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New polls reconfirm that Obama and Romney are in a dogfight to woo some of the major swing states, but that the incumbent is hanging on.

Asian markets gained in the week with investor sentiment turning positive as a rise in the U.S. retail sales and industrial production indicated an improvement in the growth prospects of the world’s largest economy.

Deer the size of rabbits, snakes as skinny as spaghetti: Who knew animals could come in such tiny packages?

"Fifty Shades of Grey" has taken yet another country by storm.

Tickets for Jingle Ball 2012 go on sale to the general public Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. through Ticketmaster.

While Monday marks the end of the U.S. presidential debates for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, it won’t be the end of the debate season for everyone. Third-party candidates, including Gary Johnson and Dr. Jill Stein, will be holding their own debate on Tuesday , although major cable networks such as CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC are refusing to air it.

If you wanted to celebrate your support for Big Bird and Sesame Street with a sexy costume this Halloween, you’re going to be out of luck. Sesame Street Workshop has advised Yandy.com to "cease and desist" selling sexy costumes based on Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie.

The Twitter hashtag #Romnesia has gone viral after U.S. President Barack Obama’s remarks in Fairfax, Va.

The much-maligned X-ray body scanners have quietly disappeared from several major U.S. airports over the last month, but the Transportation Security Administration says they’re simply shuffling the machines around.

Women in Saudi Arabia will now be allowed to serve as officers in the mutawa, or a moral and religious police force.

Energizer said it was going forward with a “market withdrawal” due to the risk of Banana Boat sunscreens igniting on the skin.

Republicans are making quite a few gaffes this election season, but on the other side of the aisle, Biden's "malarkey" was nowhere as rude as what you are about to read.

The rising popularity of the animated GIF presents a challenge for people with epilepsy who are sensitive to visual stimuli.

The crisis in Syria has already cost at least 30,000 lives and lasted more than 20 months.

The unemployment rate declined in September in most "swing" or battleground states for the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. DOL announced Friday.

Some say Gallup's likely voter model in its daily tracking poll might skew its results.

The former Chrysler CEO, who saved the company thanks to gov guarantees, announced he's for the man who opposed precisely that approach.

The release date for Samsung's Galaxy S3 on MetroPCS' network has officially been revealed by the company. The flagship handset will debut on Oct. 22 at a price of $499 off-contract.

Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) would have plunged 10 percent Friday, anyway. With the bad news out, can they recover?

Currently unsure of Quazi Nafis' citizenship, Bangladeshi diplomats in the U.S. will meet with State Department officials about the alleged terror suspect.

President Barack Obama drew criticism from many conservatives for referring to the government's way of handling the attack in Benghazi where four Americans were killed as "not optimal" on "The Daily Show."