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Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to win over supporters that Michele Bachmann's needs to court.

Exxon Mobil can look for oil in Russian territory in the Arctic Ocean under an agreement made Tuesday with Rosneft, the Russian state oil company. The deal is huge for Exxon Mobil, which beat BP for access to a region in which oil drilling is largely prohibited.

National Guard and firefighters rescued hundreds people from record flooding in New Jersey on Tuesday and Vermont planned to airlift food and water to inland towns cut off by Hurricane Irene after its paralyzing rampage through the U.S. northeast.

The Passaic River in northern New Jersey crested Tuesday morning and forced mandatory evacuations.

Gold and bonds surged on Tuesday and U.S. stocks rebounded in choppy trade as a recovery in risk appetite among some investors was countered by bearish economic news.

New York City-based Pfizer Inc. gained FDA approval for their drug Xalkori, the first new medicine in several years for deadly, advanced lung cancer, according to new research.

Gold prices jumped 2 percent Tuesday and silver surged 2.1 percent as some investors opted for the safety of precious metals and Treasuries amid continued worries about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and weakness in the American economy.

Metro-North Railroad to and from New York City resumed full service on its major lines, while some remain indefinitely suspended.

In a deal announced Tuesday, Exxon will partner with OAO Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil producer, replacing British Petroleum in exchange for unspecified assets. Exxon and Rosneft will spend $3.2 billion in the initial explorations of the Arctic and Black Sea, the companies stated.

Limbaugh also fired some volleys at the mainstream media for their coverage of the storm.

The arrest of President Obama's uncle,Onyango Obama, is not the first legal issue for a prominent political family.

Beatles memorabilia remains big business, generating millions of dollars annually.

President Obama's uncle isn't the first public official's relative to deal with the legal system.

Bank of America Corp. was sued by the trustee of a $1.75 billion mortgage pool, which seeks to force the largest bank to buy back all of the loans in the trust because of alleged misrepresentations.

Confidence among consumers plunged in August to its lowest in more than two years following the country's loss of its top credit rating and heart-wrenching drops in major stock indexes.

The Hurricane Irene death toll continues to rise, including a Holocaust survivor who was found dead in floodwaters on Sunday in a Catskills cottage.

Some rumored phones which can spoil Samsung Galaxy S2's party.

Metro-North train service was partly restored on Tuesday, but several lines remained down, and the Port Jervis Line was expected to be crippled for months because of flooding from Hurricane Irene.

A candidate among the next iPhone killers, Samsung Galaxy S2 awaits its slightly delayed U.S. unveiling, keeping its seat as the world's second thinnest Dual-Core smartphone, only behind a Japanese smartphone, NEC Medias N-04C.

On Monday, rebels showed off Gadhafi's $120 million private jet, giving visiting journalists tours of the leather-trimmed bedroom and living quarters. The plane's interior was decorated in silver and red, and rebels were careful not to disturb the 24 karat gold china.

By Tuesday, the death toll from Irene had risen to at least 40. The sharp increase from initial reports of 25 casualties came as a number of drowned bodies were recovered and several more people electrocuted by downed power lines.