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News anchor Diane Sawyer said Good Morning America one last time Friday morning, the date of her final appearance on the show ahead of her move to World News.

Quicksilver Gas Services LP said its offering of 4 million limited partner units was priced at $21.10 a piece, a 5 percent discount to the stock's close on Thursday.

Rihanna is not the kind of starlet who wants a cute butterfly tattoo on her ankle. The Disturbia singer has gotten attention for her choice of body ink before, and recently had a gun tattooed on her rib cage.

Harsco Corp, which provides products and services to metals producers, forecast double-digit earnings growth for 2010 as it sees steel production rising and the U.S. dollar weakening. However, near-term challenges still remain due to lower global non-residential construction, Chief Executive Salvatore Fazzolari said.

Warning: The following facts about musician Bruce Hornsby may, or may not, be true.

Lawyers for Roman Polanski battled prosecutors in a California court on Thursday, arguing again for dismissal of the film director's 1977 guilty plea for having sex with an underage girl, citing judicial misconduct.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers stepped up spending on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.

Chinese performer He Hongqing can change his facial expressions, and make up, on stage in a flash, but it's not due to skills learned at drama school.

State-run Indian Oil Corp expects to re-open its 40,000 bpd crude unit by end-December after a maintenance shut down at its Koyali refinery in western Gujarat state, a company source said on Friday.

A dozen years later, James Cameron has proven his point: He is king of the world.

U.S. oilfield services company Superior Energy Services Inc said it planned to acquire British subsea services provider Hallin Marine Subsea International for about 96.5 million pounds ($157.4 million) in cash, sending Hallin's shares up 76.7 percent.

Colum McCann's National Book Award-winning novel Let the Great World Spin is on its way to a movie deal.

Elvis Presley's legacy will be marked in force next year in a 75th anniversary birthday celebration featuring a new Cirque du Soleil production, movie marathons, a Facebook application and a cruise.

Quirky HBO comedy series The Flight of the Conchords will not return for third season.

Fashion designer Tom Ford is best known for reinventing the house of Gucci in the 1990s and more recently, launching his own Tom Ford label.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers stepped up spending on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.

Lil Wayne's oft-delayed rock album, Rebirth, has been pushed back again, from a planned December release to early 2010.

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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday after data showed retail sales rose more than expected last month, supporting optimism the burgeoning economic recovery would be sustainable.

James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar, one of the most expensive films ever made, takes off this week in an awe-inspiring display of Hollywood power that has revolutionized cinematic special effects.

President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system appeared to get a boost on Thursday when the top Democrat in the House of Representatives signaled interest in a Senate Democratic compromise.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers spent more on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.

Australia will lift a five year ban on animal-to-human transplant trials at the end of 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council said on Thursday.

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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding said a late-stage study found its arthritis drug ocrelizumab helped ease symptoms of a type of rheumatoid arthritis.

The U.S. apartment vacancy rate is expected to remain high in 2010 and rent growth is not seen to resume until 2011, according to a forecast by CBRE Econometric Advisors.

Australian biodiesel company Mission NewEnergy has signed a five-year deal with Valero Energy Corp to supply up to 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, potentially worth up to $3.5 billion.

Chemotherapy helps improve breast cancer survival in post-menopausal women, adding to a long-standing debate about how best to treat these women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Post-menopausal women who have three to four alcoholic beverages a week of any sort have a significantly higher risk that their breast cancer will come back, U.S. researchers said Thursday.