Robin Hood

Every year, tax season inspires Americans ... to gripe and complain. But rather than focus on the depressing side of your yearly ordeal, why not consider the more enjoyable things that taxes have inspired -- namely, a long list of films. On Oscar weekend, there's no better time to recall these taxing classics.

According to a Pew Research Center poll, 40% of Americans believe that the expiration of tax cuts for the wealthy would hurt the economy, while only 26% think it would help.

Not all bankers are villains. Though you probably find that pretty hard to believe these days, what with all the loan foreclosures and obscure and punishing fees banks are charging even their best customers.

People always have a soft spot in their hearts for the underdogs, particularly when the economic going gets tough. The Barefoot Bandit, 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, who was arrested July 11 in the Bahamas after he stole a plane and flew himself there, is another in a long line of people who...

The champion of London's homeless, Mark Guard, is becoming nearly as famous as his celebrity neighbors, including Maggie Thatcher, Joan Collins, Sean Connery and Nigella Lawson. Guard, the self-appointed leader of a group of squatters, is grabbing headlines again after taking up residence in...

We all know that Wall Street's bad bets nearly brought the financial system to its knees last year. Then U.S. taxpayers footed the bill to bail out Wall Street -- taking on obligations potentially as high as $23.7 trillion, leading to a $1.4 trillion federal deficit, and $12 trillion in national...

When times are hard, you recycle. You make use of stuff you already had rather than spending to buy more. Even Walt Disney movies have done it, copying movements, gestures, and moments virtually line-for-line, pretty much tracing over old artwork and using old movies as visual templates for making...