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Crude oil futures declined during Asian trading hours Monday after reporting their biggest one-day price surge in three years in the previous session as a breakthrough in the European Union summit in Brussels boosted sentiment.

When CBS News broke the story that U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts had first decided to vote with his fellow Supreme Court conservatives on so-called Obamacare and then changed his mind, it led to huge questions, not only about him but also about his motivations.

Comedian Zach Galifianakis presents a new movie about cutting the cord and exploring America using only the craigslist website.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released in its World Drug Report 2012 this week data underlying a list of the top 12 cannabis-smoking countries in the world compiled by Business Insider. The good old U.S. of A. landed at No. 7.

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts was originally set to vote with the Supreme Court's conservative justices to strike down the Affordable Care Act, CBS News reported. However, he changed his mind about a month ago to join the court's liberal justices in mostly upholding the constitutionality of the law.

Thousands of miles away, a cadre of international Nobel laureates assembled to discuss global warming were having a, er, heated debate, arguing over data that the vast majority of scientists the world over say shows clear evidence of manmade climate change. But in the steaming streets of Brooklyn, the crowded public pools of Atlanta and the power outage-hit suburbs of Washington, D.C., the discussion was unanimous: It was hot.

Scientology is being cited as the problem in the Holmes-Cruise marriage. Are members of the church stalking Katie?

The Fragrant Harbor was passed from British to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. Today, it's still torn between its Western-style freedoms and the Beijing model.

One week after the final chapter in the Penn State child sexual-abuse scandal seemed almost complete with the multiple convictions of the university's football team's retired defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, emails dating to 2001 have surfaced about the role of former head coach Joe Paterno.

It's no secret that romance novels have appealed to women for decades. So what is the appeal of these fantastical stories?

Nash officially becomes a free agent Sunday morning at 12:01 a.m. ET.

Katie Holmes is seeking sole custody of daughter Suri in her divorce filing against husband Tom Cruise. It's unclear whether Cruise intends to fight Holmes over Suri, but the odds appear to be stacked against him should he battle Katie Holmes for custody of their 6-year-old daughter.

A medical examiner concluded that 11-year-old Ashton Jojo of New York was electrocuted at a miniature golf course near Orlando while trying to retrieve a ball from a pond.

Bernard Madoff?s brother Peter finally peladed guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit a single count of securities fraud and another of falsifying records.

When one thinks about the top celebrity fashionistas, it's inevitable that both Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parker and former Spice Girls member Posh Victoria Beckham come to mind, as both dress impeccably and have had their own clothing lines at one point or another. But can you imagine the duo collaborating on a women's fashion clothing line?

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced this morning he'd raised over $4 million since yesterday morning and is riding the wave with a footage of Hillary Clinton attacking President Obama.

Two Los Angeles police officers accused of leaking a photo of pop star Rihanna's bruised face after a fight with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown won't face charges, although they still may be fired, news reports said.

Reginald Reg Traviss, the boyfriend of late singer Amy Winehouse, has been charged with two counts of rape after allegations were made against him in January.

As expected, the New York City Council voted Thursday evening to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of a measure that would raise the minimum wage of employees of some companies that receive public subsidies to $11.50 an hour, or $10 an hour with benefits.

With their only pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, the New York Knicks took Kostas Papanikolaou from Greece.

The nation's biggest public hospital system says that although health care reform means people will have insurance, this will not make up for the loss of Medicaid funds.