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Militants are also charged with making threats against Riccardo Pacifici, the head of Rome’s Jewish community.

Newt Gingrich has risen like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes to become a front-runner for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for president. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding, elected office in the world?

Brazil's said it is asking Chevron to halt its activities in the country and pay $10.7 billion in damages following an oil spill in November off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. However, Chevron said it has not received notice of the action.

There's still nothing official spinning in the Galaxy Nexus rumor Mill, but Verizon has launched a simulator on their Website that takes an in-depth look at the phone's features, which suggests the carrier is gearing up for an official release.

The UNC student, who was shot over five times after her two captors kidnapped her and forced her to withdraw money from an ATM, repeatedly told them they didn't have to do what they were doing. At accused killer Laurence Lovette's trial, witness McNeil said Carson asked Lovette and accomplice Atwater to pray and begged them to let her go.

The U.S. Congress sought to avoid a showdown with the White House over detainee policy in the war against al-Qaeda on Monday, with a panel approving new rules for handling terrorism suspects after adding changes wanted by the administration. Further, the White House said senior officials will not recommend that President Barack Obama veto the bill.

Two reports released today show two groups, retail investors and professional asset managers, have been moving in markedly different directions in the past two weeks. The armchair stock pickers are getting out of U.S. equities while the pros are claiming they are dumping more cash into the American stock market.

Sixteen top technology leaders – including the founders of Google, Netscape, Yahoo and eBay – published full-page advertisements Wednesday opposing the pending Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in Congress.

Here's an incongruous image: a Westboro Baptist Church member holding virulently homophobic signs... while wearing a Glee T-shirt.

The bottom dropped out of gold prices Friday as technical supports collapsed, hedge fund managers turned holdings into cash and a surging dollar killed any vestige of physical demand.

Demi Moore won't be changing her Twitter handle anytime soon. After much speculation over whether the actress will change her Twitter handle from @mrskutcher to something more fitting now that she will divorce 'Two and a Half Men' actor Ashton Kutcher after a six-year marriage, Moore said she has more important things to worry about.

Chief executives expect the U.S. economy to continue its slow, uneven recovery over the next few months and are concerned about the rising costs of raw materials and the expense of complying with regulations, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

ConocoPhillips stole the show at Wednesday's Gulf of Mexico Lease sale with the largest bid an oil company has ever made for a single tract of Gulf real estate.

European stocks fell on Wednesday as weak commodity prices sparked a selloff in the energy and materials sectors and as a falling euro and high Italian bond yields kept Europe's debt crisis in focus.

Hollywood movie producers are honoring Angelina Jolie's Bosnia war film In the Land of Blood and Honey with a special award for its portrayal of social issues.

Task outsourcing startup TaskRabbit has closed a new $17.8 million round of funding, the company announced today.

U.S. solar installations soared nearly 40 percent in the third quarter and are likely to be even higher in the current period, though 2011 overall will lag expectations slightly due to a decline in state incentives.

Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) is buying a stake in Saudi Arabia-based beverage company Aujan Industries for $980 million in what is seen as a bid to catch up with rival PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) in the Middle East.

At this time of year Hollywood brings out big-budget movies like Mission: Impossible with Tom Cruise and the new Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey, Jr.

Michigan and Wisconsin have swapped fuzzy woolen blows ever since Travel Wisconsin featured a pea-green mitten on its Web site.

The International Monetary Fund's chief economist cautioned on Wednesday against imposing tough austerity measures too quickly and instead favors a longer process as countries around the world grapple with high debt levels.