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Pointing to signs that the economy is on the path to recovery, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Americans can be more confident about their financial security, their financial future and their employment outlook. But he says the real risk is that banks won't lend enough to businesses to help strengthen the economy.

Top executives at seven firms that owe billions after being bailed out by taxpayers must cut their total compensation by half under a new plan released Thursday by the Obama administration.

Beginning Tuesday, federal contractors will be required to use an online security system to check whether employees are eligible to work in the U.S. Proponents of E-Verify say it's faster and more accurate than older methods, while critics say it costs time and money — and stolen identities can slip through the cracks.

How did the world's most powerful government end up with deficits so threatening and large? The financial crisis is partly to blame for the federal red ink, but so are the promises made to American retirees.

The upcoming "season" for campaign ads will bring plenty of charges, countercharges and downright lies. Here's your preview of what's to come in the political ad wars.

Right now, Games Six and Seven of the Series are scheduled to be played after Election Day. It may not be a constitutional crisis, but it does seem a hazard to the natural order of things.

The top winner in the $10 million automotive X Prize competition is a gas-powered super-efficient vehicle made in the U.S. It can get more than 100 miles per gallon and carry four passengers. Two electric cars will also share the prize.

It would mark only the second year without a cost-of-living adjustment since automatic adjustments for inflation were adopted in 1975. The first year was this year. "If you're the ruling party, this is not the sort of thing you want to have happening two weeks before an election,'' says one analyst.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding research into what influences kids' food choices. Early results suggest that subtle tricks may help kids eat more vegetables they claim to dislike.

"Bonking" or "hitting the wall" is that awful moment when marathoners run out of gas. They've used up all of the carbohydrate fuel stored in their liver and muscles, and their bodies are forced to switch, painfully, to burning fat. Now a marathoning Harvard-MIT student has figured out how to calculate that point.