Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham landed the world's first double backflip on a wheelchair.

President Barack Obama on Thursday said a Florida church's plans to burn dozens of Qurans this weekend would be a "recruitment bonanza" for al Qaeda.

The truth is, half the digital advertising campaigns we see aren't very good. In fact, more than half. Most are terrible or senseless or both. But the new digital brochure for the Honda CR-Z is different: not only is it a thing of beauty, but it could signal the death of websites as we know them.

The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in two months, an encouraging sign that companies aren't resorting to deeper layoffs even as the economy has lost momentum. 

President Obama said in an interview aired Thursday that Emanuel would make a "terrific" mayor, though he doesn't expect him to make a decision until after the November elections. 

The anti-Muslim leader of a tiny Florida church says he was lied to and is rethinking his decision to cancel burning Korans to mark 9/11.

The imam has stepped into the fray before.

The nation's health care tab will go up -- not down -- as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest.

Growing reservations among Democrats about letting tax rates rise for wealthy Americans are making it more unlikely that Congress will decide what to do about the looming expiration of Bush-era tax cuts before November's election.

After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year.

California's governor does not have the legal duty to appeal the recent ruling that overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban, a lawyer for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday.

The president's chief of staff could leave his post soon. Here's what the White House would be missing.

Despite President Obama's accusation Wednesday that Republicans are holding middle class income tax cuts "hostage" by tying them to an extension of tax cuts for wealthier Americans, the reality is several Democratic senators also oppose allowing President Bush's tax cuts for higher earners to expire.

Since taking office, President Obama has visited Ohio, the nation's premier political bellwether state more than any other -- 10 times to promote and defend his embattled economic agenda and to blast Republican opposition.

The incumbent senator says she's been inundated with calls and e-mails from supporters, asking her not to leave the race, and she's weighing her options

As President Obama heads to Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday to roll out a set of comprehensive proposals aimed at fixing the ailing U.S. economy, top aides are knocking down suggestions that politics and the midterms are driving this effort.

The House is expected to reconsider a bill this month to provide up to $7.4 billion to workers sickened during cleanup of World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 attacks, lawmakers from New York said Wednesday.

A new Republican video is out that uses a spoof of "The Office" to cast Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the congressional version of bumbling boss Michael Scott. 

Gov. Bob McDonnell's crackdown on immigrants using a federal document to get a Virginia driver's license is the latest example of a state taking immigration matters into its own hand.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is expected to mount an independent campaign for senator after losing her primary, much to the dismay of her Republican colleagues, who won't back her, according to a senior GOP leadership aide.