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Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is opening its first small store in Chicago on Wednesday as it tests a format it hopes will allow it to penetrate urban markets that have resisted its huge stores.

The U.S. Government said that no proof exists that exposure to dust and rubble from the World Trade Center that engulfed New York City after the September 11 attacks caused cancer. The review fueled anger in some firefighters, police, and first responders said that the claim is bizarre and unsubstantiated and that they have seen too many people die from cancer to buy it.

Gold prices rose to an all-time record in New York to touch $1623.70 as investors weighed in the possibility of a debt default in the U.S.

U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson called 911 before shooting himself in the head in Utah. He was 29 years old.

The Red Devils should make a splash in the Big Apple.

While a glut of foreclosures makes South Florida a symbol for the casualties of the U.S. housing crisis, the swift recovery of the Miami housing market demonstrates the voracious taste for property that helped create it.

The U.S. Congress and world markets faced more uncertainty on Tuesday as Republican leaders delayed action on a plan to raise the government's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit, narrowing the chances for a deal to avert a debt default.

Some of the largest pension funds and investment firms have urged President Barack Obama and Congress to resolve the deficit impasse and avoid inflicting "pain and hardship" on the nation.

Fading hopes the Congress will strike a deal in debt talks any time soon have left investors scrambling to position themselves for what many now view as an inevitable downgrade of the U.S

The Red Devils are in New York for a friendly match

The much-awaited tablet from Amazon, possibly an Android-powered Kindle, is expected to challenge iPad's rule in the tablet market and that's good because competition is good.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Questcor Pharmaceuticals, CalAmp, Trius Therapeutics, RF Micro Devices, Amazon.com, and Affymax. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Illumina, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, CIENA, JDS Uniphase, Level 3 Communications, and Virgin Media.

Time Travel has been an idea reigning human imagination for very long, beginning as early as 700 BCE when Indian epic tale Mahabharata mentioned it in its fictional narrative. In the early 18th century Samuel Madden mentioned time travel in his work "Memoirs of the Twentieth Century."

Gold prices hit a record high at more than $1,623 an ounce and Asian stock markets were largely flat, as news out of Washington indicated politicians were making little progress in ending the deadlock over lifting the U.S. debt ceiling.

The Smurfs will return to the U.S. in a big way with the premiere of their namesake movie on July 29.

With his frustrating wrist injury finally behind him and the U.S. Open looming large next month, the smile is back on Juan Martin Del Potro's face as he prepares for this week's ATP event in Los Angeles.

The John Gotti biopic "Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father," is set to shoot in New York beginning January 3, TheWrap has learned.

Olympic skiier Jeret ?Speedy? Peterson, who committed suicide Monday night, first called 911 before shooting himself, according to police.

Free agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been talking to New York Giants officials about a possible return to the team, according to sources with ESPN.

Cash is not all that is coming from generous people to Joplin, Missouri, which is struggling to recover a crippling May 22 tornado.

Only 15% of people who consume fast food in New York City check the calorie information on the menus, according to a study published in British Medical Journal (BMJ).