A boom in shale oil production will raise U.S. domestic crude output by a fifth over the next decade, helping to slash the country's dependence on foreign oil imports, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday.
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Nicole Scherzinger posted a photo to Twitter on Monday of herself without makeup moments after getting out of the shower while on a vacation in Mexico.
Michael Mele, a convicted sex offender, admitted to killing Texan dancer Laura Garza after he met her at a Manhattan nightclub three years ago. A judge agreed to sentence him to 23 year on manslaughter charges and 16 months to four years on evidence tampering.
Canada-based Pan American Silver Corp. said Monday it will pay about $1.5 billion in a cash and stock to buy Minefinders Corp. Ltd., which owns a huge silver mine in northern Mexico, among other mining assets.
Heidi Klum and husband Seal officially announced their divorce on Sunday after rumors swirled that the couple were decided to split after almost seven years of marriage. But what is the reason for the split?
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp is in talks with Finland's Outokumpu over a possible merger of the two companies' stainless steel businesses.
Heidi Klum and Seal have confirmed that they are getting separated after almost seven years of marriage. While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal and happy years of marriage, after much soul-searching we have decided to separate, the two said in a statement.
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There's a new stamp price -- it's 45 cents, as of Sunday Jan. 22. The United States Postal Service (USPS) raised the price of a stamp from 44 cents to 45 cents in an announcement in October, but it didn't take effect until Sunday
Heidi Klum is set to file for divorce from her husband, Seal, according to TMZ.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement a stamp price increase on Sunday -- and you will pay a penny more for a first-class stamp. Its price will rise to 45 cents from 44 cents.
German supermodel Heidi Klum plans to divorce her husband of more than six years, British singer Seal, according to a TMZ report. Klum, 38, will reportedly file divorce papers early next week in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.
Group of 20 nations agreed to push Europe to take extra steps to resolve the debt crisis on Friday as they inch toward a deal to boost the International Monetary Fund's firepower.
As the Justice Department has stepped up its enforcement of an anti-foreign bribery law, it has faced the expected stiff resistance from the business community.
Southwest Airlines Co said on Friday that its AirTran subsidiary would stop operating at six U.S. airports this year because of higher fuel costs.
In the five years since Mexican president Felipe Calderon began to use the military to combat the country's powerful drug cartels, some 50,000 people have been killed. With people being murdered in the country nearly every day, how is the violence affecting Mexico's tourism industry?
Economic growth, jobs and protectionism are the top three worries at the start of 2012, according to a Call to Action published by 11 leaders of international organizations on Friday in a bid to kick-start debate at next week's Davos Forum.
Schlumberger Ltd (SLB.N), the world's largest oilfield services company, reported a 36 percent rise in quarterly earnings, beating Wall Street forecasts, but it warned that Europe's debt crisis could hurt economic growth and trim oil demand.
The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth.
The world economy will lose momentum in 2012 but it will keep moving in the right direction, according to Reuters polls of around 600 economists who said crisis-hit Europe would drag on global growth.
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