By REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks edged higher on Friday to 2009 highs and crude oil rebounded as investors shrugged off weak results from Microsoft to bid up drugmakers and energy shares on growing signs of economic recovery.

It might not equate to a windfall for a lot of workers, but some local workers on Friday were grateful for their federally mandated raise.

Vicki Duckett, from Boise, is taking advantage of the federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" which was going into effect Friday and trading in her clunker for a brand new car at Bronco Motors on Fairview ...

Law enforcement sources tell us Dr. Conrad Murray kept a stash of drugs -- including the powerful anesthesia Propofol -- hidden in his closet at Michael Jackson's home.

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - If life truly begins at 40, as the old saying goes, then after four decades the giant Comic-Con pop culture showcase is seeing a rebirth of sorts among a new generation of attendees -- families and children.

If you decide to drag your boyfriend out to "The Ugly Truth" this weekend and he uses the argument that it's just another chick flick, then you can just tell him that the film's male star, Gerard Butler, actually thinks this is more a guy's film than ...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans could die over the next two years if the vaccine for the new H1N1 influenza is not effective and, at the pandemic's peak, as much as 40 percent of the workforce could be affected, according to new estimates from the ...

An expert panel reported on Friday that two more diseases may be linked to exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliant used by the American military during the Vietnam War.

Supporters of the agreement say it could save the system more than $100 billion a year and improve care. Summary. By KEVIN DIAZ, Star Tribune Ending subsidies for the private insurers (on reducing ER visits) and payment reform and so on could be enough ...