The day after FBI agents came to his house and seized computers, Greenville County Councilman Tony Trout admitted that he has been accessing information from the computer of county administrator Joe Kernell.

He was just a few days old when someone put him in a shopping bag and abandoned him in a women's restroom at a Crowley's department store nearly half a century ago. After someone discovered the newborn, he was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital and cal

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Inc. touched up its line of laptop computers Tuesday with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season.

Oil prices tumbled Wednesday, extending a steep and unusually volatile slide into a second day, after the government reported a surprising spike in U.S. crude and gasoline supplies.

Thanks to a newfound economic stability and vitality, Brazil's economy and middle class are growing, the former fueled by high commodity prices and the latter by the availability of credit.