About six million people are set to receive tax rebates, but another million will be told they have underpaid, after a computer system found discrepancies.
Social Security recipients have not received a raise since 2009. That is set to change in 2012, when Social Security checks will be about 3.5 percent more than the last two years.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tuesday night, moving swiftly in a fiery campaign debate to blunt the former businessman's unlikely rise in the race for the party's nomination.
AP - Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan ignited plenty of sparks in the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night and President Barack Obama's health care law came in for its usual thumping. In both cases, the facts took a bit of a beating as well.
AP - Gaunt and pale, Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit returned home Tuesday after more than five years in captivity, freed in a lopsided exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners that could greatly complicate Mideast peace prospects and strengthen the Islamic militant Hamas.
Thai government officials are bracing for the possible onslaught of flood waters today as the capital city of Bangkok secures its floodwalls. The floodwalls are the last line of defense in the government's effort to protect Bangkok and spare the capital's 9 million residents.
The leading GOP candidates came under attack Tuesday night at the CNN debate, with Mitt Romney taking shots on health care and Herman Cain on his tax plan.
Officials in eastern Ohio declared schools closed Wednesday as sheriff's deputies equipped with night vision attempted to hunt down dozens of exotic animals -- including bears, lions, tigers and cheetahs -- that escaped from a preserve following the death of its owner.
One of the women rescued from a boiler room in a Philadelphia apartment building says she had two children while she was held against her will, police said Tuesday in another development in the bizarre case.
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