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The agency brought civil fraud charges Friday against two CEOs and four former top executives at the mortgage giants, accusing them of misleading investors about risky subprime loans.

Wonderful Wife was a top seller when more women stayed at home and took care of the kids. Now that more women stay on the job, the publisher replaced it with a magazine aimed at working mothers.

The dating site Cupid.com has released a survey rating regional accents. The most attractive accent in North America is the Southern drawl. The New York accent came in second. Rounding out the top 5: the New Jersey, Boston and Western accents.

At least 70 protesters have been killed today in clashes with police, according to the top medic for the protesters occupying central Kiev.

Infographics: Explore the Numbers In the second chart in our "By The Numbers" project, you can see who the biggest lobbyists are. The top is probably a...

Look at Patrick Kruger's house and you see the bottom of his tree through a window, and the top pushing through a damaged roof. Kruger was actually having a little fun. He broke his 14-foot tree in two and used building materials to create the illusion.

With more social conservatives in the race this time around, the Romney camp hopes the evangelical vote will splinter, propelling him to a top-two finish in Iowa.

Susan Stamberg gathers recommendations for the season's best books from independent booksellers Lucia Silva, Rona Brinlee and Daniel Goldin. This winter, their top picks range in subject from toasters to typeface, odd bookmarks to old Volkswagens, department stores to pasta design.

Check in with our Movie Critics for info and ratings on new movie releases, plus their picks for the best and worst movies of 2009By The Walt Bodine…

Back in the 1960s, people were fed up with the top-down system for picking nominees. Reforms led to the first-in-the-nation caucus.