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Some U.S. hospitals said that 100% of patients undergoing a procedure that detects obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) were found to have CAD while others reported that as little as 23 percent of patients selected for elective catheterization did not actually have blockages, a recent study said. Researchers evaluated 565,504 patients with no known heart disease who underwent elective cardiac catheterization at 691 hospitals nationwide over a 3-year period and found extreme inconsistency.

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ari., isn't backing down from remarks he made earlier about the Tea Party during the U.S. debt deal debate.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Bank of America both bounced back from disastrous Mondays to steady gains during Tuesday trading.

The global central bank community is uniting to put a halt to the current bout of financial volatility.

AOL Inc reported a surprise second-quarter loss on Tuesday, citing weaker-than-expected advertising growth that sent shares of the company plummeting as much as 31 percent on Tuesday.

America's economy is barely growing, and policy-makers are searching for solutions. If only Apple made its popular iPhone and iPad in America. The unemployment rate would shrink, and the economy would get moving again.

Cisco Systems' financial results will indicate if Internet traffic is easing

The U.S. faces Mexico in Philadelphia on Wednesday in Jurgen Klinsmann's debut

To stop the four day-long riots in London, police and politicians are considering a number of crowd control methods never before used in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Bernadine Healy, the first woman to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health and as president of the American Red Cross, died Saturday of complications from a brain tumor.

The United States faces one-in-four odds of slipping back into recession, and a weaker economic outlook is raising the likelihood the Federal Reserve will soon do more to boost growth, a Reuters poll shows.

Stocks seesawed in volatile trading on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said the economic recovery will remain slow, while pledging to keep interest rates near zero for two more years.

Makers of Post Food cereals, Ralcorp Holdings has forged a $545 million deal with Sara Lee for its North American refrigerated dough business that includes private label toaster pastries, specialty biscuits, crescent rolls, pizza and pie crusts in the retail segment. The sale formalities and closure is expected by 2012.

Gold rose Tuesday to another record high as U.S. stocks fluctuated in a narrow range and crude oil fell below $80 a barrel.

Read Tuesday's full statement from the Fed.

U.S. stocks pared gains after the Federal Reserve released its August Federal Open Markets Committee statement at 2:15 ET.

Women looking to ease their symptoms of menopause, will get little to no relief from soy supplements, as they appear to do nothing to comfort the symptoms of menopause, scientists say, despite the high hopes of many.

Gold extended its gains on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates low for at least another two years to help a U.S. economy that is growing considerably weaker than expected.

A Google spokesperson said human error, and not a technical malfunction, led to a minor fender bender near the company's California headquarters.

As warfare becomes increasingly defined by targeted counter-terrorism operations rather than battles against conventional armies, Special Ops troops have grown in number and importance.

In response to a slowing economy, the U.S. Federal Reserve, despite some internal dissent, announced Tuesday that it plans to keep monetary policy stimulus in place, noting that it will keep short-term interests rates exceptionally low through at least mid-2013. The Fed will also continue to reinvest bond proceeds maturing in its portfolio.