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Supreme Court to hear voting rights case

4:25PM EST November 9. 2012 - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, which could result in less federal oversight of the racial impact of state and local election laws.

Investing: Will tax hikes hurt dividend stocks?

10:05PM EST November 8. 2012 - Most investors have a private chamber of horrors they peek into from time to time, typically after steep drops in the Dow Jones industrial average. In the Pit of Pre-Announcements, managements shriek their excuses for poor earnings.

NYC Marathon canceled amid criticism

9:25 PM EDT November 2. 2012 - NEW YORK — The New York City Marathon will not be run Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office announced late Friday afternoon. It's the first cancellation in the race's 42-year history.

What to watch: Investors eye Tuesday's Big Result

8:10PM EST November 5. 2012 - NEW YORK -- The waiting is over. Election Day is finally here. The attention of investors around the globe now turns to the Super Bowl of politics: the U.S. presidential election. Who's going to win? What will it mean for my portfolio? Voter polls basically say it's a too-close-to-call race between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

U.S. Secret Service agent in probe kills self

11:02PM EDT November 1. 2012 - WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Secret Service agent who was being investigated by the government for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

USS Enterprise completes final voyage

1:56PM EST November 4. 2012 - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is shutting down its reactors as its storied career comes to a close.The USS Enterprise finished its 25th and final deployment on Sunday when it returned to its home port in Norfolk, Va.

In Sandy's wake, can Jersey Shore be saved?

Up and down New Jersey's storied shore, the scene of summer fun for generations of Easterners is now a tangle of wet, splintered wood, seawater, sand and debris. It's a region that claims rocker Bruce Springsteen as a native son — and of more recent fame, Snooki and the cast of MTV's Jersey Shore.

Sandy, rising seas fuel future climate concerns

6:55 AM EDT November 3. 2012 - Haven't we been here before? A hurricane devastates a major coastal city, and a debate over climate change comes in like the tide.Will the warnings about sea-level rise in the wake of Hurricane Sandy wash away like the concern seen after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005? Or has the tide finally too high to ignore?