Obama says economy has stabilized

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the economy had stabilized and was beginning a slow recovery, telling NBC News in an exclusive interview that it was now his job to "make sure that ordinary people have some relief."

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College Kids and Monkeys About Equal on Math - MSN Health & Fitness - Health Topics

Elizabeth Brannon, an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke, studies how human adults and infants, lemurs and monkeys think about numbers without using language.

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Woman missing 12 years found in Swiss woods

Police say a German woman missing for 12 years has been found living in the woods in Switzerland.

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"Why I Went AWOL"

Kim's soft Texas drawl snags in her throat as she remembers catching sight of the 2-year-old child of war with her family. The girl's dark eyes had locked on Kim. "She was just petrified," Kim says. "She was crying, but there was no sound, just tears flowing out of her eyes.

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Police: 'Jena Six' teen shoots self

A teen convicted in the "Jena Six" beating case shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital Monday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge, police said.

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Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it - an envelope stuffed with $10,000.

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Obama team considers $850 billion stimulus

Eager to jolt a worsening economy back to life, President-elect Barack Obama's aides are assembling a two-year stimulus package that could cost $850 billion.

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Taiwan, China launch direct shipping, air links

Taiwanese jetliners and cargo ships left Monday for China to open a new era of direct air and shipping services with the mainland, formally ending a nearly six-decade ban on regular links between the rivals.

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Bush: `I'm sorry' economic crisis is occurring

The president expressed remorse the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.

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Cash found in house's walls becomes nightmare

A contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in a bathroom wall has ended up with only a few thousand dollars, but he feels some vindication.

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Football star faces his mother's killer

In his memoir, "Running for My Life," NFL running back Warrick Dunn shares his journey as a football star. In this excerpt, he writes about making the emotional decision to speak to the man who's on death row for murdering Dunn's mother.

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Barack Obama elected 44th president

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Exploring the worst-case scenario

The global economy is drawing closer to a dangerous downward spiral and time may be running out for world leaders to find a way to stop it before it inflicts lasting damage.

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Fed announces deal to take over ailing AIG

In a bid to save financial markets and economy from further turmoil, the U.S. government agreed Tuesday to provide an $85 billion emergency loan to rescue the huge insurer AIG.

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