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Researchers gave an epidemiological look Tuesday into the reasons and risks behind stillbirths and opened possible ways to prevent the devastating deaths of an estimated one out of every 160 pregnancies that predominantly affects black women.

A music-industry executive died on Monday of wounds he suffered last week when a gunman opened fire on motorists in a famed Hollywood intersection, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Gold prices slipped Tuesday, its seventh consecutive daily decline, to a two-month low as the dollar posted big gains in light trading.

Rumors suggesting Aishwarya Rai would be making a comeback to the silver screen with Sanjay Leela Bhansali have been crushed, after the Bollywood icon allegedly revealed to a friend she would be taking at least a year off to be with her new baby, Apun Ka Choice reported.

Hecla Mining Co., the largest U.S. silver producer, acquired the remaining 30 percent interest in a prolific Colorado silver project that it did not already own, the Idaho-based company said Tuesday.

Canadian miner Endeavour Silver Corp said it has discovered two high-grade silver-gold zones at its Guanajuato mine in Mexico and expects a substantial increase in reserves and resources at the mine at the year-end.

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc and its Indonesian workers' union expect to sign a pay deal on Tuesday to end a three-month strike that has crippled production at the world's second-biggest copper mine, two sources told Reuters.

Gold hardly moved Tuesday with prices stretched between stronger physical demand from Asia and Eurozone worries, including bank weakness and more sovereign debt downgrades.

John Atterberry, chief of the Death Row Records, died Monday after being shot in the face by a rampaging gunman on a Hollywood street Friday morning.

Gold prices tumbled to a six-week low Monday as bank selling and a skyrocketing dollar offset support from central bank buying.

Dennis Varni remembers buying his first car, a 1931 Ford Model A, more than a half century ago when he was 14.

Dennis Varni remembers buying his first car, a 1931 Ford Model A, more than a half century ago when he was 14. It cost him $45 and to amass that princely sum, he picked fruit, hawked his model train set and even sold the clothes off his back.

The Artist and The Harry Potter series will also receive special awards.

Robyn performed on SNL Saturday and rocked Studio 8H in some eye-popping spandex.

African Barrick Gold Plc (ABG) has agreed with the Tanzanian government to raise the royalty rate it pays on gold exports, the country's minerals ministry said on Monday.

Precious metals assets tumbled Monday on doubts that last week's Eurozone restructuring plan addresses immediate threats of dollar liquidity, bank defaults and national bankruptcies.

Gold prices dropped 1.8 percent Monday as the dollar rose on disappointment with last week's Eurozone summit and key price support for gold failed.

Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known directors, is banking on heartthrob Christian Bale to help boost the country's chances of winning an Oscar, with his latest film on a tragic chapter in the nation's history.

A gunman opened fire on motorists in the heart of Hollywood on Friday, wounding three people before he was shot to death by an off-duty police officer who had been working on a nearby film set.

Gov. Cuomo's $690 million tax cut for New Yorkers could be a Trojan Horse, if tax receipts don't keep up with projected 2012 spending.

Other picks include J. Edgar, Drive and Bridesmaids.