Grim job outlook turns bleaker: Fridays employment report confirms an already bleak job market outlook. Analysts say that even if all goes well hiring probably wont pick up again until early 2010. ›20:05
Ex-Sopranos actor gets 10 years in prison: A former actor on The Sopranos was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary in the Bronx in which an accomplice shot and killed an off-duty police officer. ›17:15
Obama plans to overhaul counterterrorism: The President-elect is laying plans to dissolve a White House security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan. ›18:57 8 Jan, Thu
Suze Orman: Tips to pay off credit cards: In her new book, the financial expert and host of CNBC's "The Suze Orman Show" offers an action plan to help you get out of the vicious cycle of credit card debt in these difficult financial times. An excerpt. ›13:29
Obama warns that major stimulus needed: President-elect Barack Obama warned Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump huge sums from Washington into the U.S. economy. ›20:54 8 Jan, Thu
Illinois House impeaches Gov. Blagojevich: The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power. ›21:59
Jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent in Dec.: The Labor Department reported Friday that the jobless rate rose to 7.2 percent in December and payrolls dropped by 524,000 jobs. ›20:55
Bike stolen from crusader against bike thefts: A former Fort Lauderdale city commissioner who helped create a program to combat bicycle theft had his own bike stolen while trying to help people involved in a vehicle crash. ›21:44 1 Jan, Thu
Flirting class offered to German computer geeks: Even the most quirky of computer nerds can learn to flirt with finesse thanks to a new "flirting course" being offered to budding IT engineers at Potsdam University south of Berlin. ›21:57
Detroits auto show likely to be a bit austere: With the industry in financial dire straits, much of the glitz and glamour at this years Detroit auto show will be replaced by a new sense of austerity. ›14:44 8 Jan, Thu
Thousands of shoes tie up Miami traffic: Florida state troopers are looking for a charity to take thousands of shoes that were dumped on a Miami expressway, tying up rush hour traffic. ›19:39 2 Jan, Fri
R. Kelly no longer trapped in marriage: R. Kelly can officially bump and grind with whomever he chooses: His divorce from wife Andrea is now final. ›21:46
Cant get a date? Its not them, its you: Matchmaker Patti Novak, star of the A&E series "Confessions of a Matchmaker," gets brutally honest about some of the most common problems people have when dating from being too picky to being too promiscuous. In her new book, she suggests solutions for how to "Get Over Yourself" and find love. ›16:49 8 Jan, Thu
Dexter brother and sister get married: Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter eloped in California on New Years Eve. ›21:12
Sexy snowboards get chilly reception: Emblazoned with Playboy models from the 1970s and garish images of self-mutilation, two edgy new lines of snowboards have many hot under the collar despite winters chill. ›22:26 8 Jan, Thu
At CES, progress comes a step at a time: The big debuts at the International Consumer Electronics Show arent whiz-bang hardware systems. Theyre ideas designed to protect the environment and improve the technology consumers already use. ›14:50
Makeover! From frumpy to foxy!: US Weekly contributor Jill Martin and hairstylist Louis Licari make over two moms and best friends who are getting ready for their friend's 25th wedding anniversary and want sexy new looks. ›16:39
Church money allegedly used for vasectomy: An Indiana prosecutor says a former church official is charged with stealing more than $276,000 from church accounts and using some of the money to pay for a vasectomy. ›00:45 8 Jan, Thu
Iran: The politics of people: Rick Steves, on location in Iran to film a public TV show, was struck by the bizarre mixture of saber-rattling politics alongside the personal warmth of individual locals. ›22:22 8 Jan, Thu
Man wants estranged wife to pay for kidney: A New York doctor is demanding that his estranged wife pay him $1.5 million to compensate him for the kidney he gave her while they were still on good terms. ›18:57 8 Jan, Thu
Readers share their road to the inauguration: Msnbc.com users explain why Obama's swearing-in is a can't-miss event. ›21:53 8 Jan, Thu