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A court ruled that more than $150 million in labor cuts were necessary to keep the coal mining company out of bankruptcy.

The Obama and Bloomberg letters contained identical text. A test for ricin is underway on the missive sent to the president.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is trying to make peace with the media, amid new questions about his role in obtaining a Fox News reporter's emails.

Human rights groups demand that North Korea guarantee the safety of defectors who were captured and repatriated from Laos via China.

Fiat wants all of Chrysler, perhaps to float a cash-raising IPO. The buyout is likely to happen by the end of the summer.

The first shipment of the S-300 anti-ship cruise missiles have arrived in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad told Lebanese television.

Analysts said the revised GDP stat is better than it appears: The 2.4% gain occurred despite a 4.9% plunge in government spending.

NV Energy, James River Coal Co, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Facebook and MEMC Electronic Materials prevailed in pre-market trading on Thursday.

Japan's stock market gained 50% since November amid the country’s economic turnaround plan; now comes the technical correction.

Shuanghui, after suffering a series of food safety scandals, hopes to borrow Smithfield's best practices with its acquisition.

U.S. stock futures point to modest losses at open on Thursday as markets await GDP and jobless claims data.

New York City's new bike-share program may be the largest in North America, but it's not the biggest in the world.

The fall of the Pakistani Taliban’s second-in-command Wali ur-Rehman in a drone strike could trigger a rift in the militant group.

White House Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco had also been considered for the position.

Motorola's CEO revealed that the first smartphone since Google took over will be the Moto X, along with key details of the device.

"Sports Illustrated" model Chrissy Teigen responded to former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes' "old, ugly model" Twitter attack.

The United States hosts Belgium in a friendly international in Cleveland.

The veteran broadcaster Larry King will host a new political show for Russia Today, or RT, the Kremlin-owned TV network.

By 2014, Germany will be one of the most efficient economies in the world, with an output gap of only -0.2 percent.

Germany beat Ecuador 4-2 in an international friendly in Boca Raton, Florida.

Rep. Michele Bachmann has offered many controversial remarks throughout her political career. Here are some of the craziest quotes through the years.