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The GOP field looks like a rogue’s gallery of losers to me.

Pvt. Danny Chen was found dead in guard tower in Afghanistan on Oct. 3 with what the Army described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Eight of his fellow soldiers have been charged.

Apple won a new patent for switching applications during calls, which will give Android developers a big obstacle to work around. Steve Jobs would be proud.

Facebook revealed its top 10 most popular games played on its social platform this year. Zynga had four games in the top 10, but did not claim the No. 1 spot; Playdom's Gardens of Time had that honor.

Amid the holidays and making your list and checking it twice, what better time to consider one of 3 stocking-stuffer stocks that you can place by the chimney with care: General Electric (GE), CVS (CVS), Intel (INTC). These 3 companies are the kind of stock that you can buy for child's college fund, and in 10 years, you'll be really glad you did.

The fulfillment center will receive, package and help distribute shipments to its final destination. Amazon will invest $135 million in each state.

The reindeer are visible at a farm at Michigan, in actuality, thanks for something started by two entrepreneurs. At 5 p.m. EST each day, visitors to reindeercam.com can watch Santa feed his reindeer, while opening mail from letters to Santa. It has become quite popular this Christmas.

Airbus is on course to end 2011 with well over 1,600 orders.

The population of the United States is growing at its slowest rate in more than 70 years, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday.

Occupy Wall Street registers as one of the biggest surprises of 2011. Despite constant criticisms that it lacked a concrete set of goals or demands, Occupy Wall Street's broad critique of economic injustice resonated with a country still grappling with the fallout from the financial crisis. A timeline of the movement.

There was a time when wearable computer seemed like a fairy tale, but now it is all set to become a reality in the near future.

Cargo traffic at the Port of Los Angeles was disrupted on Wednesday after longshoremen discovered a shipping container with the word bomb spray painted on it, a spokesman for the facility said.

A New York court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man dubbed the Flying Rabbi against TV network ABC and late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live over its use of the man's image in a parody involving basketball star LeBron James.

An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his semen that he advertises over the Internet.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris sued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday in an effort to expand her probe into the companies' mortgage foreclosure practices.

History was made on a Virginia Beach pier on Wednesday when two women sailors, one just home from 80 days at sea, became what was believed to be the first same-sex couple to share the Navy's traditional first kiss.

Alec Baldwin, the famous 30 Rock star, has said he's lost his appetite for running in the 2013 New York City mayoral race. Baldwin revealed the news on his biweekly podcast at WNYC. The actor had previously claimed he was going to quit his role as Jack Donaghy on NBC's hit comedy show 30 Rock in order to attend Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Shares of troubled search engine and media developer Yahoo surged nearly 6 percent late Wednesday after a report the company may unload its stake in China’s Alibaba Group for about $17 billion.

Investors in Oracle, the No. 1 enterprise software vendor, had their worst day in three years as shares closed down nearly 12 percent, chopping $17 billion from the company’s market value.

Two women, Marissa Gaeta and Citlalic Snell, made history yesterday as the first gay couple to get the first kiss, a Navy homecoming tradition where a sailor is chosen to be the first to greet his or her loved one. Their kiss is an LGBT victory after the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and Navy officials say it's the first time a gay couple has ever participated in the tradition.

Which areas of the United States are likely to receive a White Christmas and which are not?