Mark Memmott

And speaking of the Super Bowl, did you catch the obscene gesture by singer M.I.A. during the halftime show? We missed it, but so did the person with a finger on the button that would have blurred the offending finger on TV.

Private employers added 257,000 jobs to their payrolls, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also says. A slight drop in employment at government agencies brought the overall gain in jobs down to 243,000.

Lots of folks are obviously very excited in Indianapolis as Sunday's Super Bowl at the city's Lucas Oil Stadium approaches. The mayor says it's his town's chance to shine.

The tragic riot following a soccer game Wednesday in Port Said, Egypt, which left more than 70 people dead and at least 1,000 wounded, highlights the problems with security in the country.

In its widely expected filing, the social media giant says it expects to raise $5 billion. Shares are likely to start trading sometime in the second quarter.

The company, now in bankruptcy protection, would eliminate as many as 16 percent of its jobs. "But we will also preserve tens of thousands of jobs that would have been lost if we had ...

Stones and bottles flew, according to reports from the scene. Many victims may have suffocated. The reason why things got out of control aren't clear yet. Meanwhile, a fire broke out ...

Christie's New York today auctioned off a rare set of John James Audubon's Birds of America. It didn't come close to the record $11.5 million paid for another full set of the books in...

The Texas governor leaves a race he once led. He throws his support to the former House speaker. "There is no viable path forward for me," Perry told supporters this morning in South Carolina.

More than 20 people are still missing. The Costa Concordia hit some rocks on Friday and listed over on it starboard side. Eleven deaths have been confirmed. There were about 4,200 passengers and crew onboard.

Besieged by the digital age it helped spark, the once-dominant photo giant hopes to restructure and raise cash by selling some of its more than 1,000 patents.

On the evening of the Jan. 3 caucuses, it was estimated Mitt Romney was eight votes ahead. Now, official say, Rick Santorum has a slight edge. Still, it's basically a split decision. Some precincts' results are missing.

While the site's English pages have been "blacked out," it's offering a workaround — including access via mobile devices. Wikipedia and other sites are protesting pending anti-online ...

The Costa Concordia shifted slightly earlier today, forcing searchers to back off at least temporarily. So far, 11 people are known to have died. Another two dozen are still missing. The ship's captain is under house arrest.

The death toll from Friday's crash off the coast of Tuscany has risen to at least 11. The ship's captain is accused of manslaughter. He allegedly abandoned the ship before some passen...

Wikipedia has said it will join other websites Wednesday and go black to protest anti-piracy bills being considered by Congress. The backlash against the Stop Online Piracy Act and th...

Divers and rescue personnel are still trying to reach areas of the cruise ship Costa Concordia that haven't yet been explored in a bid to see if any of the 29 people who remain unacco...

A cardiologist's letters helped convince a North Carolina judge to delay Edwards' trial on alleged misuse of campaign funds. It's now set to start in late March.

Joran Van Der Sloot killed 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30, 2010, five years to the day after Holloway's went missing in Aruba. He has been arrested twice, but never charged, in...

The unemployment rate is near a three-year low and there were 1.9 million private-sector jobs added to payrolls last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.