Wegmans, a grocery store chain with 70 stores in five states, took cigarettes off their shelves in February.

Children being forced to support their families in sweat-shop environments

There are concerns that people are being forced off their land as the world's third largest mining operation seeks huge profits from the increasing world demand for platinum.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should resign and the Fed should be abolished as a way to boost the falling dollar and speed up the recovery of the U.S. economy, investor Jim Rogers, CEO of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC Europe Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Big industries are waging an intense lobbying effort to block new, tougher limits on air pollution

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is set to hold current production levels unchanged at a meeting this week as it continues to gauge the state of the global economy, the head of Libya's oil industry said Sund

Laurie Dobson of Kennebunkport, who is running for U.S. Senate as an independent, wants fellow residents to consider having President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney arrested on war crimes charges if either one comes to

Setting an all-time record, oil prices rose to nearly $104 a barrel on Monday morning, exceeding their inflation-adjusted high reached in the early 1980s during the second oil shock.

Soon Michael Vick will have no sponsorship deals. Rawlings ended its relationship with the Atlanta Falcons quarterback on Tuesday. Hopefully Vick doesn't have a dog to kick. The St. Louis-based sporting goods manufacturer, which used his likeness