Despite a less than stimulating economy, some of life’s little luxuries are still there for the taking, even on a tight budget. Few people understand that better than Rachel Thebault, head confectioner and owner of Tribeca Treats in New York City. Armed with nothing more than cocoa beans, a business …

This is how far we’ve come in this spending binge: A congressman — on this show — bragging that the latest stimulus package they’re working on has only $10 billion of pork. And Congressman Chaka Fattah — a lovely gentleman — said that I should be impressed. Only $10 billion …

Hey, fashionistas! Pack your carry-ons, and jump on board! You can avoid extra luggage fees and still get all of your stuff in one suitcase. All it takes is packing light! And that means bringing along quality basics that can be mixed, matched, and worn over and over. And then …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Keep Away In his first full day on the job Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced new rules designed to limit contact with lobbyists. But that same day, Geithner chose former Goldman Sachs advocate Mark Patterson to serve as his chief of …

It took four years for Google to address the “Google bomb” that was lobbed at former President Bush. But it took the Internet behemoth only a few days to defuse the same attack on President Obama. Four years versus a few days … Some Googlers are asking why. In 2003, …

Think you live in a high-tech age? We don’t — not compared to what the world will be like if technologies scientists are currently working on come to pass. Imagine cheap, reliable electricity that doesn’t need to be generated in real-time … brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s cured with …

RALEIGH, N.C. – High school students from Connecticut to California could soon be learning about abstinence-only sex education — as ancient history. At least 24 states and the District of Columbia are moving from abstinence instruction to a more comprehensive approach that includes lessons about STD prevention and contraception, a …

President Obama may be the messiah, but he still confuses me. I mean, if the president is going to cut taxes for 96 percent of us, then he’s got to believe that tax cuts are good. You don’t do something to 96 percent, unless it works. So, why not just …

In the wake of cruelty charges filed against a man whose dog died when left for hours in a hot car during auditions for “American Idol” in Denver, PETA has rushed its PSA featuring “Idol” judge Simon Cowell – coincidentally warning of the dangers of leaving dogs inside cars—to television …

DEA agents, Los Angeles police and Las Vegas police are executing search warrants on the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray, a law enforcement official tells FOXNews.com. The officials descended on Murray’s gated community and his office, Global Cardiovascular Associates, early Tuesday morning. …