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Walgreen Co is being hit by its withdrawal from the Express Scripts Inc pharmacy network and by a much-weaker-than-expected flu season, leading it to temper its expectations for the number of prescriptions it will fill this year.

Attorney General Eric Holder faced off against Republicans on February 2, denying any sort of government coverup of the Fast and Furious operation , the latest in a series of Gun Walking programs that began in 2006 in Arizona.

Orange juice futures fell on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that fungicide found in Brazilian exports were not a public threat and wouldn't affect supply.

Apple Inc said it was cleared to resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads via its German online store on Friday, after the suspension of an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December.

New orders for U.S. factory-made products posted a second straight monthly rise in December and business capital spending also picked up, a government report on Friday showed.

Discount Gun Sales is proud to team up with the Susan B. Koman Foundation to offer the Walther P-22 Hope Edition in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

U.S. job creation is accelerating throughout the economy, giving President Barack Obama's reelection bid a boost and increasing the chances the jobless rate could improve faster than the Federal Reserve expects.

View the January jobs report as just that: one month of strong job growth. Regarding the issues of whether the great American job machine has finally kicked into gear and American voters' stance toward incumbents, including President Barack Obama, the operative phrase is, it's too soon to tell.

After a blockbuster January for both equities and bonds - rallies that caught many in the market by surprise - investors will be paying keen attention to the world's central banks in the coming week for signs of continued easy money.

The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.3 percent, indicating last quarter's growth carried into early 2012.

The U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.3 percent, indicating last quarter's growth carried into early 2012.

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is to axe a further 7,300 jobs, it emerged Friday.The cuts, equivalent to 12 percent of the workforce, are expected to deliver $1.6 billion in annual benefits by the end of 2014, but will cost $2.1 billion to implement.

Two middle-aged women from the U.S. were kidnapped from a tourist bus by Bedouin tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

That was beautiful, Letterman said after the performance.

New Zealand court denied Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload and Megavideo, his appeal for bail on Friday

Stocks rallied more than 1 percent on Friday, extending a rally in equities, after a report showed U.S. job growth surged in January.

Outrage over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has spurred talk about its abortion services--a politically controversial part of its program that only accounts for 3 percent of its patient care.

It's no joke: Roseanne Bar, the comedian best known for '80s sitcom Roseanne, is running for the Green Party's nomination in a bid to become President of the United States. What's her platform? How is she ranked among the other Green Party candidates? And does Roseanne Barr actually have a chance?

Sprint Nextel , like its bigger rivals, is expected to report a steep decline in fourth-quarter profit margins due to its launch of the costly Apple Inc iPhone.

Treasure hunter Greg Brooks claimed he has located the wreck of a World War II British merchant ship that was carrying a load of platinum now worth $3 billion. The ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II and should Brooks' location of the ship proves accurate, he will find one of the richest sunken treasures ever discovered.

Apple Inc stopped offering older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads at its German online store on Friday in a response to an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December.