Democratic leaders in Congress decided to delay a vote to bail out automakers until December and will first demand the Big Three show how the funds would transform the industry.

The Cincinnati Bengals say Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, will be deactivated for Thursday night’s game with the Pittsburgh Steelers for violating a team rule.

Oil prices on hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gas prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour reports suggesting an economic pullback.

A man whose car slid off a snowy road and into a 12-foot-deep pond saved the two sons he had been driving home but could not save himself, police said.

McDonald's has recruited mothers to go behind the scenes of the company's operations, meet senior executives and then communicate what they see via the Web in a bid to brighten its image.

Despite a federal law meant to create a uniform system, an AP review shows wide variations in what triggers  Amber Alerts from one state to the next.

Ask the Expert: As the final chapters play out, the measure of each man, and perhaps even the measure of their championships, will be defined by how they approached their careers.

Star will get firsthand look at former team when L.A. visits Phoenix

Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn broke his right index finger in Monday night's win over Buffalo but will try to play Sunday against the Houston Texans.

The Cincinnati Bengals say Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, will be deactivated for Thursday night’s game with the Pittsburgh Steelers for violating a team rule.

Opinion: Although the Steelers’ defense remains as strong as ever, topping the NFL in all the major statistical categories, the offense has all but disappeared. Not only are they struggling to find the end zone, but they’re experiencing an identity crisis, raising serious questions about whether the team will be just another one-and-done tease in the postseason.

Democratic leaders in Congress decided to delay a vote to bail out automakers until December and will first demand the Big Three show how the funds would transform the industry.

No matter how careful he is, sooner or later President-elect Barack Obama is likely to make a bum nomination or two.

In a painfully poignant moment reminiscent of the fall of yesteryear's Senate giants, Republican Ted Stevens has spoken and yielded the floor for the last time.

Eric Holder is in line for nomination by President-elect Barack Obama to the attorney general's job that Holder has long wanted, but a 2001 episode with fugitive financier Marc Rich is stirring partisan acrimony.

Regular episodes of "24" don't begin until January, but fans can get a taste of Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer in the TV movie, "24: Redemption," airing Nov. 23.

A court schedule says Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be granted the first stage of their divorce in London Friday.

McKey Sullivan finally knocked out the competition. The 19-year-old boxing enthusiast took home the title of “America's Next Top Model” Wednesday night in the finale of the show's 11th cycle.

The “Marley & Me” star tells New York Times magazine, “This is horrible to say, but there are times when I laugh my rear end off.”

Barbara Walters says some people who have done "The View" have felt the need “to dump on it, maybe for their own publicity” and that hurts.