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Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover
If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another ...
Powerful typhoon kills at least 74 in Philippines
Torrential floods from a powerful typhoon engulfed emergency shelters and an army truck carrying soldiers and villagers who were fleeing their homes ...
McAfee says he plans to seek asylum in Guatemala
Software company founder John McAfee has surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying Tuesday that he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala ...
Republican opposition downs UN disability treaty
Led by Republican opposition, the Senate on Tuesday rejected a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled that is modeled after the landmark ...
Canadian Pacific Railway to eliminate 4,500 jobs
Canadian Pacific Railway will eliminate some 4,500 employee and contractor positions by 2016, the new chief executive of Canada's second largest ...
Chain blast feared before clean-up at La. site
Authorities are slowly moving some of the 6 million pounds of explosives improperly stored at a munitions recycling facility because they feared a ...
Netflix outbids Starz for rights to Disney movies
Netflix's Internet video service has landed the U.S. rights to show Disney movies shortly after they leave theaters, a coup that could turn into a ...
Senate passes $631 billion defense bill
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move quickly ...
Hugh Hefner, fiancee obtain marriage license
Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris are again taking steps toward the altar, more than a year after the centerfold canceled their previous engagement and ...
Yahoo buys more mobile expertise in latest deal
Yahoo has bought another Silicon Valley mobile startup as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to create more compelling products for smartphones and tablet ...
Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes ...
Mayor: LA port strike to go to federal mediation
As cargo ships idled in the harbor or headed elsewhere, negotiators prepared Tuesday to return to the bargaining table with a federal mediator to try ...
GOP leaders remove 4 from plum House committees
House Speaker John Boehner's decision to take plum committee assignments away from four conservative Republican lawmakers after they bucked party ...
Toll Brothers 4Q net income soars on tax benefit
Toll Brothers says its fiscal fourth-quarter net income soared, helped by a large income tax benefit and a 48 percent rise in revenue. The luxury ...
FEMA chief: Sandy fund should last until spring
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday there's enough money in the government's disaster relief fund for Superstorm Sandy ...
Pandora outlook for loss sparks sell-off
Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit more than tripled to $2 million as revenue rose slightly ...
Baxter to buy Swedish firm Gambro in $2.76B deal
Drug and medical device maker Baxter International plans to buy the privately held Swedish company Gambro AB for about $2.76 billion to broaden its ...
Darden cites failed promotions for lower outlook
Darden Restaurants Inc. is cutting its profit forecast for the year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming failed promotions and ...
Greek PM pledges first glimmer of recovery in 2013
Greece's prime minister on Tuesday promised an austerity-weary nation that 2013 will bring the first signs of economic recovery after a punishing ...
Ask.com adds mobile apps to its search results
You're apt to discover more useful apps for your smartphone or tablet computer at Ask.com beginning Tuesday. At least that's the thinking behind a ...
US banks report stronger profits and more lending
U.S. banks are enjoying their best profits in six years and are lending a bit more freely. The gradual improvement suggests that the industry will ...
Exxon Mobil to give CEO a raise to $2.7 million
Exxon Mobil Corp. is raising CEO Rex W. Tillerson's salary 6 percent to $2.72 million on Jan. 1. The oil giant said Tuesday in a regulatory filing ...
New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to ...
NYC breaks ground on 26-acre Hudson Yards project
Work to transform the largest undeveloped property in Manhattan from a railroad storage yard into a sleek new neighborhood of spiky high-rises and ...
Stocks little changed as budget talks continue
Stocks closed little changed Tuesday on Wall Street as budget talks continued in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 13.82 points ...