Powered by two homers from Chase Utley, the Phillies outlasted the Yankees, 8-6, Monday night at Citizden Bank Park. Afterwards, the talk was about Philadelphia's star tandem, as the series shifts back to New York for Game 6 Wednesday night. (Nov. 3)
Making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Tuesday agreed to buy the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad. (Nov. 3)
Chase Utley homered twice to tie a World Series record and the Phillies forced a sixth game by beating the Yankees, 8-6, Monday night. Cliff Lee pitched into the eighth inning to get his second win of the series. (Nov. 3)
The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles. (Nov. 2)
Stocks ended higher but well off their best levels of the day as volatility continued to tug at the market.(Nov. 2)
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for CIT Group was not unexpected. The lender to thousands of small and mid-sized businesses has been struggling for months to avoid collapse. (Nov. 2)
Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter.(Nov. 2)
The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named 'Lightning Bolt' into his life. (Nov. 2)
From sculptures to costumes, everything at this New York festival is a tasty treat. That's because it's all made out of chocolate. (Oct. 30)
A motorized La-Z-Boy that was used in a drunk driving accident in Minnesota has been put up for auction. But the original owner and alleged drunk driver is angry. (Oct. 30)
CAPTION: Hall of Famer Cal Ripken traded his old Baltimore Orioles' uniform for a business suit, as an owner of minor league baseball teams. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Oct. 28)
Apple's iPhone made its official debut in China Friday night, with customers lining up to buy them. But some observers wonder whether the high price and the lack of Wi-Fi will hurt their sales compared with black market phones. (30 October 2009)
Ilya, a wayward manatee facing death in frigid New Jersey waters, made it safely back to his native Miami this afternoon. Ilya was flown to the Miami Seaquarium, where he plunged into 81-degree water. (Oct. 29)
A Fla. man spent almost five years wrapping and linking and stretching about 730,000 rubber bands of various sizes into this ball. Ripley's Believe it or Not will put it on display at Ripley's museum in Orlando.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that he sees positive signs that the economy is recovering. The AP's Warren Levinson reports from New York, where people there aren't exactly feeling recovered. (Oct. 29)
The organization that oversees the internet is set to allow internet addresses in lon-Latin characters. The change by ICANN would allow addresses in Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and Cyrillic characters, among others. (Oct 29)
At a job service office in Florida, job seekers disagreed that an increase in the Gross Domestic Product indicated that the recession is over. They said people are still losing jobs and that finding work is still very, very hard. (Oct. 29)
In an interview with AP White House reporter Mark Smith, Christina Romer, President Barack Obama's chief economist, calls the third quarter 3.5 percent growth in the U.S. Economy a welcome milestone. (Oct. 29)
The small town of Manitou Springs, Colorado held it's 15th Annual Coffin Races last weekend. There was a parade of hearses, coffins and costumed characters along the town's Main Street. (Oct. 29)
A London cemetery is urging strangers to share double-decker graves, to ease a space crisis. But the practice may run up against a British cultural aversion. (29 October 2009)
Meet "spiderbot," a cable-suspended-robot inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero. Israeli developers hope the robot can be used to handle cargo and maybe in rescue work in the future. (OCt 29)
Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone — the Droid — for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. (Oct. 28)
An 88-year-old woman has walked 10-thousand miles in memory of her late husband. He died from Alzheimer's disease 11 years ago. (Oct. 28)
A man was has been arrested in Norway for trying to smuggle two dozen snakes and geckos into the country by hiding them in bags under his clothes. (Oct. 27)
New data is offering mixed signals on the strength of the economy but is providing some evidence that a recovery is taking hold.(Oct. 27)
An Illinois couple found something unusual recently, a two headed snake. The reptile is a juvenile North American water snake that has just shed its skin. (Oct. 27)
Wave power - the motion of the ocean - is being looked at as a potential power source for all of Ireland's energy needs.(Oct. 27)
An Indiana man known as 'Mr. Toothpick' spends years piecing together slivers of wood to create a stagecoach. (Oct. 27)
A strengthening dollar and concerns about an overheated market weighed heavy on stocks Monday.(Oct. 26)
You might not feel like eating when you're bedridden with swine flu, but Lucy Jones, dietician and spokesman for the British Dietetic Association, says diet becomes vital to fighting off the infection.(Oct. 26)
NASA to test next generation of rocket and capsule combination for upcoming flights to the moon and beyond. (Oct. 25)
The Guinness Book of World Records has certified, "Otto" of Shrewsbury, England as the world's oldest dog at nearly 21-years-old. (Oct. 25)
Pet owners in Kaunas, Lithuania celebrated Halloween early with a fashion show for their dogs. The top prize was 200 U.S. dollars. (Oct. 24)