs an agenda attractive to voters critical of both parties.

As the November midterm election approaches, it seems to be dire straits for Democrats. Obama and other party leaders will have to energize their base in order to turn it around.

How anti-Muslim sentiment is different in European countries than in America.

The US job market is in rough shape, but there are some signs of progress as well. Here's a Labor Day quiz that sheds some light on where opportunities lie within a mostly tepid job market.

A Dagestan suicide bombing that struck a Russian military base Sunday underscored the difficulties Moscow faces in stamping out violence in the restive republic.

While some tout Iceland's depreciation as a miracle solution to recession, its economic plunge is speeding up.

A young white woman kicks up a storm when she decides to interview the black maids in her Mississippi town.

Central bankers have faced today's crisis before. But their new weapon, quantitative easing, could make the mess worse.

The US and other troubled economies need to pay down their debts. Stimulus and easy money only make recessions last longer.

There's no evidence that spending or investment decisions by the rich hurt US output.

Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website, replacing it with a black bar that says 'censored.' Critics ? including 17 state attorneys general ? likened the services to virtual pimping

As public opposition to the proposed mosque near ground zero grows and Sept. 11 approaches, Muslims are preparing for anti-Islamic acts, encouraging adherents to participate in 9/11 remembrance ceremonies, and changing how they celebrate the end of Ramadan.

The new report on the state of tax reform begins with the premise that tax revenue is already adequate - and it's not.

After touching the outer banks of North Carolina, the storm bypassed much of America's East Coast, dumping rain in Massachusetts before making landfall in Nova Scotia Saturday morning.

Following a disastrous candidates? debate in which Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer blanked out for what must have seemed an eternity, the Republican front-runner has been scrambling to repair the damage ? starting with her overstating the nature of carnage along the border.

Obama mulls new tax relief and help for 'under water' mortgages to lift economy. Republicans and business groups say if jobs are the goal, tax relief should include highest-earning Americans.

The media keeps citing an old statistic claiming that 97 percent of small business owners don't fall into either of the top two tax rates. Is that number based on faulty logic?

'Machete,' which opened in theaters this weekend, is full of R-rated violence and goof-ball characters. But immigration ? a hot political topic ? is a subtheme to this end-of-summer flick.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wants to build an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero as part of his effort to preach Muslim tolerance. But on the eve of 9/11, opposition and skepticism abounds.

Twitter mobile use has grown 62 percent since April, a Twitter exec wrote today.

Apple Ping gets off to a rocky start.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled badly at the beginning of a gubernatorial debate Wednesday. But Brewer is a Republican in a conservative state, so the damage may be limited.

The US has averaged about 100,000 new jobs a month for eight months. Good, right? Well, the US is growing, and 100,000 jobs aren't enough for the new people coming into the workforce.

BP raises the titanic steel blowout preventer, whose failure led to the Gulf oil spill, one of the world's worst. What story will it tell?

'Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould' delves deeper into the influential pianist's elusive brilliance than any earlier documentary.

'An Unfinished Film' annotates footage shot by a Nazi propaganda crew, creating a cinematic witness to Nazi horror.

Set in the desert, 'A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop' is the tale of double and triple crosses as an old miser discovers his wife is having an affair and hires an assassin.

Insurgent candidates are causing intraparty battles nationwide this election season. But the case of Dan Maes and the Colorado governor race is unique. Republicans are unendorsing him.

Trying to make more efficient use of your time? Here are Nine Steps to Work Less and Do More.

After toppling moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, the 'tea party' it setting its sights on Delaware. Tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell is challenging moderate US Rep. Mike Castle in this month's GOP US Senate primary.

The mosque near ground zero debate is still percolating partly because the topic is so well suited to blogs and talk shows.

New Zealand earthquake causes road damage in Christchurch, but no injuries reported.

Two Chinese satellites bumped into each other very gently, leaving analysts wondering what China is up to.

Since reaching a low last December, US private-sector employment has grown by 763,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. But some states are better at creating new jobs than others. For example: While California has created lots of jobs, its performance relative to its size is only middling. Here are the Top 5 job-creating states when their size is taken into account (click on the right arrow to see the next state):

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long?s characters entwine in a low-key long-distance relationship, in the romantic comedy 'Going the Distance.?

What happens when you apply game theory to actual games? Deciding between running and passing in football, for example.