CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - If his Facebook page is any indication, Craig Hicks doesn't hate Muslims. An avowed atheist, his online posts instead depict a man who despises religion itself, but nevertheless seems to support an individual's right to his ...

Smitten by Nancy, Charlie chased her down at a charity walk. Lisa, landlocked in Florida, fell for Thomas as his ship crossed the Mediterranean, and agreed to marry him before meeting face-to-face. Ready to give up, Penny gave online dating one last...

(Bloomberg) -- American Express Co., the biggest U.S. credit-card issuer by customer purchases, said its co-brand and merchant agreements with Costco Wholesale Corp. in U.S. stores will end next year. The stock dropped 6.6 percent to $80.33 at 9:46 ...

NEW YORK - A slight gain was enough to push the stock market back to record Friday. Stocks climbed as a rebound in oil prices helped push energy stocks higher. A report that showed growth picked up faster than forecast in Europe in the fourth quarte...

At 330 pounds, Stephen Davis, a 15-year-old freshman at Streamwood High School, says he's used to being picked on. But when a substitute teacher in Stephen's math class joined in on the taunting, that was too much. "I was literally livid," he said F...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Satoko Miyahara of Japan led the short program at the Four Continents figure skating by 2.17 points from Gracie Gold of the United States on Friday. Miyahara opened with a triple lutz-triple toe combination and landed all o...

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks climbed back close to record levels on Thursday as technology, materials and energy companies all notched big gains. Cisco Systems led the technology sector higher after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Energy stocks r...

About 25 fifth-grade students from McKinley Elementary School in Elgin received pedometers Tuesday provided by nurses from Advocate Sherman Hospital to help teach kids the importance of physical activity and its effect on health. The kids will part...