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Having an extramarital affair is a problem when you are the director of the U.S. CIA, and it’s really a problem when you may have compromised the codes that allow only a chosen few people access to nuclear weapons.

Most Asian markets fell in the week with the investor sentiment remaining negative following the concerns that the U.S. would face the fiscal cliff, consisting of tax rises and spending cuts, at the beginning of next year.

A petition requesting that Barack Obama's administration allow Texas to secede from the U.S. has garnered 112,720 signatures on the White House’s website.

Kim Kardashian deleted a tweet supportive of Israel on Friday after she received dozens of anti-Semitic tweets from some of her 17 million followers.

Shares in the Wi-Fi networking company Ruckus Wireless Inc. sank Friday during the company’s trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

Canadian lumber companies are rubbing their hands together in anticipation of a sharp boost in demand for their main product.

Japan's December elections may end with a stalemate in parliament, while an unlikely alliance may come to prominence. In any case, the main issue is the same: economy, economy and more economy.

An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico operated by Houston-based Black Elk Energy burst into flames on Friday, leaving at least two people missing and badly injuring several others, U.S. and Louisiana officials said.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

Petraeus reportedly believed all along the Benghazi attack was terrorism, but references to al Qaeda were allegedly removed from a draft document.

A $500 million settlement for an animal abuse case has been reached on Friday. The case involved animal abuse in a slaughterhouse which led to 2008's meat recall in the United States.

Oliver Stone said Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the CIA who resigned last week after revealing he had an affair with his biographer, is “not a hero.”

An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded leaving at least two dead, several reports said.

The 3rd crash of the modern F-22 Raptor draws attention again to the U.S. Air Force's newest jet.

Facebook and other socia media sites keep our information after we die. Legal experts like Jason Mazzone, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, thinks that should change.

Low wages and unfair hours have spurned Walmart employees accross the country to strike on the retailers busiest shopping day of the year.

Jessica Simpson showed off her drastic weight loss while shooting her second Weight Watchers commercial.

Fiscal-cliff talks between the president and Hill leaders have begun: They have six weeks to avert a likely recession-inducing event.

Two weeks after it released the fourth-generation iPad to the public, Apple has finally released the LTE and cellular-capable variant of the device on Friday.

The former CIA head is testifying in a closed-door Hill inquiry Fri. - his first appearance since the affair that undid him came to light.

The train crash occurred during the “Hunt for Heroes” parade in Midland. The parade kicks off a week to honor wounded veterans.