The mortgage crisis is dragging on the economic recovery as more homeowners fall behind on their payments.

Help may be needed to break a compulsive spending habit

Archaeologists in southern Mexico say they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica.

Panera Bread Co. is asking customers at a new restaurant to pay what they want.

The catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 transformed modern understanding of volcanoes. But scientists today still struggle to successfully tap the deepest secrets of the mountain's foulest moods.

Archaeologists in southern Mexico say they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica.

The marijuana trade is an exploding industry in Northern California's 'Emerald Triangle' thanks to a state law legalizing the harvest of limited quantities of pot. CNBC's Trish Regan reports.

Oil prices on Monday fell to their lowest point so far this year and are now down about 20 percent in just two weeks as investors worry about the ripple effects of a debt crisis in Europe.

The top five at Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile

NBC will give viewers a turn-the-page schedule next fall that attempts to erase the memory of this season's failed Jay Leno experiment and another fourth-place finish by presenting new scripted programming each weeknight at 10 p.m.

Criminals are more adept at using the information on the Internet to commit crimes. "We don't need to be scared or frightened, but we have to use common sense," says one expert.