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Personal bankruptcies rose more than 30 percent in 2009, with more than 1.4 million protection filings. Even though so many people are in dire financial straits, having to declare bankruptcy comes as an embarrassing shock.

Insurance Industry Remains Somewhat Divided On Cross-Border Coverage

An Iraqi insurgent group posted a videotape on the Internet on Monday. The group says it shows military identification cards belonging to two U.S. soldiers believed to have been captured last month in Iraq.

The price of the main U.S. oil contract hit $100 a barrel Wednesday — the highest in more than two years. And when the price of oil rises, the price of just about everything else — driving, heating, eating, shopping and more — starts to move up too. Is it time to get really worried?

All workers from a crippled reactor at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, have been evacuated. Also, white smoke was rising from the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daichi power plant. The developments follow a new fire at an already fire-damaged reactor.

Police in riot gear arrested dozens of protesters who had marched through downtown to break into a vacant building, shattering windows, spraying graffiti and setting fires along the way.

Some prominent conservatives are speaking out in favor of the kind of comprehensive immigration bill that many Republicans oppose -- one that would include border security and then a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

It's hard to raise money for charity these days, so fundraisers are looking for new ways to attract donors. From a machine that churns out seemingly handwritten fundraising letters to games that help nonprofits raise money, it's clear plenty of for-profit businesses are eager to help.

A decade ago, residents thought an old rail line above the city was an eyesore and wanted it torn down. Today, it's one of Manhattan's most popular public spaces. A new book gives the inside story of how Joshua David and Robert Hammond saved the abandoned track.

Foreign workers were elated when the State Department allowed them to finally apply for the final stage in getting a permanent visa to seek citizenship. But the backlogged Citizenship and Immigration Services refused to accept the applications. Now both agencies face lawsuits.