I have never understood how so many psychic storefronts can survive in Manhattan.

AT&T claims required disclosure to customers violates its 1st Amendment rights. By Jon Brodkin.

The documents also raise questions about the accuracy of the Red Cross’ count of how many Haitians it helped, concluding the figures on one project were “fairly meaningless.” By Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan.

Two raids, five deaths and a suspected suicide as authorities closed in on him.

For anyone wondering about whether to take a fish oil pill to improve your health, the Web site of the National Institutes of Health has some advice. Yes. And no. One page on the Web site endorses taking fish oil supplements, saying they are likely effective for heart disease, because they contain the “beneficial” fatty acids known as omega-3s.

The troubled stealth fighters carry few bombs and still can’t use their guns

Cheating in scientific and academic papers is a longstanding problem, but it is hard to read recent headlines and not conclude that it has gotten worse.

Corinthian Colleges, a troubled for-profit college operator, made secret payments to political elites.

Rigid sales quotas at Wells Fargo Bank have driven employees to open unauthorized accounts for customers, sticking them with bogus fees and damaging their credit, according to a city of Los Angeles lawsuit that echoes a Times investigation.

Dressed in a smart suit and tie, a flustered Andrew Gradon pleaded for help to get home.

As disgusting as that may be, she's not the only one who should be ashamed: the enablers who promote this crap deserve condemnation, too. By Xeni Jardin

New report reads like a passive-aggressive letter between spouses

During the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, government investigators performed laboratory tests of Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment -- a potion supposedly made of rattlesnake oil that offered "immediate relief" for rheumatism, sciatica, sprains, lumbago, deafness, and other ailments. The tests found that the liquid contained not the advertised reptile juice, but rather mineral oil, red pepper, turpentine, and other ingredients.

Billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett controls a mobile-home empire that promises low-income borrowers affordable houses. But all too often, it traps those owners in high-interest loans and rapidly depreciating homes.