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Get out your telescopes, because the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks Saturday night, offering spectacular views of shooting stars as meteors enter Earth's atmosphere. The meteor shower will coincide with a stunning view of Jupiter, the moon, and Venus. So when is the best time to see it?

London will celebrate a momentous Olympics with a start-studded closing ceremony.

U.S. President Barack Obama is going to make it rain money to ensure the nation's livestock get enough water and to fight rising food prices during one of the country's worst droughts in half a century.

The U.S. basketball team and Spain will meet in the finals of the 2012 London Olympics. Here is how to watch a free live stream online, as well as a preview and prediction for the gold medal game.

Turkey and the United States are launching a new working group to draft stronger measures, including a possible no-fly zone, in response to the deteriorating situation in Syria.

Three more U.S. Marines have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for U.S. forces during which six American soldiers were killed in rogue attacks.

The U.S. women's basketball team takes on France in the gold medal round of the 2012 London Olympics. Here is a preview, as well as how to watch a free live stream online.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney selected Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate Saturday, and while the fresh-faced number-two man can be a divisive figure, he has some positions that conservative Americans, as well as some moderates and liberals, may love.

Team USA faces a tough battle against a dominate Jamaican relay squad.

By picking Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate Saturday, Mitt Romney signaled that he was trying to put a fresh face on his campaign for his core demographic of conservative voters. But Ryan comes with some positions that many moderate or liberal voters may hate, and even some conservatives too.

Asian markets gained this week on buoyed investor confidence with indications of an improving U.S. economy and the hopes of an announcement of stimulus measures by China to regain the economic growth momentum.

Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Qianchao Co. (Shanghai: 000559) is offering a $450 million lifeline to struggling battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: AONE), but the deal is facing right-wing opposition in the U.S.

Major data releases aplenty are on the economic calendar next week. In the U.S., investors will focus on July retail sales, industrial production, and consumer prices. In the euro zone, second-quarter gross domestic product figures across the major economies and the German ZEW index are the main highlights.

The men's basketball team earned a trip to the gold-medal match.

People have been spreading divorce rumors about Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith in recent years, but, during an interview with Essence, she said their marriage is fine, RadarOnline.com reported.

Liverpool complete their second summer signing with more still likely before the close of the transfer window.

The 2012 Editors Poll, released on Friday, solicited data from editors at newspapers, magazines, trade publications and websites. It showed that 61 percent of the editors polled do not believe their publication will increase freelance pay rates in the next 12 months, compared to only 8 percent who thought that an increase is likely.

While the advertisement contains legitimate complaints about West's congressional record, the image of him punching women and senior citizens in the face distracts from its message.

Retailers are using digital monitoring to sharpen their pitches of products and services to specific individuals, adjusting prices and strategically timing offers to catch us when and where we're mostly likely to spend.

After two years on the shelf, the "Red Dawn" remake is finally ready for its 2012 release, as MGM studios has finally released a trailer for the film, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, and Adrianne Palicki. So sit back and watch the trailer below as the Wolverines fight for your freedom.

U.S. Sprinter Manteo Mitchell felt like his leg snapped in half as he ran the first leg of the 4 x 400-meter relay preliminaries earlier this week. Instead of quitting, he kept running and finished his leg of the race in an impressive time.