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With the Nov. 6 Election quickly approaching, President Barack Obama is expected to be involved in a fierce campaign against Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

New recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say doctors should ask women a series of questions to see if they might be at risk for high lead exposure before conducting a blood test for the heavy metal.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) profits are expected to fall precipitously for the second quarter of 2012 compared to the same time last year, largely due to continued losses abroad, particularly in Europe.

The future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-controlled entities that guarantee around 60 percent of the U.S. mortgage market, remains uncertain, but their federal regulator is requesting a plan to wind them down and sell their assets.

A new study from the medical journal Lancet dispels the common misconception of India as a physically unfit country amid rising rates of diabetes and heart disease, providing evidence that the majority of Indians are, in fact, physically active.

PBS receives about 15 percent of its total funding from the federal government, but that percentage is higher in rural areas where viewer support is lower. On July 17, House Republicans unveiled a spending bill that would eliminate funding for public television and its radio companion, NPR.

Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) is expected to report second quarter 2012 earnings sharply lower than the previous year as the company waits for revenue from the recently launched Model S and from a new partnership with Mercedes-Benz to have a positive impact later in the year.

Using lessons learned in Afghanistan and Central America, the United States has begun training special anti-drugs police squads in Ghana with hopes of breaking lucrative narcotics supply routes.

Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras likened his country's deep economic slump in the wake of the European debt crisis to the Great Depression of the 1930s in the U.S. while meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton in Athens.

The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA), the largest U.S. aerospace manufacturer, is expected to have higher revenue in the second quarter but lower earnings per share as profit from commercial airplanes is dampened by cuts in military spending and pension expenses.

The meeting, which will take place at the PM's official residence of number 10 Downing Street, is fraught with potential political faux pas. After all, the sitting PM is not -- according to a Downing Street spokesman who spoke to the Telegraph -- supposed to meet candidates in elections in foreign countries.

A fancy new aircraft upgrade for the Marines is causing a backlash in Japan and exposing years of tensions over U.S. forces in the country.

With the support of President Benigno Aquino III, as well as $30 million from the United States, the Filipino military will add more than 40 aircraft -- including attack helicopters -- and other weapons to its arsenal.

The Somalia-based terrorist organization al-Shabab has executed three of its members whom it said were informants for U.S. and British intelligence agencies.

Roberto Di Matteo appears intent on bolstering the Chelsea squad this summer, as the Blues attempt to build off their Champions League and FA Cup titles in a very busy summer transfer period.

Just a week after slipping by Brazil, 80-69 in an exhibition game in Washington, D.C., the Americans had to eke out a win against Argentina, 86-80 on Sunday in Barcelona, Spain.

Two Canadian sisters die mysteriously in their rented island bungalow, believed poisoned. Less than a week later, an Australian woman is stabbed to death in Phuket. Their deaths are the latest in a tumult of violence to shake tourism in postcard-perfect Thailand.

Representatives of the creditors that are keeping Greece economically afloat are set to arrive in Athens Tuesday to appraise Greece's slow progress in implementing austerity measures required for it to continue to receive bailout money.

The first French government minister of Asian descent, Fleur Pellerin, was in no mood to be insulted by interviewer Daniel Schick.

Downton Abbey fans have awhile until the PBS show kicks off its third season on Jan. 6, but we have some exciting new scoop on what's to come! The cast and crew of the hit series revealed a new trailer and dished out some new gossip at the PBS Television Critics press tour. Take a look at five of the hottest spoilers revealed about season three of Downton Abbey.

Columbine survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was left paralyzed in the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, offered words of encouragement to survivors of Friday's Colorado shooting during a vigil for the victims, families and survivors of The Dark Knight Rises Massacre in Aurora.