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Anyone with a fear of flying should consider this: 2012 was the safest year for global air travel since the dawn of the jet age in 1945.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta challnege for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or on Monday.

President Barack Obama Monday nominated Chuck Hagel to head the U.S. Department of Defense and John Brennan to head the CIA.

Analyst firm Gartner has increased its forecast for the worldwide IT spending in 2013 to $3.7 trillion in 2013.

The stars in the automobile-rental market have all embraced Zipcar’s business model. But can anyone make a profit?

The stock index futures pointed to a flat open as investors worried that the sluggish economic growth would affect earnings.

Crude oil prices slightly declined and hovered below $93 a barrel in Asian trading Monday.

The insurgent group Seleka is making headway toward Bangui, despite peace negotiations in Gabon planned for this week.

While magazines and newspapers may be closing their doors, there is still more to journalism than link-bait headlines.

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel as defense secretary on Monday. Then comes the battle.

The Syrian president's initiative has drawn scorn from both domestic opponents and foreign powers.

Historically, about one-fifth of all gun applicants in India are women.

With the so-called fiscal cliff averted, laypeople and politicians alike are clamoring for a quick resolution of the impending debt-ceiling crisis. And the most bizarre idea so far is a proposal for the government to mint a single $1 trillion coin to help pay down the national debt without raising the ceiling.

For Dalit women, the so-called Untouchables, protests of the recent rape of an Indian medical student is not likely to stop the sex crimes against them.

The Society of Professional Journalists' ethics committee was deluged with complaints this year about biased reporting. Do journalism ethics still matter?

Copyright enforcers in Ireland are trying to convince the country’s Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a move that would likely be met with significant skepticism in the United States.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were SuperValu Inc, RPM International, Barnes & Noble, Leapfrog Enterprises and MBIA Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Genpact Ltd, Protective Life Corp, Greenbrier Companies, Raymond James Financial and EXCO Resources Inc.

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who was shot in the head during a 2011 assassination attempt, has made a visit to Newtown, Conn., the site of the Sandy Hood Elementary School shooting last month.

Most of the demand for silver fabrication next year will come from industrial customers.

Congress confirmed on Friday that Barack Obama was the overall winner of the 2012 presidential election, with 332 electoral votes as well as the popular vote.

From one speaker (admittedly one who resigned to avoid a revolt) to another, Newt Gingrich gives John Boehner advice for running the House.