Babies as young as 5 months can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomy tunes.

Christian Broadcasting Network co-founder Pat Robertson, in a new update to his Web site, states that, "we have between 75 and 120 days before the Middle East starts spinning out of control."

Test your knowledge of bank failures, bankruptcy filings, mergers and bailout plans by taking the FCAT (Financial Crisis Aptitude Test) below.

An 80-year-old grandmother who took control of her finances wonders why bankers can't do the same.

Two dump trucks struck a school bus carrying special-needs students, leaving the bus in a ditch along a rural highway, its front end and roof crushed -- and four young children dead.

A Melrose Park man will not serve any prison time after pleading guilty Friday to aggravated driving under the influence in a crash that killed his father. Cook County Circuit Judge Carol Kipperman sentenced Eric Gomez, 18, to 30 months of probation.

A Millcreek Township woman was set to appear Monday in Erie County Court to contest charges that she was driving drunk and caused another woman's death in a two-car crash on Powell Avenue in November.

Plea to halt the killings

Palin is powerful so long as no one knows anything about her .. .spread the truth ... let's OPEN THE BOOK on $arah Palin, Republican foot $oldier.

McCain -- by his own admission -- doesn't know how to use a computer, and said she would feel "weird, really weird" about having a president who doesn't understand "the most current mode of communication." Watch it: