SECURITY

Apple has offered $384 million in stock to its newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Tim Cook, locking him up through 2021.

Casey Anthony, who was voted as the most hated women in America, has received security measures from the Florida Department of Corrections, according to a probation spokeswoman Thursday.

Spot gold was steady on Friday, but was likely to register its first weekly drop after seven straight weeks of gains as investors awaited a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke later in the day.

Gold prices fought off an early drop to post modest gains Thursday as investors thought better of the yellow metal's value as a safe haven.

Gold rose on Thursday after two days of sharp declines, as tumbling European and U.S. equity markets sparked by talk that Germany might enact a short-sale ban prompted investors to buy gold as a safe haven.

In a region unaccustomed to hurricanes, it is easy to underestimate both the need to evacuate and the difficulty of doing so. But with meteorologists warning that Irene could be a historic storm, it's time to get serious.

The independent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority warned investors Wednesday about investment scams that promote gold stocks whose real value is difficult to calculate.

The big price drop Wednesday in the price of gold is not the beginning of a trend, say analysts, but rather a pause in a longer term bull market that has a lot farther to run.

Since 9/11, the New York Police Department has teamed up with the CIA to covertly spy on Muslim communities, according to an investigative piece put out by the Associated Press on Wednesday morning.

The United States government has issued a production order to Wikileaks for information on Julian Assange, through the Patriot Act, according to WikiLeak's Twitter feed.

Gold prices dropped sharply Wednesday after a strong U.S. durable goods report, profit-taking by investors and encouraging news from the Congressional Budget Office about the deficit.

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A report from the Congressional Budget Office found that federal disability payments may be tapped out by 2017, while a larger Social Security fund could be bankrupt by 2040.

The price of gold early Monday came within $2 of a record high $1,900 per ounce before settling back to 1.2 percent gain over Friday's closing price as a host of global economic worries drove investors into the security of the world's oldest form of money.

An ugly footage of the Spain protest against Pope Benedict XVI's lavish four-day visit to the economically struggling country has surfaced. (The visit will cost the country $61 million, according to Washington Post.)

After a mysterious disappearance of Utah-native Susan Powell, a 28-year-old mother who went missing in December 2009, a case that has baffled police for nearly two years, a 'first-ever' credible lead may have emerged in Powell's disappearance. ABC News is following the Powell case with live coverage on the air and streaming online.

Nigeria will increase its capabilities in handling a variety of tasks such as security, agriculture and disaster monitoring, following the successful launch of two satellites into space on Wednesday.

Shares of exchange-traded funds back by gold and silver rose in premarket trading Thursday as the U.S. government reported a higher-than-expected increase in inflation and an increase in jobless claims.

Security officers at a U.S. courthouse are under investigation for receiving baseballs autographed by former pitching ace Roger Clemens, who faces perjury charges, the U.S. Marshals Service said on Tuesday.

London police have charged more than 1,000 in the riots that plagued the city for days last week.

The largest gold fund players including hedge fund titan John Paulson stuck with their bullion bets in the second quarter, opting not to follow George Soros who further reduced his gold ETF holdings.