Taking aim at his 1995 conviction for the murder of a Brooklyn rabbi, Jabbar Collins haunted the prison library and mounted an appeal one legal expert calls "nothing short of miraculous."
24/12/2010 03:58 PM
Cities across the U.S. are raising property taxes, largely citing rising pension and health-care costs for their workers and retirees.
24/12/2010 01:07 PM
Payday lenders are pushing hard to lure away customers from traditional banks, and the effort is getting a boost from the industry's loan crunch, especially for borrowers with blemished credit.
24/12/2010 03:07 PM
President Barack Obama will renominate Peter Diamond to the U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, after the Senate left town without voting on the nomination.
24/12/2010 01:44 AM
Election officials ruled Rahm Emanuel resided in Chicago in mind if not body in 2010, thereby maintaining his residency and making him eligible to run for mayor.
23/12/2010 10:18 PM
A 27-year-old woman was found dead in a Missouri home owned by August Busch IV, the former chief executive of Anheuser-Busch.
23/12/2010 10:20 PM
The Senate failed to vote on 19 federal judicial nominees in the 111th Congress, with GOP objections holding up some of Obama's notable picks.
24/12/2010 01:06 PM
Republicans in the South continued to make gains weeks after the midterm elections, as a number of Democrats elected to state offices have switched parties.
24/12/2010 03:14 AM
Jeff Bridges wears the Duke's eye patch well in "True Grit," says Joe Morgenstern. Meanwhile, a touching "The Illusionist" honors the memory of Jacques Tati.
24/12/2010 03:03 AM
Web retailers rang up a very merry Christmas this year, with Americans going online to buy electronics, jewelry and even clothing in record amounts this season.
24/12/2010 04:36 PM


