Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.

Firefighters and sheriff's officers have rescued a man from a car submerged in high water near two storm-fed rivers in Albany, Ore.

Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests.

An accounting change boosted Ford's fourth-quarter net income, but without the gain the company fell short of Wall Street's expectations.

Union membership grew slightly last year, giving union leaders hope that a period of steep declines has finally bottomed out.