In 1971, while coaching the University of Oregon's track team, William Bowerman poured a urethane mix into his wife's waffle iron.

Global confidence in the US economy has reached zero, as was proved by last month's stock market meltdown. But there is an enormous anomaly in the US economy above and beyond the subprime mortgage crisis, the housing bubble and the prospect of recession

Every night, working from lists of names and phone numbers, they called World War II veterans, retired schoolteachers and thousands of other elderly Americans and posed as government and insurance workers updating their files.

Health care reformers scored a victory Monday when 35 chief executives announced a major lobbying coalition designed to push for universal coverage in a market-based system.

There is a major crisis in our media taking place right now; it is getting almost no attention and unless we act very soon the consequences...could well be disastrous. And it will only take place because it is being done without any public awareness

Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. plans to start selling small televisions this year using a screen technology that is a contender for the next-generation screen of flat-screen TVs, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.