Lifestyle and Budget

The company behind Snuggie, Perfect Bacon Bowl and other "As Seen on TV" products has agreed to pay $8 million to settle charges that it deceived customers.

A pet industry trade group says Americans spent $58 billion on their pets in 2014.

You may think you're immune to transparent sales pitches like "Do you want fries with that?" But the tactics restaurants use to nudge you into spending a little extra may be subtler than you realize.

Students unable to enroll in the public or charter school of their choice and all children on Indian reservations would qualify for the state's private school voucher program under a pair of bills approved Thursday by an Arizona Senate committee.

President Barack Obama says he dropped a plan to scale back tax benefits for college savings accounts because it wasn't worth it.

U.S. Bank will pay $18 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by regulators alleging that it mishandled customer funds of a collapsed Iowa brokerage.

Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures to allow millions of workers to earn up to a week of paid sick time a year, the White House said.

President Barack Obama is renewing his push for paid leave for working parents.

A rebounding economy and big discounts fueled Americans to spend more briskly in stores than expected during the winter holiday shopping season.

The College Football Playoff will help pay for the parents and guardians of Ohio State and Oregon football players to travel to the national championship game in North Texas on Monday.

New Mexico's largest electric provider has proposed charging fees to customers with rooftop solar systems, saying those customers still rely on the grid when the sun isn't shining and should pay their fair share of the fixed costs of maintaining the system.

Santa's sleigh isn't the only thing flying this holiday season.

Utility regulators approved a steep increase in electricity rates Tuesday but will spread the costs over all of next year to ease the impact on consumers.

U.S. tourists are roaming the streets of Old Havana, listening to lectures on Art Deco architecture and meeting with jazz musicians.

Missouri's largest electric company said Monday that it plans to invest $135 million in energy efficiency programs for customers over a three-year period.

Despite an early start, sales data provided to The Associated Press shows that stores may once again have to rely on procrastinators to save the holiday shopping season.

Colorado was poised Wednesday to award more than $8 million for medical marijuana research, a step toward addressing complaints that little is known about pot's medical potential.

Shoppers at an eastern Massachusetts toy store are getting an early Christmas present: All their layaway bills totaling $20,000 have been paid off by an anonymous woman dubbed "layaway angel." Employees at the Toys R Us in Bellingham, about 40 miles southwest of Boston, told The Milford Daily News (http://bit.ly/1DowWID ) that the woman paid off all 150 of the store's layaway accounts Wednesday.

The felines are fighting back — on the bookshelf.

American Eagle Outfitters Inc. shares plunged Friday after the teen retailer gave a weak profit forecast for the key holiday shopping season.