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Chinese factories battled with their weakest activity in 32 months in November, a preliminary purchasing managers' survey showed, reviving worries that China may be skidding toward an economic hard landing and compounding global recession fears.

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Tuesday blocked the execution of a death row inmate and declared the state capital punishment-free as long as he's the Governor of the state.

A former Chicago fundraiser for President Obama, Antoin Tony Rezko, was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison after a U.S. judge found him guilty of corruption and extortion.

Actress Sunny Leone has already made a huge impact in Big Boss Season 5.

At the CNN National Security Debate in Washington, D.C., Romney, Huntsman and Paul proved themselves the strongest GOP candidates, while Bachmann and Perry barely squeaked by and Cain and Santorum were left floundering. Here, read the top quotes of the night, and get a full rundown of the Republican candidates' performances.

Reggie Love announced that he will leave his post as U.S. President Barack Obama's body man to attend business school, but not before dishing about life as the President's assistant.

After BYU had been courted for weeks about joining the Big East conference, the school has ultimately decided it won't be part of the Big East's expansion, according to reports.

After President Barack Obama's commitment this month to a transpacific free trade agreement, business leaders in Europe and United States are asking for a similar initiative across the North Atlantic to spur economic growth and create jobs.

The house band on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday introduced U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann with walk-on music entitled Lyin' A-s B---h by Fishbone, leading one lawmaker to say such actions are insulting and inappropriate.

The online holiday shopping season got off to a solid start, according to data released on Tuesday by ComScore Inc.

A U.S. judge granted Netflix's bid to resolve all claims in its favor before trial in an antitrust class action, in which plaintiffs had sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

A U.S. judge granted Netflix's bid to resolve all claims in its favor before trial in an antitrust class action, in which plaintiffs had sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

Former customers of MF Global Holdings Ltd got some good news on Tuesday, as the bankruptcy trustee secured more assets and the CME Group Inc expanded a guarantee to speed the return of frozen funds.

Online streaming music service Pandora Media Inc reported a rise in total revenue on strong advertising sales, beating expectations.

President Obama's speech on the American Jobs Act was interrupted today by OWS demonstrators, who have been targeting campaign rallies like Michele Bachmann's for weeks. Obama's reaction however, and that of GOP candidate Ron Paul (watch videos here), show a populist spin most GOP politicians, like Newt Gingrich, continue to ignore.

Airbus and Boeing are bidding to sell around 150 jets to United Continental as the world's largest airline joins an industry-wide scramble for fuel savings, people familiar with the matter said.

French film pioneer Georges Melies directed over 500 movies at the turn of the 20th century, but few of them survived.

The Dark Knight Rises is probably the most anticipated Batman film to date, set to release on July 20, 2012.

States are crafting a scaled-back mortgage abuses settlement with top U.S. banks that would exclude California, one of the states hardest hit by foreclosures and falling home prices.

Out of tragedy comes hope. The Kate Puzey Volunteer Protection Act of 2011, or Kate's Law, offers better protections for Peace Corps volunteers as they help out abroad.

The U.S. Department of Justice had charged Merck with illegally pushing its Vioxx painkiller as a rheumatoid arthritis treatment.