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The weather service AccuWeather predicts a snowy winter for the Eastern seaboard and near-drought conditions in the Northwest.

Loose seats and labor disputes are just the tip of the iceberg for beleaguered American Airlines.

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) shares hit a new low Fri following a preliminary third quarter earnings report that warned of future cuts and continued losses for the struggling social game developer.

Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) is halting sales of its new Xperia tablet after discovering a manufacturing defect that makes the device susceptible to water damage.

The September unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since President Obama took office, but Mitt Romney says: Don't celebrate.

Former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger recently revealed that she suffered from bulimia for years.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since Barack Obama became president in January 2009.

Romney hits coal country in Virginia and says his 47 percent comment was "completely wrong."

The U.S. brokerage unit and a European unit of the former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said they settled a dispute over $38 billion in claims over client and creditor assets, a major step toward allowing customers and creditors to recover money.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Thursday criticized the U.S. drone policy in Pakistan while extending full support to Islamabad’s stance on the attacks.

It's been a year since Steve Jobs died. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is humming. But could it encounter problems.

It’s that time of the year again. Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) will kick off earnings season when it reports on Tuesday.

Asian stocks markets mostly advanced Friday as the better-than-expected U.S. economic data and the comments from ECB President Mario Draghi added to the positive sentiment.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Friday ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' nonfarm payrolls report and unemployment report.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the U.S. Thursday for not fighting insurgents in their “safe havens,” implying that insurgent activity in neighboring Pakistan remains unchecked.

Asian markets rose Friday as investor sentiment turned positive with hopes that the U.S. jobs data will be encouraging and the Bank of Japan will announce a policy to support the global economic growth.

The U.N. Security Council Thursday evening condemned a Syrian mortar attack on a Turkish border town that killed five people.

As Facebook hits the 1-billion-member mark, it hopes to turn each user into an advertiser, whether they realize it or not.

Asian shares rose and the euro kept most of its overnight gains Friday as investor risk aversion eased after the European Central Bank said it was ready to buy bonds of troubled euro zone countries.

After a short-lived recovery, Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) shares fell below $3 again following a preliminary third quarter earnings report that warned of future cuts and continued losses for the struggling social game developer.

LeVar Burton, who hosted "Reading Rainbow" on PBS for 25 years, called Mitt Romney's call to defund PBS "mean-spirited" and a disservice to American children.