New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of ...

Ed Conway analysis on GDP figures that show surprise growth in the UK economy; we hear about the rise of unequal inheritance ...

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated ...

Most of us handle change without a second thought. They’re more nuisance than necessity, but every so often, an ordinary-looking coin turns out to be worth a staggering sum. A number of rare U.S.

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

BALTIMORE -- A Maryland 12-year-old and rising figure skater was among the 64 passengers who died Wednesday night when a commercial airplane crashed midair with a Black Hawk helicopter near ...

A young figure skating star from Annandale, Virginia, and his parents were among the victims of the tragic aircraft crash at Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. Cory Haynos, 16, and his ...

They’d found a few old coins at the site previously and suspected more finds might turn up. They were more right than they realized. Gert-Jan Messelaar and Reinier Koelink were searching a field ...