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Charlie Daniels Band long-time member Taz DiGregorio, 67, was killed in a car crash Wednesday. The keyboardist and vocalist was an original member of the CDB. DiGregorio had been a part of the band for over 40 years, writing two of the band's hit songs, Devil Went Down to Georgia and The Legend of Wooley Swamp.

Mattel Inc , the world's largest toy company, reported a bigger-than-expected fall in gross margins, as it spent more on making, packaging and transporting its toys, sending its shares down 4 percent.

The Dow and S&P 500 slipped on Thursday after JPMorgan's earnings and China's soft trade data revived worries about the impact of slower growth on profits.

Resources firms such as Exxaro led South African stocks lower on Thursday as miners took a knock after weak data from China and disappointing earnings from the United States.

Cooper questioned whether the controversial subreddit promoted child pornography

France's first lady Carla Bruni is expected to give birth in the coming days, keeping French media on tenterhooks before an event that could offer President Nicolas Sarkozy a welcome respite from non-stop political headwinds.

American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp , said its fourth-quarter mainline capacity will dip 3 percent due to an adjustment in its late fall and winter schedule and that it will retire up to 11 Boeing 757 aircraft in 2012.

Shares of Illumina Inc (ILMN.O) fell 35 percent and dragged down its peers on Friday, a day after the maker of genetic analysis tools forecast a weak third quarter on uncertainty related to research funding in the United States and Europe.

CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer, a whistle-blower in the recent corruption scandal in the Caribbean that engulfed world soccer's governing body FIFA in controversy, has decided to leave his post at the end of the year.

Samsung Electronics <005930.KS>, the world's top maker of memory chips and televisions, estimated on Friday its July-September operating profit would fall 14 percent from a year ago, as persistent declines in semiconductor and flat screen prices outweigh a strong profit recovery in its handset business.

Gannett Co <GCI.N> Chairman and Chief Executive Craig Dubow has resigned from his position because of a medical disability, the company said on Thursday.

Wikipedia's Italian edition homepage has been shut down following the prospect of a new wiretap law from Italy's Prime Minister, forcing the Italian language Web site to be hidden with the possibility of being eventually deleted.

A breast cancer survivor said she was subjected to a humiliating public pat down at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport even though she offered to produce documentation on her medical implants.

The search for Aaron Bassler, accused of two murders, ended when the fugitive was shot seven times and killed in a redwood forest outside Fort Bragg, Calif., Saturday.

SAIC Inc , a provider of technical services to the U.S. Defense and Homeland Security departments whose results been bruised by contract delays, said its chief executive would retire next year for personal reasons, and its shares fell about 2 percent.

Stocks fell on Monday as concerns over Greece's teetering finances returned to the forefront, extending losses from the previous week.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, is now open for astronomers, and the first picture from the under-construction telescope has also been released.

The Tevatron at Fermilab was shut down on Friday after 26 years of operation, as what once was the world's most powerful particle accelerator falls victim to the dwindling budget of the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.).

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline, as China's manufacturing shrank and stirred fears the global economy was slowing.

Research In Motion (RIM) started slashing the price of its BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet in order to boost its lagging sales.

New York State Senator Jeffrey Klein introduced a new cyber-bullying bill on Monday, saying outdated pre-digital harassment laws fail to punish bullies who use the Internet and smartphones to torment others.