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Ron Paul supporters scheduled a new money bomb Friday to coincide with Veterans Day. It's officially called the Support Them Now/Veteran's Day Moneybomb, according to the Web site Death and Taxes.

United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta does not think attacking Iran would be a good idea, even if Iran is building nuclear weapons.

Despite the coldness on Veteran's Day of 2011, Occupy Wall Street is heated up for a rally and concert featuring folk singer Joan Baez, who has been impressed by the movement as a human rights activist and protest singer.

On the eve of the day meant to remember those who fought for the U.S., the Senate passed a portion of President Barack Obama's jobs plan, a mix of increased benefits and tax incentives to hire veteran enduring prolonged unemployment. The vote accompanied U.S. companies promising to provide 100,000 jobs for veterans.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.6 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.4 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.7 percent at 0924 GMT (4:24 a.m ET).

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.6 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.4 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.7 percent at 0924 GMT (4:24 a.m. ET).

Defending the Federal Reserve on the turf of his harshest critics, central bank chief Ben Bernanke on Thursday said the Fed was intently focused on lowering unemployment and warned that strains from Europe could trigger global economic shocks.

Arab Spring and Royal Wedding were on Wednesday deemed the top phrases of 2011, while late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the year's top name, according to a global survey of the English language.

Spurring stronger growth and more robust job creation in the weak recovery are top priorities for the Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke told a military audience at a rare public forum on Thursday.

The red poppy flower is a symbol of the remembrance of the dead from the Great War.

Public relations executives employed by the energy industry encouraged their colleagues to study counterinsurgency techniques and noted the effectiveness of veterans trained in psychological operations in the push to win public approval for natural gas drilling.

The wealthy nations attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii may fight over trade, but they've avoided serious armed conflict for decades, and the U.S. Pacific Command aims to keep it that way, even as it copes with budget pressures and a surging China.

Berkeley, Calif., police used batons to beat up unarmed Occupy Cal protestors Wednesday night in an attempt to expel the students from their makeshift encampments, triggering a mass rally and sit-in.

Veterans Day on Nov. 11, 2011 is around the corner. As the federal holiday draws near, watch videos, read quotes and see photos chronicling the history and ongoing legacy of the U.S. Armed Services, from military desegregation and the aftermath of Vietnam to WWII nurses at the Battle of the Bulge and Iraq war veterans at Occupy Wall Street.

A former U.S. Army Ranger arrested during demonstrations in Oakland last week and later hospitalized is reluctant to become the face of protests there, his friends said on Monday.

One year before the presidential election, a new poll shows President Obama beating all his GOP contenders, despite low ratings. Obama falls below expectations in most areas, but is still supported above Republicans. Also, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are supported by 50 percent of those polled.

Two months before the Iowa caucus and one year before the presidential elections, a new poll shows President Obama beating all his GOP contenders, despite low ratings and a pervading air of negativity and dissatisfaction in America at large. Obama falls below expectations in most areas, but is still supported above Republicans. Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are supported by 50 percent of those polled.

Fighters who toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi in Libya's uprising will keep their weapons for now to aid in security, an Islamist commander said.

Carlos the Jackal has already been convicted of three murders and is currently serving a life sentence in France, but the Venezuelan, who was once one of the most wanted figures of the Cold War, is again on trial.

With Israeli President, Shimon Peres, trying to show U.N. nations the threat Israel faces from Iran and urging them to build pressure on Iran to disclose its nuclear programs, Iran seems to be inching towards becoming the next target of the U.S. and UK coalition forces.

Boeing, Chicago-based aerospace and defense corporation, has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Army for a multi-year contract for the production and delivery of 155 CH-47F helicopters.