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Proliferation of handheld electronic devices is causing a new problem: theft in transit systems around the U.S. Now that the holiday season is coming, police departments are trying to crack down.

Nobody would ask who the top five men are in U.S. technology because their ranks fill the executive suites at Intel, Apple, Texas Instruments, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Motorola Mobility. But finding the women is harder because there are fewer, especially at the CEO level, where they can really influence the company and the industry.

Pope Benedict XVI beatified the Catholic Church's three newest saints -- Italian bishop and missionary Monsignor Guido Maria Conforti, Spanish nun Sister Bonifacia Rodriguez de Castro and an Italian priest Rev. Luigi Guanella -- during a mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.

In recent years, a growing number of companies have been encouraging workers to voluntarily improve their health to control escalating insurance costs.

After a nor'easter pummeled the area on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Northeast is now clambering to clean up the aftermath. More than 2.3 million customers, stretching from Maryland to New England, lost power on Saturday and early Sunday morning, due to the storm.

A rare October snowstorm blanketed East Coast with heavy record snowfall and rain Saturday that knocked down trees and power lines just before the Halloween.

A rare October snowstorm blanketed much of the U.S. Northeast on Saturday, as a deadly nor'easter rolled into the region just in time for Halloween.

Snow is falling Saturday in the Northeast, and the rare October Snowstorm of 2011 is expected to smash records from New York to areas inland of the Interstate 95 corridor before it ends early Sunday.

A major early-season snowstorm is expected Saturday as an area of low pressure tracks up the U.S. East Coast, bringing with it the possibility of significant snowfall in a broad band.

Bras worth almost $900 were stolen from a popular lingerie store - Victoria's Secret - in the York Galleria Mall, Pennsylvania, Thursday.

In a year already colored by rare natural events, including an earthquake and a strike from Hurricane Irene, New York could receive an all-time record snowfall for the month of October on Saturday, according to forecasts.

Tory Burch's Preppy-bohemian line never ceases to amaze. Burch is consistently revolutionizing her luxe line of eclectic caftans, shift dresses, cardigans, handbags, and (of course) iconic ballet flats.

Gary Johnson, the long-shot alternative to Ron Paul for the libertarian vote in the Republican primaries, has staked his campaign almost entirely on New Hampshire. But if he doesn't hurry up, his name might not even be on the ballot there.

It's no trick, and whether it's a treat or not depends on who you ask. But major cities along the I-95 corridor including Philadelphia, New York and Boston might be in for a rare October accumulating snowfall Saturday.

Stocks surged 3 percent on Thursday as an agreement by European leaders to help contain the region's two-year debt crisis lifted a cloud hovering over markets.

Stocks surged 2 percent on Thursday after European leaders reached a long-awaited agreement to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal with banks and insurers to accept 50 percent losses on Greek bonds.

Cutting Medicaid by 5 percent would cost U.S. states $14 billion and trigger job losses in the tens of thousands by depressing spending by states, hospitals, nursing homes, drug companies and others, a study said on Wednesday.

Stocks rallied in early trading on Thursday after European leaders agreed to boost the region's bailout fund and struck a deal with banks and insurers to accept 50 percent losses on Greek bonds.

Millions across the U.S. were treated to a spectacular display Monday as the Aurora Borealis dipped south to the delight of spectators across 30 states. Stargazers as far south as Arizona, New Mexico, and Alabama caught the vivid red patterns of the northern lights, which arrived approximately eight hours ahead of schedule.

Forecasters say New York, Philadelphia, Boston and others along the I-95 corridor could be in line for some wet snow flakes this weekend, even though temperatures will be above freezing.

Asian Carp are a problem for the Great Lake States -- and they're asking the Supreme Court to help them do something about it.