WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a skeptical Congress Thursday that the central bank is “well suited” to oversee colossal financial companies whose failure could endanger the... » Full Story

Sports fans are familiar with pain that’s supposed to end their love affair with the game. There are the labor spats between billionaire team owners and millionaire athletes. » Full Story

NEW YORK — In hard times, entertainment either grinds it out with the rest of us, or it waltzes. » Full Story

NEW YORK — For many social-service charities across America, the recession has delivered a staggering one-two punc. » Full Story

The average retail price for gasoline dipped below $2.50 a gallon for the first time in two months Monday as swelling oil supplies and slumping demand overshadowed even a fire at a major U.S. » Full Story

WASHINGTON — The embattled community activist group ACORN appears to be collecting charitable contributions through affiliate organizations that it then uses for impermissible lobbying and political... » Full Story

Going to work may never be the same again.

The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer. » Full Story

KIMBERLY, Idaho — From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: finding a new spud for... » Full Story

NEW YORK — If the Great Recession has taught people one thing, it’s this: They need to take charge of their finances.

It’s a lesson plenty are heedin. » Full Story

WASHINGTON — Forty-two states lost jobs last month, up from 29 in July, with the biggest net payroll cuts coming in Texas, Michigan, Georgia and Ohio. » Full Story