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Months after Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, the push to make toking up legal is gaining momentum.  But it hasn't been easy. Activists still face stiff opposition fr...

Take a retired banker, a farmworker organizer, a children's advocate and an economist. It's not a joke, it's a description of some of the people who help me figure out how to create an Ohio economy that works for all.

Readers respond to “Is the Seller to Blame?” (March 17).

Most workers have fantasized about dramatically quitting their jobs. But employment experts note the many reasons that it’s a good idea to think twice.

The dawn of mainframe computers offered huge technological benefits, but also challenged notions of privacy. Now Big Data is bringing similar expectations and concerns.

A reader responds to “JPMorgan’s Follies, for All to See” (Fair Game, March 17).

Proposed curbs on sugary sodas reflect a clash of ideals. Which is more important: the freedom to consume the drinks we want or the freedom of parents to raise healthy children?

As a member of congress, it's one thing to support a bad piece of tech policy because you don't fully understand the Internet but it's quite another when you brag about all the money you're making on the side from thatÂ...

Even without an expansion of Medicaid, managed care plans remain big business in Florida.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- People across the country are hoping to pick the six winning Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night – and the $320 million...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two huge gay marriage cases next week. But America still lags behind several other countries when it comes to equality for gays and lesbians. With nearly half of Americans supporting gay...

Jerry Weintraub, producer of box office hits like The Karate Kid and Oceans 11, has finally sold his 6.25-acre Malibu complex after nearly two years on the market, the Los Angeles Times reports. It was apparently purchas...

As zero hour approaches, a small island population watches and waits, consumed with anxiety and simmering with resentment. "This is the darkest week in Cyprus since the 1974 invasion," said Hubert Faustmann, associate pr...

After months of exchanges of information, a woman who had a stroke is denied benefits under a long-term care policy. Her son-in-law asks the Haggler to intervene.

In an interview, Matt Greenwald outlines what it will take for the U.S. to avert a retirement crisis, including employer support and retirement education and advice.

Why is nothing major being done to address the massive human tragedy that is the European economy? This chart from Danske Bank will give you a good hint. Nothing can get done without the approval of Germany, and frankly,...

CNBC: Like many Americans who move to the suburbs, Tara Simons came to West Hartford, Conn., because she wanted her daughter to grow up in...

The introduction of the royal charter was beset with confusion and chaos Lord Justice Leveson's most plangent question begins to be answered. Why, he asked repeatedly, do so many reforms of the British press, proposed do...

Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in southeast England on Saturday. He was 67. Click to Continue »

Cypriots stock up on supplies in Nicosia as bank employees hold a demonstration before marching on the presidential palace

Al Arabiya has published this video showing Kuwaiti female police officers showing off their skills at a police academy’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday. The demonstrations included how they would protect ...

The bank turmoil in Cyprus, and previous financial crises elsewhere, are reminders that depositors are also bank creditors, and remain vulnerable.