Planning for the five-year, nearly $2 billion renovation of the United Nations headquarters included deciding which parts of the 39-story building’s art and architecture were worth preserving.

As Hillary Rodham Clinton transforms herself into the nation’s top diplomat, she cannot seem to shake the role of a canvas for women’s hopes and fears about the workplace.

The housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans from moving into retirement communities, effectively stranding them in their own homes.

The announcement that Timothy F. Geithner would be named Treasury secretary helped drive stocks sharply higher on Friday afternoon.

President-elect Barack Obama’s reported selections for two major cabinet positions suggest that he is surrounding himself with pragmatists rather than ideologues.

Executives and officials weighed a number of options including whether to replace Citigroup’s leadership or sell all or part of the company.

G.M. executives are using the Chevrolet Volt as the centerpiece of their case to a skeptical Congress that their business plan for a turnaround is strong.

Gov. David A. Paterson of New York hasn’t begun a formal search to replace Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, aides say. But he won’t pick himself.

Williamsburg, known for attracting hipsters and Midwesterners, is being transformed by an influx of affluent buyers from Western Europe.

Tino Hernandez, the chairman of New York City’s public housing agency, said he was leaving to run a nonprofit drug treatment organization.

A grenade blast wounds eight protesters in Thailand, amid rising tension between the government and demonstrators.

US President George W Bush meets China's Hu Jintao, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit dominated by the financial crisis.

Excessive drinking by children is causing a health time bomb, with record levels of liver disease in the under-30s, a charity warns.

Making the space station just a bit more like home

Conservationists plan to bring the sea eagle, the UK's largest bird of prey, back to the skies above England.

Celebrities are the new weapon in Indonesian politics

An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers.

A Florida teenager commits suicide in front of a webcam streaming live video

Google's voice search service for the iPhone may signify an inflection point -- speech recognition that is more useful than typing.

Instead of looking for the next Jack Welch, Yahoo would do better to find its Tina Brown or Clay Felker.