Topic: Washington DC

Like reality-show stars and pop singers, pro athletes have a shelf-life on their celebrity. For every Michael Jordan, there are dozens who have just a brief moment in the sun. For reasons ranging from injuries to lost mojo, they quickly faded from the public eye. Read ahead to see athletes who faded away after their 15 minutes of fame.

A new crop of graduates is about to flood not just the job market, but the rental market. So where will the new grads move? Here's a list of the best cities for recent college grads.

Many jobs that let reserved types work in solitude offer poor salaries and unchallenging work. But there are other careers that are stimulating, well-paying and require little human contact. Read ahead to see some of the best jobs in the U.S. for loners.

What would professional sports be without trash talking, grudges, beefs and rivalries? For some, feuds are as integral to spectator sports as the game itself. Read ahead to see which recent sports feuds have been exciting, thrilling and explosive.

What is the deal with airport food? To find some of the most praised restaurants, TripAdvisor looked at the busiest U.S. airports and user-generated reviews to see which ones were rated the best by the general flying public.

IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman warns of "a real disaster" for taxpayers next year should Congress miss a Dec. 31 voting deadline to renew major tax provisions.

Some U.S. airports see more late or missed connections than others, depending on which airlines use them and where they’re located. Using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, CNBC.com ranked the 10 airports with the worst records for on-time arrivals.

Mitt Romney can take a big step toward the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Tuesday with victories in Wisconsin and two other contests that would increase the pressure on rival Rick Santorum to drop out of the race.

The real estate website Trulia recently released its Winter 2012 Metro Movers report, which examines all property searches made by homebuyers and renters to see where they hope to buy and rent next.  What follows are 10 desirable neighborhoods that tend to fly under the radar in their major American cities.

The Brookings Institution analyzed the financial data of the world’s largest metropolitan areas. They defined "productivity" as gross domestic product on a per-job basis, and uncovered some interesting findings. Read ahead to see which were the most productive cities.

The wealthiest Americans have been in the spotlight over the past several years, for reasons ranging from public outrage over lavish lifestyles during the recession to executive bonuses in the midst of the financial crisis. The Occupy Wall Street movement was perhaps the most visible culmination of these concerns, broadly protesting against the divide between the majority of the U.S. population and the ultra-rich, referred to by the protesters as the “one percent.”

When lead-footed drivers get snagged and ticketed, their downfall might have been passing a speed trap where a cop was using radar or a laser, or maybe the driver passed a speed camera. However, as technology improves traffic enforcement, it is also progressing on the side of the speeder. Now joining the radar detector is crowd-sourced reporting of speed traps, a virtual warning system using the Internet and a mobile app. This list of the 10 most -active cities for speed traps was compiled by Trapster.com, a community platform that is accessed online and via smartphone app and alerts drivers to traps, hazards and other traffic issues nearby.

Washington state may be the next American state to legalize gay marriage. It has the support of several major companies, but Microsoft is the most high-profile business to back it. Prominent figures in the business community support marriage equality, as was the case in New York, the last state to legalize it.

Following a U.S.-led crackdown of online piracy involving rival website Megaupload.com, FileSonic, which describes itself as the "Unlimited Storage Company," announced it would only allow users to access their own files.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., last year, said Sunday she will step down this week from the U.S. Congress to focus on her recovery.