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The U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide if victims and their families can sue corporations or political organizations in America for human rights abuses in other countries.

Europe's highest court has ruled that scientists can't patent embryonic stem cell techniques for research. Scientists call the move devastating, but Christian and moral rights groups hail it as a victory against the commercialization of the human body. The case was triggered when German Greenpeace charged Dr. Oliver Bruestle with violating public order and morality.

Unlikely Republican front-runner Herman Cain faces close scrutiny on Tuesday when the party's hopefuls for president in 2012 debate in a gambling city famed for separating winners from losers.

Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record level, amid growing support for decriminalization that could build pressure to eventually change U.S. laws on the drug, a Gallup poll showed on Monday.

Motorola Mobility revived its once best-selling Razr brand to tout its latest gadget, the Droid Razr, as the world's slimmest smartphone.

Why traveling at high speed? Why having the final destiny always defined? Tiago Barros' Passing Cloud envisions travel as a slow, enjoyable process.

New Jersey's Monmouth University will be the new home for an archive of local hero Bruce Springsteen's collection of memorabilia from a long career in rock music, the school has announced.

The United States pushed through its toughest measures yet to curtail speculation in commodity markets in a tight vote on Tuesday, likely shifting the focus of a fierce four-year debate from the regulators to the courts.

Droid Razr is a Verizon phone, so it's 4G ready and has a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED screen.

The Occupy Wall Street protesters have added an eminent supporter to their collective voice: singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte.

U.S. stocks extended their gains on news that German and French leaders agreed to expand the powers of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to two trillion euros.

Officials in Washington have been pressuring Islamabad to upgrade their crackdown on Haqqani militants.

Will the shares of semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) benefit from the iPhone 4s/5 Wave, now that Apple (AAPL) has introduced its new smartphone?

Starbucks Corp is going Blonde, expanding its coffee lineup with its lightest roast to date in a move aimed at wooing more customers and capturing a bigger share of the U.S. coffee market.

Why anyone would publicly admit that The Hangover 2 was based on his own life is a mystery, but that's exactly what's happened in a lawsuit filed by an aspiring actor and filmmaker who claims the movie's makers lifted the plot from his life experiences.

U.S. stocks have climbed to positive territory on Tuesday in a volatile session.

The iPhone 4S' availability, or lack thereof, has left consumers frustrated and impatient to get their hands on what has been the most anticipated smartphone of the year.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted its second quarterly loss as a public company on Tuesday as its investment portfolio lost billions of dollars in value.

Starbucks Corp is going Blonde, expanding its coffee lineup with its lightest roast to date in a move aimed at wooing more customers and capturing a bigger share of the U.S. coffee market.

Mitt Romney has been hammered by his Republican presidential rivals for his mandated healthcare law in Massachusetts, but now the state is havingto adjustwith the costs of Romneycare

A Gallup study released on Monday found that overweight and ailing U.S. workers cost billions in lost work productivity each year.