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Did you know Pakistan has as much recoverable shale oil as Canada? The number of known shale deposits is growing.

The company was founded in 2004 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Miles Rubin. Its electric vehicles were manufactured in China.

Hiring expectations around the world remain a mixed bag as Europe and Asia stagnate and the U.S. rebounds.

Over the years, an increasing number of French students have decided to leave France and come to the U.S. to study.

Amber Rose shows off a new look nearly four months after giving birth to her first child, Sebastian, during a date night with fiancé Wiz Khalifa.

A monument in Rex, Ga., dedicated to the great-great-great grandmother of Michelle Obama has been toppled, police say.

U.S. stock futures edged lower on Tuesday ahead of the wholesale inventories report scheduled for release after the opening bell.

The Obama administration announced on Monday that girls of all ages will now have access to the morning-after pill without prescription, pending the court's approval.

Rising demand for wheat and corn have inflated the price of U.S. farmland used to grow those two grains.

U.S. auto manufacturing has had three good years of jobs creation; that party is winding down in 2014.

After polluting Ecuador, 420k gallons of oil are making their way downstream the Amazon towards Peru and Brazil.

The Gang of Eight united in committee against threats to their immigration reform bill, but will their bill stand in the full Senate?

The leak of NSA documents from a contract employee raises questions about the role of private firms in gathering intelligence.

Even with fewer European visitors, the U.S. set a record for overseas arrivals in 2012, thanks to travelers from Asia and Latin America.

A US federal judge dismissed a $3 billion lawsuit by Spyker accusing General Motors for Saab's bankruptcy.

Edward Snowden is missing after leaving his Hong Kong hotel, while Wikileaks' Julian Assange declared support for the NSA “whistle-blower.”

The Indian rupee's continuing decline to record lows reduces chances of a rate cut, which is required to help revive India's slowing economy.

An Illinois middle school might get an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most set of twins in the same grade.

Japan’s SoftBank Corp., in a race with Dish Network to acquire Sprint Nextel, enhanced its offer price to $21.6 billion.

Ed Snowden's girlfriend Lindsay Mills is struggling after the NSA whistle-blower fled to Hong Kong.

Hundreds of flights through Europe have already been canceled ahead of a planned three-day strike by French air traffic controllers.