Posted: 10:38 AM The Texas unemployment rate has fallen sharply to 6.8 percent in September, down from 7.1 percent in the largest one-month drop in nearly 30 years.

Posted: 1:51 PM It's not only the schools: Some doctors are taking issue with Flamin' Hot Cheetos because they are leading to unnecessary emergency room visits.

Posted: 1:28 PM Some antidepressants are linked to a slight increased risk of bleeding stroke, according to a new analysis.

Posted: 12:04 PM An 80-year-old Connecticut woman has been charged with larceny and breach of peace after tearing down political signs that included an image of President Barack Obama with an Adolph Hitler-style mustache.

Posted: 10:09 AM Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated over the possibility his exploit could someday help save the lives of pilots and space travelers in a disaster.

Posted: 9:58 AM Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an online-only format starting in early 2013. Job cuts are expected.

Posted: 9:56 AM It's the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it's another discouraging one.

Posted: 9:51 AM The Alamo is under new management, and lawmakers want to know if the most iconic landmark in Texas is still in good hands.

Posted: 8:52 AM It's official: A giant, marine reptile that roamed the seas roughly 150 million years ago is a new species, researchers say.

Updated: 9:47 AM This week I’m bringing a little Mexicano flavor to our bebida y tapa (drink and appetizer in Spanish, learning new things here people!) with Beerita’s and Spicy Chicken Roll Ups.

Posted: 2:06 PM Canadian authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 15-year-old Amanda Todd, who made a heartbreaking video chronicling years of bullying in school and online.

Updated: 10:30 AM It wasn't "there you go again" or "you're no Jack Kennedy," but one of the more quoted lines from the latest presidential debate might well be "binders full of women" -- at least if Democrats have any say in the matter.

Posted: 9:51 AM A previous owner of McDonald's restaurants in North Dakota is about $10,000 richer after selling a 20-year-old container of McJordan barbecue sauce to a buyer in Chicago.

Updated: 9:38 AM More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National Mall in Washington three days before the election.

Posted: 9:22 AM Alpha Centauri—the star system closest to our sun and the inspiration for legions of science fiction writers—harbors at least one planet and probably more, astronomers announced last Thursday.

Posted: 9:15 AM After yesterday's surprise exit by Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, some analysts suggest the nation's third-largest bank could shrink further.

Updated: 3:13 PM Finally, an arbitrary online list that Texans can be proud of!

Posted: 3:30 PM Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who take stimulants such as Ritalin tend to feel that the drugs help them control their behavior and do not turn them into “robots,” as many skeptics assume, a study reported on Monday.

Posted: 2:55 PM A colorful and musical New Orleans neighborhood is marking the 200th anniversary of its origins as an early melting pot for the city and the nation.

Posted: 1:28 PM The globe last month matched a record for the hottest September.

Posted: 10:19 AM An Austrian daredevil leapt into the stratosphere from a balloon hovering near the edge of space 38 kilometres above Earth, breaking as many as three world records including the highest skydive ever.

Posted: 9:52 AM Vaccinating girls against the sexually-transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) does not make them more likely to have sex, according to a new study.

Posted: 9:32 AM A military installation in Brooklyn is welcoming families of 9/11 victims this week to watch pretrial hearings in Cuba for five men charged in the terrorist attacks.

Posted: 9:12 AM Is there any escape from all those political ads in some of the most hard-fought states in the three weeks before the elections?

Posted: 10:55 PM The first skydiver to break the speed of sound as he jumped from 24 miles above the Earth says "Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are."