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Gold slid from record highs Thursday as investors cashed in some of the previous session's near 3 percent gains after U.S. stocks opened higher and following a move by CME Group to hike margins for trading COMEX gold futures.

New York City's Statue of Liberty will close for yearlong repairs beginning in October, however Liberty Island will remain open.

General Motors Co Chief Executive Dan Akerson told a German newspaper that Opel can be successful with its new cost structure, and reiterated the European brand was not for sale.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron Speech on Consideration to Ban Social Media for Rioters.

Stocks advanced more than 2 percent on Thursday in another volatile session as upbeat results from Cisco and a better-than-expected labor market report offset renewed concerns about the euro zone banking system.

Physical gold is the ultimate collateral because it has no credit risk, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch?s Global Commodity Research team.

A spectacular treat awaits star-gazers as the Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12-13, generating visuals of fast-moving shooting stars.

World's fastest Aircraft Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, capable of reaching speeds of up to 13,000 miles per hour is scheduled to be tested on Thursday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Stock index futures pointed to a flat open and another session of volatility on Thursday as renewed concerns about the euro zone banking system pushed down European shares.

YouTube sensation Rebecca Black has left her school in California to be homeschooled because of constant bullying by classmates and to focus on her career.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open and another session of volatility on Thursday as renewed concerns about the euro zone banking system pushed down European shares.

The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefitsdropped to a four-month low last week, a sliver of hope for an economy that has been battered by a credit rating downgrade and falling share prices.

World stocks and the euro fell back Thursday, prompting a rush to safe-haven government bonds as concerns resurfaced about the euro zone banking system and signs of funding stress.

Continuing the winning run, Google Sites topped the U.S. search engine rankings for the month of July, a new comScore report said.

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Deere & Co said U.S. securities regulators are probing the farm equipment maker for possible violations of laws on activities in other countries.

Speedier, perhaps, than even Superman, the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, can get from London, England to Sydney, Australia in less than an hour, all the while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000 degrees C, hotter than the melting point of steel.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg administration has filed a formal challenge to the 2010 census on Wednesday, alleging it may have overlooked "tens of thousands" of Queens and Brooklyn residents at the least.

Stock index futures fell on Thursday along with European shares as concerns resurfaced about the euro zone banking system.

The Dow registered another volatile day Wednesday, plunging 520 points to 10,720 on chatter of additional banking sector concerns in Europe. Further, until investors can sort out which debt concerns are real, and which are not, look for choppy trading conditions to continue.