If you thought the attempt by Fox News to trademark the phrase "Fair and Balanced" was a laugh, here's a real doozy - toy giant Mattel is suing a small publisher of educational tools for autistic and special needs children for their use of the words ...

The French minister argued that "the current acute tension on oil markets should lead us to a collective and coordinated action in order to restore more bearable price levels and help the world economy evolve towards the post-oil era."

It was always a hard life working on trawlers off the coast of Brittany but Marc Grandmougin put up with it for 20 years -- until surging fuel costs cut the French fisherman's income by a third in one year.

Google's claim follows Viacom's move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site. Viacom says it has identified 150,000 unauthorised clips on YouTube.

U.S. food prices will rise a stiff 9 percent a year through 2012, the largest increase since 1979 and the result of record-high crop prices, the head of an economic consulting company said

The state of Alaska will sue the U.S. government to stop the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, arguing the designation will slow development in the state, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Wednesday.

Many recent studies on job satisfaction have shown that workers who spend longer hours in office environments, often under artificial light in windowless offices, report reduced job satisfaction and increased stress levels.

Trash, rubbish, whatever you call it, the 1.6 billion tonnes of stuff the world throws away each year -- 250 kilograms per person -- is being touted as a big potential source of clean energy.

The foreclosure crisis that has forced thousands of families from their homes has given something good to the nation's best-known housing charity: Cheap properties for sale in communities around the country.

Jackie Hoffman sifted through a laundry bin filled with aging bread, choosing a loaf of white.Like nearly a third of the first 50 customers to arrive at the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton that morning, Hoffman was new to the pantry. But since she lost