Political Notebook: Legal challenge to photo ID law eyed

Laws requiring a photo identification for voting have come under legal attack in South Carolina and Wisconsin. A similar challenge may be coming in Tennessee.

With the coming U.S. presidential election, 2012 offers voters, business leaders and politicians an opportunity for a joint debate over the fundamentals of capitalism in America. Occupy Wall Street and its coast-to-coast spinoffs captured the headlines…

US Outlook: There are too many claims and counter-claims to be sure what Mark Hurd, the ousted chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, really told the soft porn actress-turned-corporate hostess Jodie Fisher, but we can be pretty sure he was telling porkies…

Chad Evans, mastermind of a $6.9 million scheme using straw buyers to inflate dozens of home mortgages, has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison.

Chad Evans, mastermind of a $6.9 million scheme using straw buyers to inflate dozens of home mortgages, has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison.

New Year outlook bleak as price hikes, pay freezes and austerity measures bite.

NORWALK, Conn.—-For 2012, have all 3 Credit Scores add up to at least 2012, by averaging a score of 670 at each of the 3 major bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion

Also in the news: Washington state is considering a sales tax hike.

For many of us, money worries take precedence over our own health and fitness goals. As such, finances appear to be the area many people want to fix in 2012.

Fortress Investment Group LLC and Deutsche Bank AG, whose executives played roles in the housing bubble, are among the hundreds of firms that responded to a U.S. government request for proposals to rent out foreclosed homes.