March 15, 2012

“Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art,” a new database, offers online access to a trove of valuable materials.

Science Applications International Corporation will pay a record amount to avoid federal prosecution for its role in the fraud-tainted CityTime project.

The new iPad’s technical improvements keep it at the forefront of desirability — just ahead of the snapping jaws of its Android competition — but don’t take it in any new directions.

A jury in Union County, N.J., said a jackpot winner had to share with the members of his betting pool.

Stress tests by the Federal Reserve set off a debate among economists and banking analysts about whether banks have actually achieved renewed strength.

Critics say competition from Federal Prison Industries, a corporation owned by the government that employs inmates for labor, threatens some jobs on the outside.

Senate Democrats are beginning a push to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the once broadly bipartisan 1994 legislation that now faces fierce opposition from conservatives.

While some Yemeni officials are skeptical of the impact of shipments of weapons to the Houthi rebels, American officials see the aid as part of a broader Iranian “shadow war.”

Prospects for an orderly NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan suffered two setbacks as President Hamid Karzai demanded limits on United States troops and the Taliban halted peace talks.

A program using new technology and flexible pricing based on supply and demand appears to have made finding a parking space easier in parts of San Francisco.

India, whose once red-hot economy has started to cool, is trying to cope with debt and deficit problems that will put strains on the annual budget to be presented to Parliament on Friday.

A new study finds that young male fruit flies that have been rejected by females apparently self-medicate just like humans do.