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Tensions were rising at anti-Wall Street protests in three western U.S. cities on Friday as demonstrators in Portland, Salt Lake City and Oakland defied orders by police to dismantle their camps.

Computational intelligence is a growing field that may help government agencies predict riots and protests, and help corporations predict how well products will sell.

Romney has no real ideology or political philosophy behind him (hence, the endless flip-flops on various topics). Many of the Republican Party's right-wing do not like nor trust him.

Canada, Mexico and at least two other countries have expressed interest in joining U.S.-led talks for a pan-Pacific trade pact, a U.S. Republican lawmaker said Friday after Japan asked to take part.

President Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao will pitch differing trade agendas on Saturday as an antidote to weak global growth, as they try to sidestep the European debt crisis looming over an Asia-Pacific summit.

Tar Sands Action, an environmental organization responsible for organizing the massive Keystone XL pipeline protests, said the Obama administration's decision to delay approval for the project is a major success for the green movement.

The London Metal Exchange has suspended the validity of 274 steel billet warrants belonging to bankrupt brokerage firm MF Global Holding Ltd., an exchange representative said Saturday.

The London Metal Exchange has suspended the validity of 274 steel billet warrants belonging to bankrupt brokerage firm MF Global, an exchange spokesman said on Saturday.

According to the results of a recent poll, conducted by Harris Interactive, a large majority of Americans (7 in 10 or 69 percent) believe that top corporate executives earn more than they deserve. Most people also believe that managers have become rich at the expense of ordinary workers.

The top 15 American cities favored by citizens of the United States were revealed by a recent poll conducted by one of the world's leading custom market-research firms.

Gunshots were reportedly fired on Friday night, between the White House and the Washington Monument, at around 9 p.m.

A Wall Street Journal survey of 52 economists has put the odds at 1-in-4 that the U.S. will experience a recession in the next 12 months. When the Journal put the question to the same group in September the odds were at 1-in-3.

US officials have launched an investigation to scrutinize the safety of lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles after a General Motors Chevrolet Volt caught fire after a routine test.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S has generated an overwhelming response by consumers, but the smartphone has experienced battery-life problems for weeks now. Amid these continuing issues, the iPhone 4S is predicted to face tough challenges from Android devices.

The ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Friday that its erroneous downgrade of France arose when an automatic email was sent out after an old Web page on French banks was changed. France reacted with outrage and has ordered an investigation into this shocking error.

Hong Kong customers have welcomed iPhone 4S with both hands as the device was sold out in just three hours at the new Apple store there, according to China tech news site, TechNode.

Apparently, Swedish sperm donors are more stable, mature and have better social skills than the average Swedish man, according to the results of a new study.

Despite concerns that common fireproofing chemicals could disrupt thyroid function in developing fetuses, a new study finds no link between thyroid hormone levels and flame retardants in the blood of newborn babies.

Murray's security guard claims that no expense was spared during filming

Boston University's Mind and Brain Society encouraged students to join a taste-testing experiment on Oct. 26 to see first-hand the effects of the notorious miracle berry. While lemons and shots of hot sauce might not be standard party-fare, the students tasted sour, spicy and salty foods after eating a miracle berry and found that the foods tasted quite different than they normally would.

Photos of Veterans Day, Armistice Day, and Remembrance Day around the world.