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General Motors Co posted a lower third-quarter profit on losses in Europe and offered a disappointing outlook that raised doubts about the speed of its turnaround two years after emerging from bankruptcy.

General Motors Co posted a third-quarter profit that fell 15 percent after a loss in Europe and forecast that operating profit in the current quarter would be flat from a weak fourth quarter in 2010.

To win the Nobel Prize takes scientists years longer than a century ago.

A group of almost 30 protesters have been occupying Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Capitol Hill office since Thursday morning.

Research into the eternal human aspiration to stay forever young continues to bring forth new meanings for and sources of the elusive fountain of youth. In yet another attempt, scientists have taken a cue from the ubiquitous Fruit Fly to satiate our hunger for evergreen youth.

Now, there is yet another reason to own an iPhone as an iPhone app is shown to improve one's eyesight. As we age, our eyesight deteriorates - it's a natural part of the aging process. But a new iPhone app may keep the eye doctor away for a little while longer.

After a crushing loss to the Baltimore Ravens on the opening day of the 2011 National Football League (NFL) season, whispers about coach Mike Tomlin's Pittsburgh Steelers began to get a little louder.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has purchased a property at 327 East 64th Street in Manhattan from the car rental company Hertz Corporation for $19.05 million, according to city records.

The seven-billionth human is expected to be born on Monday, but an expert who helps do the counting says that event comes as the Earth undergoes a demographic shift toward slower population growth.

On Friday, NASA launched a new satellite that will improve our short-term weather forecasting accuracy, among other contributions.

Justin Timberlake may be riding a new wave of movie stardom as his new film, In Time, sees its release in theaters on Friday, but the singer-dancer-actor still thinks he's an ordinary man.

Justin Timberlake may be riding a new wave of movie stardom as his new film, In Time, sees its release in theaters on Friday, but the singer-dancer-actor still thinks he's an ordinary man.

A new twist on the X Prize, a $10 million carrot dangled in front of potential innovators, came Wednesday when the competition ventured into the highly competitive world of genomics.

On Oct. 31, the world's population will reach seven billion. The seven billion milestone with projections of more growth, said Babatunde Ostimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, is a challenge, an opportunity and a call to action. Global population will reach seven billion on Oct. 31, with another billion people projected on Earth by the year 2025. The world's population is projected to reach 10 billion by the end of this century.

Microsoft will end support for XP in 2014, but it will still run on thousands of machines.

Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make The Expendables, a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator.

Microsoft will double its share of the Western European smartphone market during 2012 to 12.3 percent, helped by its new partnership with Finland's Nokia, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Tuesday.

Caterpillar Inc far exceeded analyst expectations on Monday, reporting a 44 percent quarterly earnings increase due to record revenue, and the company signaled optimism in its 2012 outlook.

One in 10 Americans is on antidepressants, according to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control -- a 400 percent increase from a decade ago.

Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to director Michael Cuesta's Roadie, the company announced Tuesday.

Here's a fresh young twist on the topic of ageism in Hollywood -- an actress has filed a $1 million lawsuit against show-business database IMDb and its owner, Amazon.com, because IMDb revealed her true age.