New Zealand officials today cleared Google of any criminal charges, after the Internet search giant mistakenly collected personal data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service.

Posted To: If you've been floating your loan or have yet to apply for a refinance because it just didn't seem worth the hassle, congratulations, mortgage rates hit new lows today, it's now worth the hassle! If you've refinanced

Posted To: While 2 of the 3 top tier data sets released this morning failed to improve on a month to month basis, 2 of those 3 were better than economists were expecting. Consumer Confidence perked up and beat consensus

Clearly, the first decade of the new millennium will cast a long shadow over the 21st century. It was a decade marked by jarring and unsettling events: Y2K; terrorist attacks; Enron and a host of other corporate debacles; horrific natural

The plane burst into flames after takeoff from an airstrip at Fox Glacier, said Ian Henderson, a spokesman for local ambulance services. The pilot and eight passengers were killed, Greymouth Police Senior Sgt. Allyson Ealam said.

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The quake, which hit 19 miles 30 kilometers west of the southern city of Christchurch according to the state geological agency GNS Science, shook a wide area, with some residents saying buildings had collapsed and power was severed. No tsunami

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Tommy Hayden and his Rockstar Makita Suzuki threw down the gamut today with his exceptional performance in the last moments of AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike initial qualifying at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Hayden's lap of 1:20.624/98.234 MPH eclipsed Ben

All children and adolescents 6 months of age and older should receive the annual trivalent influenza vaccine this flu season, according to updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.