Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the U.S. government's expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state's petroleum development.

Corporate bankruptcies are slowing as companies once on the verge of default have found a new life. But analysts worry the refinancing wave doesn't address companies' deeper problems.

Google and two author and publisher groups submitted a modified version of a controversial settlement over digital books, but it appears likely the fight over the agreement will continue.

General Electric Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt has his eye on a huge new pool of potential revenue: Uncle Sam's stimulus dollars.

The family of a Yale student found stabbed to death off campus in 1998 has learned that DNA evidence in the unsolved murder was contaminated by a former forensic lab worker.