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NEW YORK (AP) ? The son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff swallowed a batch of sleeping pills in a failed...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage was nearly unchanged this week after rising sharply last...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Most areas of the country reported slight economic improvement in September and early October, according to a...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ? Worker skepticism about having enough money to retire comfortably has taken a nosedive in a...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Some 55 million Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent increase in benefits next year, their...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Social Security benefits will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first increase since 2009 for...

Has Halloween crept up on you? Maybe you’ve already bought the candy and figured out the kids’ costumes, but have...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? It’ll cost a penny more to mail a letter next year. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service announced...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says a key lesson learned from the 2008 financial crisis is that...