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Gold prices rose in Europe on Wednesday, as a retreat in the dollar, rising oil prices and caution ahead of a sale of Portuguese bonds later in the day all boosted interest in the precious metal.

As the New York City faces season's third winter storm in less than three weeks, here are some key facts on weather conditions, flight delays, cancellations and more.

Within weeks from a blizzard that hit New York City halting travel, city Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared a weather emergency from Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon in many parts of the region.

As we take our first steps into 2011, here are some science and technological breakthroughs that the world witnessed in 2010.

State-owned Bank of China Ltd has offered yuan trading to its U.S. customers, a sign that Beijing this year may increasingly promote the use of the Chinese currency in major financial centers.

Producers are trying their best to persuade him to enter rehab again

Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man who last week created a media sensation with his smooth radio voice and poignant story, has been detained, and then released by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for new gun-control legislation in the wake of the shootings in Tucson, Arizona last Saturday that left six people dead and 15 injured, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, who remains in critical condition, as do five other victims.

Shares of gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Co. (NYSE:RGR) are trading higher today apparently boosted by a surge in sales of handguns in Arizona following the weekend massacre in Tucson by Jared Lee Loughner.

After months of rumors, Verizon subscribers will finally get the iPhone.

For the third year in a row, the state of Maryland emerged on top when the scores in all six categories that make up the Quality Counts framework were aggregated.

Media has been set abuzz with the expectations that the Verizon's Tuesday, 8 a.m. announcement in New York will be the news that the iPhone will be available on its network. Here are some factors on how Verizon-iPhone tie-up would affect consumers and competition

China has carried out a test flight of its advanced laser-evading stealth fighter J-20, media reports have said, perfectly timing the event to coincide with the visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the country.

Paris, as a cosmopolitan hub and a symbol of modernity, always had a strong influence on artists throughout the ages. Particularly during the early decades of the 20th century, the city, with its innumerous art galleries and cafes, held a magnetic attraction for artists from Eastern Europe.

The “suburbanization” of Manhattan will continue -- the 7-Eleven convenience store franchise plans to operate an astounding 100 stores in the borough by the year 2015, according to a report in Crain’s New York Business.

The shocking (and highly ludicrous) news over the weekend that Mark Zuckerberg was going to shut down Facebook because it was causing him too much “stress” was only the latest in a long line of corporation-related hoaxes that have long amused, annoyed and bedeviled the public.

Jared Lee Loughner, who is held responsible for the killing of six people including a federal judge and critically wounding Gabrielle Giffords, Democratic Congresswoman from the state, is variously described as a right wing extremist, a mentally deranged killer, an anti-government fanatic, a white supremacist and as a die-hard leftist who adored Che Guevara.

Nasdaq-listed iGate, owned by former marketing head of Infosys Phaneesh Murthy, on Monday said it has bought nearly 63 percent stake in India’s sixth biggest software exporter Patni Computer Systems for $1.22 billion in shares.

The consolidation in the banking sector will continue, according to two industry executives whose institutions are in a position (and open to) buying smaller banks.

A celebrity gossip website on Friday posted a photo that it claims shows Inland Rep. Mary Bono Mack in a playful, but compromising position.

A company prints user-submitted designs on small-scale 3D printers.