In the last six years, the White House has embarked on a bold strategy of deregulation, provoking fierce debate about its benefits and risks.

Despite scams over the years, many lower-income people see holding burial insurance as a point of pride, as well as security.

The senior executive who oversaw the successful hybrid vehicle program died when a small aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

George W. Bush's unpopularity in the world's most populous Muslim nation gives rise to intense security jitters and angry protests leading up to the U.S. president's six-hour trip to court Indonesian favor

Officials are proposing alcohol detection devices in every vehicle as a tactic against drunken drivers.

A service starting next month in Paris will allow a cellphone or GPS navigation device to search a parking lot database for nearby parking spots.

Milton Friedman was the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era.

Milton Friedman was the grandmaster of conservative economic theory in the postwar era and a prime force in the movement toward greater reliance on free markets.