UNITED STATES

The number of jobs in New Jersey increased by 14,000 during the month of April, the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday. It was the third consecutive month that the Garden State recorded job growth. The state added 13,400 private-sector jobs and 600 public jobs, while the unemployment rate remained 9.3 percent.

In just the first few hours of trading, LinkedIn's stock has skyrocketed in its debut initial public offering on Thursday due to high demand.

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OK! Magazine is reporting that child actress Gigi Goyette is coming forward to reveal that she had an intimate relationship with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Television camera crews have lined up outside Mildred Patricia Baena's house all day in hopes of a comment regarding the scandal involving Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The U.S. labor market is improving, but not at a fast enough pace to require the Federal Reserve to reverse its super-easy money any time soon, two top Fed officials said on Thursday.

U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC borrowed $6.2 billion to refinance high-cost government loans stemming from its 2009 bankruptcy restructuring, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

The U.S. will not pay the $25 million reward for the capture of Osama bin Laden because the raid that killed the former al Qaeda leader was the result of electronic intelligence -- and an operational mistake by one his closest associates -- and not a human informant, ABC News reports U.S. officials saying.

The German city-state of Bremen has just lowered the voting age to 16. Austria, Nicaragua, Brazil, Eduardo, Hungary, Slovenia, and Norway already allow 16-year-olds to vote in certain circumstances.

Intel Corp could suffer due to slowing processor shipments, rising competition and record capital expenditure levels this year, warned Goldman Sachs analysts, who in a rare downgrade, cut their rating on the stock to sell, sending its shares down nearly 3 percent.

The West's energy watchdog urged oil producers to boost supply to cut fuel costs, to protect economic recovery, and appeared to suggest its members could release emergency stockpiles if OPEC does not act.

Not raising the U.S. debt ceiling would be bad for the economy and would force the government to default on either its bonds or domestic programs, the top White House economist said on Thursday.

President Ronald Reagan once famously said that a stack of $1,000 bills equivalent to the U.S. government's debt would be about 67 miles high.

Weak data on U.S. home sales and factory activity on Thursday showed the economy stuck in a slow-growth gear, although a drop in claims for jobless aid offered hope the labor market's recovery was on track.

It is confirmed that Dominique Strauss-Kahn has announced his resignation from as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chariman. He is amidst sexual assault charges and a growing pressure of doubt in his ability to run the organization. A resignation letter from Strauss-Kahn to the IMF board described his denial to the allegations and hopes of protecting the institution.

President Barack Obama promised to support democracy in nascent revolutions in the Middle East on Friday, saying he would push for billions of dollars in financial incentives for Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday in the wake of uprisings across the region in recent months.

Amidst the political upheavals in the Middle east and North Africa, the U.S. is expanding its military and defense relations with Saudi Arabia on a grand scale, according to media reports.

Andy Warhol captured a young and seemingly topless Maria Shriver back in 1986.

President Ronald Reagan once famously said that a stack of $1,000 bills equivalent to the U.S. government's debt would be about 67 miles high.

Weak data on U.S. home sales and factory activity on Thursday showed the economy stuck in a slow-growth gear, although a drop in claims for jobless aid offered hope the labor market's recovery was on track.