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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Most Americans think the U.S. government should authorize cyber attacks if needed, have never been to a psychiatrist or therapist and many named James Bond as their favorite fictional hero.

National Night Out 2011 will take place across the U.S. on August 2 as communities celebrate America's night out against crime.

The EU's antitrust probe of Google could hurt it growth, finances and its reputation.

China has unveiled rules aimed at easing territorial disputes with southeast Asian nations with an official newspaper on Tuesday placed much of the blame for recent tensions in the South China Sea on U.S. trouble-making.

Buyout firm Carlyle Group agreed to buy 9 percent of Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd (HEG) through convertible bonds, raising its stake in a Chinese company expanding into Japan and China's untapped markets.

Facebook has acquired digital book publishing Push Pop Press. The move is not a sign that Facebook is moving into digital book publishing, Push Pop Press co-founders say.

The U.S.' debt woes still threaten the global economy despite a last-minute deal struck by the White House and political party leaders, China's main official newspaper said on Tuesday, nonetheless adding there was no short-term escape from the dominance of the dollar.

The tribute to the singer's ever-changing hair styles.

The United States' debt woes still threaten the global economy despite a last-minute deal struck by Congress, China's main official newspaper said on Tuesday, nonetheless adding there was no short-term escape from the dominance of the dollar.

MetroPCS Communications Inc lost about a third of its market value on Tuesday after it reported quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and warned that already-weak second-quarter subscriber numbers would worsen in the current quarter.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, released its Vital Signs report on Tuesday and found that only 4 percent of U.S. hospitals provide the full range of support mothers need in order to breastfeed.

Congress buried the specter of a U.S. debt default by finally passing a deficit-cutting package on Tuesday, but uncertainties lingered over a possible painful downgrade of the top-notch American credit rating.

Stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries about a possible downgrade of the United States' top credit rating and signs of economic weakness even as Congress passed a bill to avoid a debt default.

The Nashville band is reportedly urging its lead singer to enter treatment.

Borrowing by small businesses jumped in June to the highest level in more than three years, a sign that a so-far elusive resurgence in economic growth may be around the corner.

A civic agency in South Korea is sending thousand of pounds of flour to North Korea.

Here is a rundown of the final actions in Congress on Tuesday as lawmakers try to rush to the White House a deficit reduction deal that also will raise the $14.3 trillion limit on U.S. government borrowing.

India has expressed its ?concern? and called for restraint from Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad.

The Senate Tuesday easily passed the debt deal bill, 76-24, and immediately sent it to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it very soon. When the president does, the world's largest and most-technologically advanced economy will have averted a credit market-constraining default and ended a bitter political chapter.

Sales rose almost eight percent for Chevrolet in July, as the company benefits from the fuel-efficient Cruze and other new products. The 2012 subcompact Sonic is due to arrive in dealer showrooms in October.

The analysts expect ?mild appreciation pressure on the ruble? in the next few months.