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For the eatery, a presidential seal of approval

WASHINGTON - Shortly before Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, he decided to stop into Ben's Chili Bowl, a Washington institution, for a bite to eat.

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BizProf: Entrepreneurs have a unique approach to risk

Dear Professor Bruce: In reading the biographies of successful entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Richard Branson and Bill Gates I noticed that many of them were poor students. Are some people just born to...

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Editorial: Bill Clinton, still the Comeback Kid

Former President Bill Clinton is justifiably known for his political and psychological resilience. Not for nothing is he known as the Comeback Kid. - But what happened Tuesday at a meeting of the...

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Walters: Education reforms stall in California

There's a tale behind the death of California's proposed school funding allocation overhaul. The measure, Assembly Bill 18, was one of the casualties as Gov. Jerry Brown waded through hundreds of bills...

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Brady, Manning aren't ready to walk away just yet

FOXBORO, Mass. - If you could sit in your $20 million mansion at the base of the Santa Monica mountains in sunny Southern California, watching football on your flat screen with one of the world's most...

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Scams masquerade as online help-wanted ads

Sitting at her laptop hunting for a part-time job, University of California, Davis student Isra Sebiaa spotted an "office help" ad that sounded incredibly appealing. - Posted by an "international...

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In second term, can Obama concentrate on his legacy?

WASHINGTON - Presidents are re-elected for a reason: A majority like what a president has already done and want to see it continue.

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Will Petraeus weather sex scandal like other public...

When a political figure falls due to corruption, he's most likely finished. If he falls due to a sex scandal, he may be able to come back in time. But neither of those scenarios exactly fits what has...

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Meth Mayhem: States lag in protecting buyers from...

To Jonathan Hankins, his personal story is also a valuable public service announcement: "This could happen to anybody." - Last June for $36,000, Hankins bought a Freddie Mac foreclosure in tiny Klamath...

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Prefab homes getting an image makeover

Early snow was no problem for Vanja and Milli Josifovski -- or their new South Lake Tahoe, Calif., prefab home. - With their three children, the couple relish the extra slope time.

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Watch: In American politics, second acts are a...

WASHINGTON - By ANN McFEATTERS

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Dessert: Mark Sanford: Nothing like a little good salacious...

If the citizens of his congressional district in Charleston, S.C., are either very forgetful or very forgiving, the corridors of power in Washington may once again be graced by former Gov. Mark...

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Plumber: Make it match when you choose bathroom faucet

Q: I'm replacing my bathroom sink, so that means I get to choose a new faucet from scratch. Can you please let me know about the bathroom-faucet choices I'll have to choose from, and tell me a little...

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Betty Miller, first female to fly solo across Pacific...

BOUNTIFUL, Utah - By TOM WHARTON

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Henry: Obama's opponents do a lot of crying wolf

By REG HENRY - The problem with scandals is that those who feel scandalized the most often hated the alleged scandal perpetrators before the gleeful finger-pointing and outraged clucking began.

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RedBlue: Can Barack Obama survive scandals?

By BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHIS - President Barack Obama has suddenly found himself mired in three different scandals: The ongoing Republican anger over the September attacks on the Libyan consulate in...

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Scripps National Spelling Bee: Make 'em spell! And make 'em...

By CAROLYN McATEE CERBIN - Chuckles rippled through the audience.

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Profile: At 84, actress Terry Moore's still a dynamo

By JOHN BEIFUSS - Multimillionaire Howard Hughes was one of the world's biggest celebrities.

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Murdock: Celebrities should visit, not boycott, Israel

JERUSALEM - By DEROY MURDOCK

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Dawn of Dunkin' Donuts age out West draws hundreds...

SALT LAKE CITY - By DAWN HOUSE

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