A rally in stocks fizzled, leaving major indexes with modest gains on Friday, as Wall Street was torn between hope that U.S. economic data signals better times ahead and fear Europe's debt crisis will engulf world economies.
West, who refused to apologize to the Jewish community after he compared Democrats to the Gestapo in 2010, said he will not apologize for once again comparing his colleagues across the aisle to the Nazi Party.
U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new exchanges mandated by the federal healthcare overhaul, the U.S. government said on Friday.
Many U.S. surgeons fail to discuss their patients' wishes in case a risky operation goes awry, and even more would not operate if patients limited what could be done to keep them alive, a survey found.
Home-run king Barry Bonds avoided a prison sentence on Friday over a single criminal conviction related to an investigation of steroids in sports, a punishment one prosecutor called a slap on the wrist.
U.S. securities regulators on Friday charged Daniel Ruettiger -- the inspiration behind the 1993 movie Rudy -- and 12 others with running a scheme to deceive investors into buying stock in Ruettiger's sports drink company.
In China to promote his new film, actor Christian Bale was assaulted by government-backed guards as he attempted to visit a prominent Chinese activist detained in his home in eastern Shandong Province.
Comic book artist Joe Simon, who created Captain America with the late Jack Kirby, has died at age 98, a family spokesman said on Thursday.
NBC's new quiz show Who's Still Standing? has contestants dropping through the floor, and the burgeoning Israeli TV industry whooping with delight.
Iconic California surf band The Beach Boys will reunite in 2012 to release a new album and embark on a 50-date worldwide tour celebrating their 50th anniversary, the band said on Friday.
Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball's all-time home-run leader, was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation, and 250 hours of community service for providing a misleading statement to a grand jury. He also was fined $4,000.
French silicon company Soitec SA said it will invest more than $150 million in a manufacturing facility in California to produce concentrator photovoltaic modules (CPV) for the U.S. renewable-energy market.
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis will join U.S. television network CBS as a cultural correspondent to provide coverage of cultural and educational topics, CBS said on Thursday.
As Oman positions itself as a medical tourism destination, the country faces a significant challenge: How to keep its own citizens from going abroad to seek treatments.
The NDAA Bill 2012 contains language that allows the Pentagon to wage cyberwar against any domestic enemies of the state, including activists and independent news outlets.
Europe's debt crisis threatens to throw a strengthening economy off track, but more monetary accommodation from the U.S. Federal Reserve is not the answer, a top Fed official known for his hawkish views on inflation said on Friday.
Gold found a bottom to bounce off Friday as investors, especially those focused on bullion, responded to the bargains emerging from this week's huge price drops.
Stocks were little changed in volatile trading on Friday as a warning by Fitch it may cut ratings on some European nations offset gains in growth-related shares.
After two wretched weekends at the box office, sequels to Sherlock Holmes, Alvin and the Chipmunks Mission: Impossible are riding in to rescue the domestic movie business.
Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney have been voted the celebrities you want to kiss on New Year's Eve.
Gunshots were fired at the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles on Thursday by a man identified by a security guard as a protester, and police said a suspect had been taken into custody.
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