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Despite critical GOP comments, Obama will nominate Rice for Secretary of State - and she will be easily confirmed by the Senate.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog Tuesday acknowledged that one of its servers had been hacked, after the hackers posted the stolen data online earlier this week.

U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly lower open Wednesday ahead of the Census Bureau's new home sales data and the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book.

Thanks to strong sales of the all new iPhone 5, Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, has managed to regain its lost glory by topping Google’s Android to become the leading smartphone maker in the United States.

Asian shares ended a seven-day winning streak Wednesday as investor concern rose over whether U.S. lawmakers were putting the world's largest economy at risk of recession by failing to make headway in their budget talks.

Former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, 89, was hospitalized Tuesday at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Tuesday.

Former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole is not dead, despite rumors to the contrary that emerged on the Internet Tuesday evening.

Chinese social media users are showing just how happy they are that their country now has a functional aircraft carrier.

A new report, "The Learning Curve," ranks Finland the best educational performer on Earth -- and four Asian countries are the runners up.

The FDA has suspended production at Sunland Inc., a large manufacturer of peanut butter, nut spreads and hundreds of other nut-based products distributed in grocery stores throughout the United States.

Who is considered “too fat to fly"? Here’s a look at the varying airline policies for “customers of size” in the wake of the death of 425-pound Vilma Soltesz.

Republicans led by John McCain try to get out in front on immigration.

The GOP trio opposing Rice's possible nomination for secretary of state argues she forwarded incorrect info about Benghazi.

The Fox News-Tom Ricks saga has reached new heights after the network claimed the veteran reporter apologized for saying Fox is “operating as a wing of the Republican Party.”

Employees waste enough time on “non-work tasks” to cost their employers some $134 billion in lost productivity.

Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager will be editor-at-large at Southern Living.

The decision represents a temporary escape from Basel III.

Conservative media says Time magazine is making a "mockery" of itself with the nomination of Sandra Fluke among its possible persons of the year.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced on Tuesday that France will vote "yes" on Palestinian statehood.

Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) mobile operating system iOS surged back to the top of the U.S. mobile marketplace last month thanks to iPhone 5 sales, a new report from Kantar Worldpanel suggests.

Fox News abruptly ended an interview with Tom Ricks after the veteran reporter slammed the network for its coverage of the Benghazi terror attacks. Ricks said Fox was “operating as a wing of the Republican Party.”