Consumers struggling with credit card debt will start to see some relief Thursday as the first steps of the Obama administration's industry overhaul go into effect.
Oil prices have surged nearly 50% from the start of the year, but don't expect a return to triple digits anytime soon as worries about the pace of an economic recovery will continue to drive near-term volatility.
In a century-old building at 220 Camp St. bustle a bunch of new-fangled companies -- the kind once considered as likely to call New Orleans home as the Saints winning the Super Bowl.
The Obama administration is looking hard at pushing through a health-care reform bill without Republican backing, top Democrats close to the White House have told CNN.
Brad Pitt ensured that the nation noticed Hurricane Katrina's utter destruction to hundreds of shotgun houses and Creole cottages in New Orleans' working-class Lower Ninth Ward.
It began as the most ordinary of fender-benders. Cynthia Johnson, an office manager for a real estate company, was driving to work on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas strip when a fellow commuter clipped the rear bumper of her Toyota Avalon, propelling it into the truck in front. No one seemed hurt, and the drivers exchanged information.