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William J. Bratton could be the contender for president that gives candidates from both parties a serious run for their money.

The 2010 U.S. Health Care Reform Act will likely be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, in a case that pits individual liberties concerns versus the U.S. Government?s authority to limit public health care costs via universal insurance. If the court hears the case by the spring 2012, it could issue a ruling in June 2012.

Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, declared himself a candidate for president on Saturday, shaking up the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012.

A report says Apple has an iPhone, iPod media event scheduled for Sept. 7.

Expect Gov. Rick Perry to tout Texas? business-friendly environment now that he?s announced his presidential campaign.

Don?t blame short sellers ? blame the ban on short selling for adding to an already volatile stock market.

An Apple iPhone event is scheduled for Sept. 7, according to a report.

?We?ve been willing to talk and willing to move forward,? said union spokeswoman Candice Johnson.

Issues of racism, police brutality and the failure of integrating immigrants into the broader mainstream society played key roles in both conflagrations.

After rising steadily from the market-bottom of March 2009 to April 2010, Boeing stock has basically been flat.

Automation will ultimately stimulate the economy and create jobs in the long-term.

?At its core, the strike is about free health care, especially for retirees -- who actually outnumber the active workers.?

Apple?s anticipated iPhone 5 is expected to arrive in September but new rumors suggest that the Cupertino-based company may delay the launch even further up to October.

A U.S. citizen was kidnapped from his home in Pakistab's eastern city of Lahore early Saturday by a group of Armed men.

J.E. Warner, an American national working in Pakistan on a development project, was abducted from his Islamabad residence on Saturday.

A Florida Judge has ordered Casey Anthony to return to Orlando within two weeks in order to serve a year's probation for check fraud on Friday.

China Mobile Ltd , the world's biggest mobile operator, said on Friday it will set up a finance unit with 5 billion yuan ($780 million), in a move that could disappoint shareholders hoping for a dividend hike.

Japanese manufacturers concerned about China's restrictive export quotas on essential rare earths may have found a way to resolve their supply concerns -- relocate production to China.

Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., lost about $52 million of his personal wealth this month.

Sprint decided to pull out of providing 4G WiMax service on the Blackberry PlayBook tablet, leaving the tablet with no support from a U.S. carrier. "We apologize for any inconvenience but the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Tablet that was announced in January for summer availability will no longer be coming to the Sprint network," Sprint said in a statement.

Google still garnered the larger share of the search market with 66% in July, but Yahoo and Bing were more effective when it comes to getting users to actually click on another web site, a report says.

A California man, who pleaded guilty in May to threatening U.S. Representative Jim McDermott, was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison.

A Florida judge has ordered Casey Anthony back to the state by Aug. 26 to serve a probation period for the 2010 check fraud conviction. Judge Belvin Perry rejected claims by Anthony's lawyers that the she already served her probation while in jail waiting for the murder trial for allegedly killing her 2-year-old Caylee in 2008.

A U.S. Ski Team member just lost his shot at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia after being charged with urinating on a young girl on a JetBlue flight from Oregon to New York, officials said on Friday.

The cellar where Josef Fritzl kept his "second family" -- namely the family he had with his imprisoned daughter -- will be destroyed.

Gold dropped 1.5 percent on Friday, falling further from the previous session's record highs, as a rise in appetite for riskier assets prompted profit-taking from bullion's sharp safe-haven rally this week.

Sprint changed its mind about providing 4G WiMax service on the Blackberry PlayBook tablet, even though it will still sell the wi-fi version. The wi-fi PlayBook version sells for $499.99 in stores and features a 7-inch touchscreen.

The same week he announces his plans to be mayor of Manhattan, he rids of his Manhattan digs. Politically ambitious Alec Baldwin has put his multi-million dollar New York City apartment on the market, according to Curbed.

Although they?ve largely avoided enormous layoffs, there?s no reason for Middle Eastern banks to rest on their laurels, says The Islamic Globe.