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The Cuban government has denied a request by dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez to travel to Brazil, her 19th failed effort to obtain a permit to leave the country, she said on Friday.

Susan G. Komen said Friday they wouldn't be cutting funds to Planned Parenthood after all, but supporters of the women's health organization are still giving generous donations.

By day, Robert Leitao manages a Catholic church in Southern California. By night, he indulges his other passion: predicting Apple Inc's results.

More than half of Republican voters earning less than $30,000 a year say the government does not do enough to help the poor, according to the Pew Research Center.

President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will discuss UK-U.S. partnership during Cameron's March visit.

Steve Appleton, chief executive and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., died Friday, Feb. 3 when a small plane he was piloting crashed at Boise Airport in Idaho. He was 51.

With Valentine's Day around the corner, here's a look at the 10 most romantic destinations in North America, from Tofino, Canada, to Tulum, Mexico.

Child abuse and neglect cases cost $124 billion per year in America, according to a new report.

A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high on Friday as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery.

Stocks and high-yield bonds rallied in U.S. markets Friday, after yet another round of positive economic data proved a boon to investors betting that the economy will improve at a faster rate than previously forecast.

Almost every major global economy showed positive momentum in the manufacturing sector during January, according to data compiled by various economic-research organizations.

Shares of Apple., the world's most valuable company, set another intraday record high of $460 on Friday, valuing the company at $428.6 billion. The shares closed at a record $459.68, up $4.56 or 1 percent.

Tech-forward U.S President Barack Obama has indicated that the government will try to find out a workable approach on the controversial SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act) issues. The president made that suggestion in reply to selected questions in the first-ever completely virtual interview from the White House, via Google+ Hangout.

The lawsuit accuses banks of creating a registry service that fails to accurately track mortgage ownership and lacks any legal authority to initiate foreclosures.

A group of Brazil-based hackers took down the main corporate Web site of New York-based Citigroup on Friday, as the loosely associated collective continued its weeklong campaign of attacks on Web properties of major international banks. The public site of Brazil's central bank was also taken down.

The supreme leader of Iran warned on Friday that war would have devastating consequences, adding to rising tension as American officials expressed alarm at Israeli saber-rattling.

The 2012 Super Bowl is set to air this Sunday, Feb. 5, on NBC. The highly anticipated game will feature a re-match between the New England Patriots led by Tom Brady and the New York Giants led by Eli Manning. The game is set to start at 6:30 EST.

An anti-NDAA law was introduced by five Washington state Republican lawmakers this week.

Stocks rose on Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, after January's U.S. employment report sailed past expectations, boosting hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner.

A surge in hiring last month lifted U.S. stocks on Friday, with the Nasdaq index hitting an 11-year high, as the data boosted hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner.

The woman found dead as a result of a head on collision with a semi on Minnesota Highway 13 Wednesday was identified as Felicity Mathieu, 27, of Alden, Minnesota.