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Stock futures pointed to a slightly higher open for equities Friday after declines in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 all up 0.2 percent.

Esther Gordy Edwards, the sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. and the driving force behind the museum that continues to preserve the label's legacy, has died at age 91.

Colorado has lowest obesity rate, West Virginia the highest.

A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation's capital and sending scared office workers into the streets.

Forecasters on Tuesday warned residents of much of the Upper Midwest to brace for possibly severe afternoon weather as a cluster of powerful thunderstorms swept east and south out of Minnesota and Iowa.

The unemployment rate rose in more than half of the nation's states in July, as the slowdown in economic growth prompted companies to take a wait-and-see stance regarding new hires. The major period of lay-offs appears to be over, but the hiring has not resumed en masse, which has kept the nation's unemployment rate stubbornly high at 9.1 percent,

It was a horrific tragedy amid Sunday's the air show where sky divers and stunt pilots entertained thousands of audience at Selfridge Air National Guard base, when a stunt wing walker plunged 200 feet to his death.

A wingwalker at an air show near Detroit fell to his death on Sunday, after he tried to transfer from an aircraft to a helicopter and plunged about 200 feet to the ground, officials said.

General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years, saying it should not be responsible for repairs because the flaw predated its bankruptcy.

Police in southern California have arrested 60 people and broken up an Iraqi criminal ring accused of selling drugs, machine guns and improvised bombs out of an immigrant social club, authorities said on Thursday.

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Experts say some doctors may be too quick in treating patients with thyroid cancer a radioactive iodine drug, which helps those with advanced tumors, while it is unclear if the treatment is a benefit or not, according to a report by Chicago researchers.

MABEL, a two-legged robot that runs like a human being, is believed to be the world's fastest bipedal robot with knees, hitting a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour.

In honor of Madonna's 53rd birthday, we take a look at the evolution of Madge throughout the years.

A tragic tale gets a somewhat happy ending

President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy and he urged lawmakers to embrace compromise in order to boost job growth.

Gold and silver prices retreated Friday as investors shrugged off weak consumer sentiment data to step back into stocks and give the S&P 500 a two-day winning streak for the first time since mid-July.

U.S. consumer confidence plunged in August, according to the latest reading. The level is the lowest since 1980.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rounded out the super committee by announcing her three House Democratic members for the special bipartisan board. Now the tough work begins: reducing the deficit by at least another $1.5 trillion over 10 years, and as far as the financial markets are concerned, the sooner the reduction is announced, the better.

President Barack Obama distanced himself from a deeply divided U.S. Congress on Thursday, pledging to deliver fresh ideas to create jobs and slamming lawmakers for "bickering" that gets in the way of recovery.

With the appointment of nine of 12 members, the "super committee" charged with reducing the budget deficit by at least another $1.5 trillion is taking shape. The body could help stabilize the financial markets by announcing a ?quick-start? agreement on additional debt reduction.