The U.S. has not endured a deep and prolonged recession in more than a quarter century — enough time for many Americans to forget what one feels like.

Investors agonizing over a dismal economy sent the markets plunging after two bleak reports convinced Wall Street that a recession, if not already here, is inevitable.

John McCain sought to change the course of a campaign moving decidedly in Barack Obama's direction Wednesday night in the third and final presidential debate.

Oil prices closed below $75 a barrel for the first time in nearly 14 months Wednesday.

Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday  left a D.C. hospital for an outpatient procedure to restore his normal heart rhythm after doctors found a recurrence of atrial fibrillation.