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South Africa's rand edged higher against the dollar on Friday and was on track for a weekly advance of more than 1.6 percent, with the market trusting the authorities will more likely act to support the currency, than let it depreciate.

Iran has denied the allegations and shrugged them off as more propaganda by Washington.

A U.S. Navy Veteran is suing the Department of Veteran Affairs after the agency denied her spousal disability benefits, citing a federal law that defines marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.

I was the third person in line to receive the new iPhone 4S at the AT&T store on Wall Street in New York City's financial district. Here's how it all happened.

Royal Bank of Scotland plc (NYSE: RBS), is the "most vulnerable" bank in Europe and may have to raise billions of dollars to strengthen its capital ratios, warned analysts at Credit Suisse. Dozens of British banks, including RBS, released results of new stress tests form to the European Banking Authority on Thursday.

A New York pastor has been arrested and accused of fraudulently cashing pension checks worth nearly a quarter-million dollars sent to a school teacher who died more than a decade ago, authorities said on Thursday.

An artist arrested for applying body paint to a nude model in New York's Times Square will have charges against him dropped if his models strip naked only after dark, according to a court agreement reached on Thursday.

The expectant actress revealed the sex of her baby on Ellen.

Half of all Americans have heard of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and of the people who have heard of it, a plurality support its message, according to a poll released this week.

Wall Street's commute Friday morning was disrupted as a band of hundreds involved with the Occupy Wall Street protest marched the streets of Lower Manhattan to Wall Street, obstructed by police and followed by dozens of reporters with cameras flashing. Police were seen making at least several arrests.

Apple's newly released iPhone 4S, labeled to be a flop phone by many when it came out last week, has already become a huge success among customers, even before it went on sale in stores across the globe Friday, with many of them buying it as a tribute to Steve Jobs.

The owners of Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, site of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, announced before dawn Friday they will postpone their scheduled cleanup of the area, possibly heading off a massive confrontation between protesters and police.

After suspicions that Beyonce appeared for an interview on Australia's Sunday Night television program with a fake baby bump, she is now out to prove her point.

Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second defendant in the horrific Cheshire, Conn., home invasion murders in 2007, was found guilty of 17 counts which include murder, kidnapping and sexual assault.

ABC has ordered full seasons of its new series Revenge and Suburgatory, while ringing up six more scripts for its comedy Happy Endings, the network confirmed.

Ryan O'Neal wants his Warhol back from Texas university

The BSE Sensex pulled higher on Friday after a sluggish start as investors awaited monthly inflation, which would set the tone for the RBI's monetary stance.

Asian shares inched down on Friday, tracking New York and European shares lower as weak Chinese trade data raised concerns about the global economy, while the euro eased after another sovereign debt ratings downgrade.

In his new book out Oct. 11, Ozzy Osbourne, nicknamed Dr. Ozzy, answers readers' questions about health, drugs, alcohol, sex, marriage and life as a rock star. Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice from Rock's Ultimate Survivor is a humorous memoir that includes some of the doctor's best material from his published columns in The Sunday Times of London.

David Ortiz caused a bit of a stir in the New York and Boston media Thursday after his comments made in an interview with ESPN.

Harrisburg Bankruptcy Shows Borrowers No Longer Willing To Be Shamed Into Surrender