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Friday marked the first day of Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, who are expected to fast and practice abstinence from dawn until sunset. View the slideshow to see photos from start of Ramadan around the world.

The Arab League has offered a safe exit for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family if he quickly resigns and leaves the country, in the latest attempt from the international community to end 17 months of bloodshed in Syria.

Both Bristol Palin and Willow Palin -- daughters of Republican lightning rod Sarah Palin -- have been criticized for their homophobic remarks in the past, and it appears Bristol's son Tripp has picked up on the habit.

President Barack Obama will be stopping by Aurora, Colo., Sunday to meet the families of the theater shooting victims.

As U.S. President Barack Obama shifts the focus of his re-election campaign from joblessness to income inequality, unemployment has increased in more than one-half the country's states this year.

Barry Sternlicht, the chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group LLC and the architect of hotel brands including the W, believes the U.S. commercial real-estate market has rebounded as investors seek assets that generate returns.

President Obama will suspend campaign events following shortened campaign remarks in Fort Myers, Fla. this morning in light of the tragedy that occurred last night at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

Two months after the trading fiasco in the initial public offering of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, tech IPOs are soaring again. Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW) and Kayak Software (Nasdaq: KYAK) shares soared in their IPOs.

President Obama has been in heavy campaign mode lately, but he stayed away from politics during a Friday morning speech addressing the massacre at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

After learning of the tragic news from Aurora, Colo., that a lone gunman opened fire on a theatre full of local patrons in attendance of a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, President Barack Obama responded to the news on Friday morning in front of a crowd in Fort Myers, Fla. We have the full transcript of President Obama's speech on the terrible tragedy.

In the aftermath of a deadly Colorado shooting, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged President Obama and Mitt Romney to say how they would prevent future incidents of gun violence.

Only months after Republicans attempted to defund Planned Parenthood, they are trying to do it again. The measure has no hope of passing, but it speaks to the GOP's unending radicalism on reproductive issues

The editor of Outlook denied that his publication’s cover story was a response to Time’s broadside against Singh.

President Barack Obama's weekend statement on Indian economic slowdown and recent downgrading of the country's sovereign credit ratings by the global rating agencies has evoked strong criticism from India. The Indian government and a section of authorities have blamed the global rating agencies and foreign investors for misjudging the Indian economy and deliberately trying to downgrade India's image.

The accomplished and ever-antagonistic head of G-Unit voiced his support for Frank Ocean's alleged homosexuality, saying anyone that has an issue with Frank Ocean is an idiot.

Ann Romney appeared on ABC News on Wednesday morning to defend her husband, the presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney by claiming we've given all you people need to know regarding the Romney family finances. Instead of helping her husband she started a Twitter outrage in the U.S. spawning a major backlash-now Ann Romney is a trending topic along with #YouPeople. The video aptly titled, Ann Romney 'We've Given All You People Need To Know' will probably be next to go viral....

A summary report released Thursday by the law firm David Polk and Wardell LLP graphically illustrates the mind-boggling complexity -- and high level of delay -- regulators have faced attempting to implement Dodd-Frank.

Mayim Bialik just got nominated for an Emmy for her role as Amy Farrah Fowler on Big Bang Theory, and the 36-year-old actress who 90s kids know as Blossom is splurging after the big news - she's treating herself to not one, but two vegan cupcakes.

A retired member of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 claims Obama had endangered the military's special operations forces and has taken too much credit for the death of Osama bin Laden.

As Damascus and other parts of Syria convulse in clashes and violence, one must wonder where Assad is and where can he go should he be able to flee the country.

The presidential race continues to be a tossup, with several new polls showing a split electorate and a persistent sense of gloom about the fitful economic recovery.