Mark Memmott

He was a key member of the legal team that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw segregated public schools in 1954's landmark Brown v. the Board of Education decision.

Verizon said it was scrapping its plans because of customer feedback. The fee caused an uproar on the Internet.

They're enormously popular — an estimated $27.8 billion worth have been given this holiday season. But many also never get fully used. What to do? Swap them. Regift them. Invest them. Or, perhaps, give them to charity.

It's been a terrible day in Baghdad. There were at least 16 explosions in 13 different locations. Most were in predominantly Shiite Muslim neighborhoods.

It's tradition that one sailor gets the honor to have the "first kiss" with a loved one when a Navy ship arrives home. The Navy says today was the first time a same-sex couple had the opportunity.

Among the changes: Pilots must have more time off and "a 10-hour minimum rest period" prior to going on duty.

While North Korea's official news agency has been reporting about widespread grief following the death of Kim Jong Il, the first descriptions from a foreign diplomat offer a slightly different view.

Though scientists don't think the planets could sustain life, they say their discovery is significant because it shows that we can now detect planets that are roughly the same size as our own.

North Korean state media are praising Kim Jong Il's chosen heir and bestowing him with titles — signs that party leaders in the communist state are standing behind the plan for him to succeed his father.

It's winter and parts of the Great Plains have gotten walloped. Looking ahead, there's a chance for a White Christmas in the Northeast, forecasters say.

With Kim Jong Il's death, the communist nation's leadership is in transition. And the anxiety and uncertainty was underscored this morning with word from South Korea that the North te...

The suit alleges that the executives knew their agencies had much more exposure to subprime loans than investors were told.

The key witness in the case against the former Penn State assistant football coach says in open court that "I believe Jerry was sexually molesting" a young boy.

He was "the Cicero of the saloon bar" and a "polemicist who slashed all, freely, with wit," headline writers say. Hitchens died Thursday at the age of 62, after a long battle with cancer.

The decline was not expected. It brings claims down closer to a level associated with an improving labor market.

Donald Trump has decided he won't moderate a Republican presidential debate after all. He says he's still mulling a possible independent bid. Only two candidates were still committed to attend.

At least three people and the suspected attacker are dead. Dozens more are wounded.

A Dutch firm's proposal for a project in South Korea links two towers with a "cloud" of skybridges. The design reminds many of the horrific images from the World Trade Center on Sept....

More than 1.6 million American children were homeless at some point in 2010, the nonprofit National Center on Family Homelessness reports today.

Former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky says he's innocent. Authorities have charged him with more than 50 counts involving the alleged sexual abuse of at least 10 boys.