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The world's biggest Muslim country may be headed toward more radicalism and less moderation after banning the American singer for performing in bra and panties.

China's May data dump over the weekend and on Monday painted a mixed picture of the economic health of the world's second-largest economy.

China?s Lenovo Group (Pink: LNVGY), the No. 2 PC maker, announced a no-contract broadband service for its ThinkPad Classic and ThinkPad Edge laptops for customers in the U.S. and nine European countries.

Since the eruption of violence, 500 houses have been burned or razed in the region, while 5,000 people have become homeless.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on holding United States Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress -- and more than two dozen of his party colleagues are going to vote with Republicans against him.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson, 68, was hospitalized late Saturday near Los Angeles after allegedly being involved in two hit-and-run accidents, the San Gabriel Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Departments said.

The price of natural gas in the U.S. could be soon set for a steep rise, reaching levels not seen since in years, said one industry consultant.

For those who weren?t already planning on tuning into the Euro 2012 England vs. France soccer match Monday night, a halftime surprise may change your mind.

A leading union and a Super PAC supporting President Obama launched a volley of Spanish-language advertisements charging that Mitt Romney's economic policies would hurt financially struggling Americans.

Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts is a breast cancer survivor, and she told Monday's audience she has another medical battle to fight: a rare blood disorder known as myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS.

United Healthcare pledged to uphold some of the most popular sections of the law, including a provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents' plan until age 26, regardless of whether the Supreme Court overturns it

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has agreed to settle a probe into sales of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal and other medications for as much as $2.2 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson is suspected of being responsible for several nonlethal car accidents over the weekend.

The American-backed transitional government of Somalia is set to hand over power to a new civilian government by Aug. 20

Mitt Romney?s experience as governor of Massachusetts helped him best a large GOP field in a wild 2012 nomination process to become the Republican Party?s presidential nominee-designate. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding elected office in the world?

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a higher opening Monday following the agreement by the eurozone finance ministers to lend Spain 100 billion euros ($125 billion).

China's easy money and Spain's hard choice to accept a bailout of its cash-strapped financials sector appear to have market participants feeling pretty chipper in the early going on Monday.

Former Tigers Ladarious Phillips and Ed Christian were killed and a third player Eric Mack is in the hospital following the shooting.

Police in Auburn, Ala., have responded to a report of multiple gunshot victims at an apartment complex, the chief said Sunday morning.

Pro-regime forces were held responsible once again for killing dozens of civilians, including women and children, across Syria in an attack Saturday, a human rights watchdog group reported.

Verizon and AT&T have opted out of the 50GB Dropbox cloud storage promotion for their versions of the latest Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone.