Perfect credit scores won't get you a better interest rate than very good credit scores. So why obsess about perfect credit?

Beyond its dumpster diving intrigue, the Sarah Palin speech contract case touches on the legal issues that arise when public universities partner with private foundations.

The Dow drops below 10,000 as investors struggle to figure out if the economy can generate new jobs or whether it will dip back into recession.

AP - The government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse.

AP - Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

AP - The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean cooper mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling "long live Chile, and long live the miners!"