The tough job market has been so hard on some Americans that they have dropped out of the running altogether.But here’s a surprising twist: Generally, that’s not been true of older Americans.The labor force participation rate, or the number of Americans who are wor …

Much of the U.S. can expect a summer with temperatures above average and significant wildfire potential, government forecasters warned just as folks in some parts were already feeling the heat: dozens in Colorado fled their homes on Thursday due to a fast -growing fire near Fort …

Updated at 4:00 p.m. ET: Facebook was set to go public Thursday at $38 a share, raising more than $16 billion in a landmark public stock offering that would value the company at more than $100 billion.Investment banks organizing the stock offering were widely expect …

Updated at 3:56 p.m. ET: John Edwards was a bad husband who lied to his family, but he's not a criminal, his lawyer told jurors Thursday as the former presidential candidate's corruption trial wrapped up.

A newly discovered shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico may have originally gone down 200 years ago. The ship is full of glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets.

Disco legend Donna Summer died Thursday at age 63, reportedly after a battle with breast cancer."Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith," the singer's family said in a statement. "While we gri eve her passin …

Spain and Italy will be the next victims of the European financial crisis if Greece crashes out of the euro currency zone, the head of the World Bank has warned.Fears that Athens may be forced to issue registered warrants or return to its former currency , the drachma, have ratt …

The world's most expensive cable car is undergoing tests in London – but authorities admit the project, which links two Olympic venues, may not open in time for this summer's Games.The 1,000-yard gondola lift line crosses the River Thames in east London and is planned to …

Penguin Number 337, which made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay, has popped up on video footage in a different part of the bay, frolicking in the water and apparently healthy.