14 indicted for piracy over U.S. yacht killings

A federal grand jury has indicted 13 suspected pirates from Somalia and one from Yemen in the February hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead, U.S. officials said.

Stocks pounded on worries about economy

Weak economic news from China, the U.S. and Spain combined with a slump in oil companies to drag stocks sharply lower Thursday.

Economy makes breaking up hard to do

Hess: Winning league tourney a sign of NCAA success

Hess: It’s a debate as old as time, or at least as old as the first conference tournament: Does winning a conference tournament help or hurt a team’s NCAA tournament prospects? The answer may depress you.

  3 refs in disputed Big East ending withdraw

Lindsay Lohan rejects plea agreement

  The "Mean Girls" actress appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday and told a judge she agreed to delaying her case until a preliminary hearing when prosecutors will present evidence against her.

Video: Clerk let Lohan leave store with necklace

Under-the-radar tick diseases spreading across U.S.

Most people have heard of Lyme disease, which now affects more than 35,000 Americans per year, but a raft of other tickborne diseases are also responsible for growing reports of illness.

  12 million in U.S. are cancer survivors, CDC says

Why should I care about digital privacy?

Consumer behavior shows, repeatedly, that people just don't care about privacy, no matter how much lip service they might give to the topic. The challenge that privacy advocates face is to convince these middle-of-the-roaders that privacy matters.

Social media polarizes our privacy concerns

Bike cafés brewing in surprising places

  Bike cafés — where cyclists can stop for coffee, a bite to eat and a tune up, all at the same time — are cropping up in cities across the U.S.

Is it foolish to follow the advice of locals?