Sociologists have developed elaborate theories of who spreads gossip and news - who tells whom, who matters most in social networks - but they've had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest.

Anybody can become a consultant. But not everybody does it well. Here's what you need to know to thrive. By RICHARD GREENWALD Today, with unemployment rates hovering at 10%, and all our worries about the job market rooted in the moment, ...

The gambling is gone, but cabaret singers and scantily dressed dancers still are big draws at the Tropicana. Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Clad in a gold sequined bikini and topped with a feathered headdress, a curvy cabaret dancer ...

A former bank robber, Shon R. Hopwood emerged from more than a decade in federal prison as a skilled Supreme Court practitioner. At his home in Omaha, his wife, Ann Marie, held their six week old son Mark.

Dick Cheney is not the most popular of politicians, but when he offered a harsh assessment of the Obama Administration's approach to terrorism last May, his criticism stung—so much that the President gave a speech the same day that was widely seen as a ...