For the fifth straight year, a team from the United States has won the Little League World Series. Chula Vista, Calif., rallied to beat Chinese Taipei 6-3 for the state's first championship.

Scouting the women's Open field, from top seeds to dark horses.

Can anyone stop Roger Federer from winning his sixth consecutive U.S. Open title? Jon Wertheim breaks down the field, from top seeds to dark horses, and predicts a new champion.

Sick of bailout billions? Here's a bit of good news: While the government struggled to come up with a viable recovery plan, one ailing financial market has managed to heal itself.

U.S. stocks were poised to track world markets and open higher Friday, with investors focusing their attention on the health of the consumer.

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Stocks seesawed Friday as investors welcomed corporate news from Intel and Dell that signaled a bottom in the PC market, but mostly played it cautious after pushing the markets to 2009 highs in the previous session.

Microchip king Intel boosted its sales outlook for the current quarter on Friday, signaling an end to the deep PC market swoon.

People didn't make more money in July, but they were spending a bit more, a government report showed Friday.

In its star-crossed effort to prosecute an elite group of Las Vegas surgeons and plaintiff lawyers for an alleged conspiracy, the federal government just won a round.

When Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, she wasn't trying to start a food revolution. But long before buzzwords like organic and locavore entered the popular lexicon, she was preaching the gospel of sustainable food to her customers.

We learned yesterday that the Fed Chief's wife Anna had her handbag stolen at a Starbucks in Washington, D.C. Her checkbook, driver's license, four credit cards and a small amount of cash were in her bag.