Federal regulators are recalling more children's jewelry due to high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.

American households saw their wealth increase at the end of last year, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios.

The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks -- on one condition. The cans have to carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini.

The Treasury Department sank billions into auto finance giant GMAC Inc. without an exit strategy or proof the company was viable -- a decision that could cost taxpayers $6.3 billion, a new watchdog report says.

Federal prosecutors filed charges against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.

The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the U.S. employment picture is slowly brightening.

A new poll finds most Americans oppose Internet and half oppose sports betting, but many have gambled themselves at a casino.

With unemployment high and personal wealth diminished, how was it that strapped consumers were paying down their credit card debt last year? It turns out they probably weren't.

President Barack Obama is pushing a new initiative to boost U.S. exports by enforcing trade deals and promoting American-made products overseas.

The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down according to new numbers.

The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy.

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.

The government ran up the largest monthly deficit in history in February, keeping the flood of red ink on track to top last year's record for the full year.

Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

New statistics released Wednesday from Iowa Workforce Development show Iowa's unemployment race increased slightly in January.

California consumers will be eligible for rebates on new energy efficient appliances starting on Earth Day, April 22.

The Treasury Department has received $15.39 million from the sale of warrants it received from Washington Federal Inc. as part of the support it provided from the government's $700 billion bailout program.

Boston Beer Co.'s fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it shipped out more beer and its profit margin grew and write-downs fell, the company says.

An Amish livestock farmer who refused to follow a 2005 Wisconsin law requiring him to register his land and livestock has won a legal battle with state regulators.

The driver of a Toyota Prius tells police in suburban New York that her car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.