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Inflation is on the rise throughout the economy but it's hitting the housing and rental markets the hardest. Housing is often Americans biggest single expense.

MTV's youth-focused celebration of film and TV offered a lighter, breezier awards show with 26 categories in gender-neutral categories.

Energy giant BP began testing a new cap fitted over the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak. The test involves slowly closing the valves of the cap, ultimately blocking the flow of oil entirely. BP says the testing will take up to 48 hours before it knows if the cap works as planned.

For Wal-Mart, the local food movement is a profitable investment for both its balance sheet and its image. Hoping to demonstrate environmental awareness as well as save on freight costs, the company is reaching out to small farms to supply its stores with locally grown produce.

In the 1820s, freed and escaped slaves founded a village in central New Jersey called Timbuctoo. Descendants still live in the area and are helping Temple University archaeologists uncover the history.

At a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the president said the United States has a responsibility to care for servicemen and -women who have been physically and psychologically wounded in combat.

This was supposed to be the season the economy heated up, thanks to a wave of public works projects funded by the government's stimulus program. But summer is coming to an end and the recovery has not taken root. Forecasters are expecting another gloomy employment report on Friday.

So Volkswagen has this new concept car — give it two gallons of gas, and it will go 416 miles without a stop. But German engineers, meet your fuel-efficiency master: the honeybee.

As Gen. David Petraeus takes command in Afghanistan, he inherits ongoing military operations in Marjah and Kandahar, and a political process that might bring old enemies to the table. But signs are emerging that in some areas, at least, life is returning to normal, and the government is regaining Afghans' trust.

U.S. Marines and their Afghan counterparts are tightening their hold on the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in southern Afghanistan. But hundreds of deadly homemade bombs, or IEDs, remain behind.