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Police fired tear gas at hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters on Saturday who tried to take over a shuttered convention center, arresting 19 people in the latest clash between anti-Wall Street activists and authorities in the Bay Area city.

Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor, died Friday, in a hospital in Oswiecim on the 67th anniversary of its liberation. After World War II, Smolen became director of the memorial site.

State Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, said it could revive international fundraising plans in 3-4 months, in a sign it believed the eurozone crisis might be easing.

New details have emerged in the case of baby Lisa Irwin who has been missing for more than three months. Her parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin were interviewed by Dr. Phil McGraw.

A Clayton County jury Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man to more than 200 years in prison for setting his girlfriend ablaze a year ago.

Apple celebrated the second birthday of the iPad on Friday, but the tablet's success has been overshadowed by a recent report from the New York Times that exposes labor violations at Apple's supply chain in China.

ExxonMobil, the world's largest integrated oil and natural gas company, is expected to report an increase in revenue in its fourth quarter thanks to high oil prices which have helped the company overcome sluggish refining and low natural gas prices in the United States.

Several new color photographs of Adolf Hitler were released from his personal estate on Friday, giving a first-time look into Hitler's home.

Sophia Stockton, a junior at Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan., ordered a textbook for one of her classes from Amazon. What she didn't know is that the book came with a bonus - a bag full of cocaine.

A six-legged lamb was born in Georgia but it is not the only bizarre creature to be found.

Rubinetti's arrest marks the second time this month a teacher in Bergen County, N.J., has been accused of having sexual relations with a student. The 39-year-old high school teacher and coach is charged with sexual assault, child endangerment and witness tampering after having an affair with a 17-year-old senior from 2009 through 2010.

A small town in Detroit is shaken over the homicide of Jane Bashara, the suburban wife and mother-of-two whose body was found strangled in the back seat of her Mercedes-Benz.

A scam currently circulating offers the chance to obtain a free iPhone 5, plus a test-run before the release date.

National Chocolate Cake Day is once again upon us! It is a great day, when we can all come together and honor the greatest flavor of all: chocolate. Whether you are a chocolate lover or a cake aficionado, this day is for you.

Facebook could file papers for an initial public offering, or, IPO, as early as Wednesday. Estimates of its valuation are in the range of $75 billion to $100 billion. Morgan Stanley may be lead underwriter.

Though Police Commissioner Ray Kelly remains in hot water after news broke that the police department had been showing an anti-Muslim film to hundreds of officers, critics' calls for him to resign probably won't be fulfilled.

Andrew Robert Levene, an American man accused of murdering a jewelry store owner in Connecticut and stealing $300,000 in diamonds was found dead in his prison cell in Spain, U.S. authorities said.

Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second individual involved in the deadly Cheshire home invasion, was officially sentenced to death on Friday.

The Barefoot Bandit, Colton Harris-Moore, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday on charges stemming from his infamous string of theft and burglaries.

Taco Bell rolled out their new breakfast menu, FirstMeal, in 750 stores in western states like California, Arizona and Colorado, and a select number of stores in Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma on Thursday. View the slideshow to see the 11 items offered on Taco Bell's new breakfast menu in participating locations.

Actress, author, and famous cook Paula Deen is receiving sharp criticism from her own sons after she has agreed to advertise a $500-a-month deal for a diabetes drug called Victoza.

Yale quarterback Patrick Witt made worldwide headlines when he withdrew his Rhodes scholarship application in order to play against Harvard, but a shocking new report shows that he actually withdrew due to sexual assault allegations.

A questionable case has led Iowa lottery winner Crawford Shaw, a lawyer in New York, to withdraw his multi-million dollar claim since he could not explain how he obtained the winning ticket.

The Ship That Would Not Die returned to its maritime museum home on Charleston Harbor on the South Carolina coast on Wednesday. The World War II destroyer USS Laffey was seen moving down the Cooper River just after sunrise, as it was being towed to the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, according to The Associated Press.

TMZ has unmasked the mysterious man behind the original narration of the viral Honey Badger video, the man who goes only by the name, Randall. The Honey Badger voice took YouTube by storm in January 2011. Randall is back now to explain why he made the Honey Badger video.

Many consumer groups in Italy have signed an agreement with Costa Cruises to offer about 11,000 euros ($14,458) as compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers for losses and injuries after the Concordia cruise ship capsized near the Italian Island of Giglio.

The upcoming 3-D stop-motion animated film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, is causing a slew of controversy for a joke about Leprosy was supposed to be an innocent joke. The production by Aardman Animation, directed by Peter Lord and voiced by Hugh Grant, has removed the gag from the film and issued an apology to the organization LEPRA Health in Action, an advocacy group dedicated to raising public awareness about the chronic illness, now properly referred to as Hansen's disease.

The buzzed about Ferris Bueller Super Bowl 2012 commercial is for auto company Honda, according to a report.

NASA announced on Thursday that an asteroid, 2012 BX34, will pass very close near Earth today, Friday, Jan. 27 thought it does not pose a threat. It's one of the closest approaches recorded, Gareth Williams, associate director of the US-based Minor Planet Center, said.