The Occupy Oakland protesters’ call for a general strike largely fizzled as organizers failed to rally significant support from unions, but protesters brought operations at the Port of Oakland to a halt.

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Oakland Protesters Shut Down Port

Has America lost its place as the world leader in inventions and technological innovation? Economists debate the question.

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U.S. Outlook: Plateau or Promise?

A dozen states were hit hard by the same unexpected October storm, but none went dark like Connecticut, where power outages are becoming a chronic problem.

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Connecticut’s Power Woes Outshine Rest

Walt Mossberg reflects on two decades of covering personal-consumer products and offers his thoughts on what technological gains might be next.

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Dialing Up 20 Years of Gadget Reviews

Federal Chairman Bernanke signaled the central bank is ready to do more to aid an economy that is expected to remain weak for many more years, but he was noncommittal on how and when the Fed might act.

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Fed Lowers Its Jobs Forecast

The U.S. Department of Justice now says its use of a cellphone-tracking device in a controversial Arizona case could be considered a “search” under the Fourth Amendment.

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Feds Shift Tracking Defense

Three years after the global financial crisis, and a year after a U.S. regulatory overhaul, the world economy remains vulnerable to hazards that nearly broke the banking system last time.

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Market Strains Test Bernanke, Banks

The Obama administration is exploring a shift in the military’s mission in Afghanistan to an advisory role as soon as next year, a move that would scale back U.S. combat duties ahead of their scheduled conclusion at the end of 2014.

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U.S. Explores Faster Afghan Handover

Scientists said they delayed or prevented such changes as cataracts and the fat loss that leads to wrinkles by clearing out “senescent” cells from mice.

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Study Suggests Way to Slow Aging

A federal appeals court for the second time ruled that the Federal Communications Commission improperly fined CBS Corp. for airing singer Janet Jackson’s infamous Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction” in 2004.

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Court Affirms Ruling That FCC Wrongly Fined CBS