Nearly one-third of Americans believe overweight and obese individuals should be penalized for their unhealthy habits and more than half say smokers should pay more for their health insurance, according to a Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll.

The Senate seemed ready Monday to temporarily ease its partisan standoff over President Barack Obama's jobs plan and come together on providing an economic boost to two potent interest groups: veterans and businesses.

The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to issue a proposed rule on money market funds in very short order, said SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro on Monday, which would reduce the funds susceptibility to runs.

Herman Cains slow, steady fall from grace over the last week or so has been, at turns, comical and tragic one might say Shakespearean in its scripted farcical twists and heartbreaking turns.