Britain bailed out three banks with $63 billion on Monday in a bid to save the banking system from collapse. The move will leave British taxpayers as the largest shareholders in the banks.

Fire officials prepared late Sunday for rapid growth of a wildfire blazing 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles with the expected arrival of strong, dry wind gusts overnight.

Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again — this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse.

The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, bills herself as a fiscal conservative. But that can be a relative term when you're governor of a state gushing with oil money.

A watched clock never moves — unless it's the National Debt Clock.