Brad Pitt: I'm proud of my ‘crazy' family

As families move into self-sustaining, flood-resistant housing in his adopted hometown of New Orleans, Brad Pitt speaks with pride of his Make It Right Foundation, as well as of his own family with Angelina Jolie: "I truly feel rich being around them."

Canada's opposition moves to oust PM

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces two highly unpalatable choices after opposition parties signed an unprecedented deal on Monday to bring down his minority Conservative government.

GM's U.S. sales drop 41.3 percent
General Motors' November U.S. sales plunged 41 percent, while Ford's dropped 31 percent, dashing hopes that the industrywide drop in vehicle demand might be easing.

Activists blast U.S. at climate talks

Environmentalists criticized the United States and other rich countries Tuesday for failing so far to make meaningful commitments at a U.N. conference on climate change.

Pirates open fire on U.S. cruise ship

Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said Tuesday.

Retailers tiptoe between Christmas, holidays

As American shoppers embark on their annual shopping binge , a prickly marketing question splits American consumers and stores: "Christmas" or "holiday"?

Teen shows up bruised, chained at gym

Police are questioning a couple after a bruised and half-naked 17-year-old boy showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said.

NYT: Pardon back in focus for Holder

In the career of Eric H. Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama's attorney general choice, there is one notable blemish: Holder's role in the 2001 pardon of billionaire financier Marc Rich.

Your brooding teen: Just moody or mentally ill?

The teen years are a critical period of development when mental illnesses can emerge and progress untreated, in part because they are perceived as typical adolescent behavior.