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Shareef Allman, the man suspected of killing three and injuring seven at a California quarry yesterday morning, has been shot by police.

Hank Williams Jr. and ESPN have officially decided to part ways after his controversial comments comparing President Obama to Hitler.

President Barack Obama held a Thursday press conference urging Congress to pass his jobs bill. A vote is scheduled in the Senate for next week.

“I apologize to those whom are disappointed in this decision… But I believe that they, when they take a step back, will understand why the decision was made and understand that really you don’t need a title to make a difference in this country,” Sarah Palin said on Fox New after closing the door to a 2012 presidential campaign.

Jobs, who died just about month after he resigned as chief executive officer of Apple, has left behind a massive, perhaps incalculable legacy.

Hellman emphasized that the verdict delivered by the appeals court reflected “the truth that was created in the trial.”

Former President Ronald Reagan, often considered the hero of the modern Republican Party, said 'crazy' tax loopholes allowed millionaires to pay a lower tax rate than bus drivers.

TEPCO noted the passing of the male employee in his 50s was not necessarily linked to radiation leaks.

Former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, announced Wednesday that she will not seek the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. But does that decision mean she's out of the 2012 presidential race?

President Barack Obama says Occupy Wall Street protests giving voice to financial system frustration.

The Nigerian naira struck a new record low of 164.85 to the dollar in the interbank market on Thursday, pressured for a second day by the central bank's comments earlier this week that it would not support the currency at all costs.

Ghana is likely to miss its target of boosting oil production to 120,000 barrels per day by the end of the year due to technical challenges, the head of state oil company GNPC said on Thursday, marking a second delay.

President Barack Obama launched a broad onslaught against banks on Thursday, tapping into public anger over rising fees to garner populist support ahead of his 2012 re-election campaign.

Mauritius' year-on-year rate of inflation slowed for a second straight month, with some analysts saying this gave the central bank room to give the economy a boost.

Zambia has lifted a ban on metal exports, just two days after imposing it to sort out irregularities and increase transparency in Africa's top cooper producer, a minerals ministry official said on Thursday.

South Africa has tapped the head of risk management at a local investment bank as its next banking regulator, the central bank said in a statement on Thursday.

South Africa's rand fell as much as 1.4 percent against the dollar on Thursday as a survey pointed to a decline in business confidence and in line with a weaker euro, before recouping those losses in volatile trade.

Kokabee, 29, who was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International airport in February, has pled not guilty to both charges.

South African stocks rose for the second straight session on Thursday, consolidating gains as global markets firmed on hopes that European policymakers would take coordinated steps to support banks there.

Absa Group, the South African bank majority owned by British lender Barclays, said it would merge its business and retail banking units and has also created a small team of Barclays and Absa executives to lead its expansion across the continent.

Egypt's leading liberal party Wafd has scrapped an electoral alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest political force, because it wants to field more candidates than the tie-up would have allowed, said a senior Wafd official.

During a press conference Thursday, Obama said that Americans will continue to express their anger at the two sets of rules for Wall Street and everyone else: You're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly, trying to fight efforts to crack down on abusive practices that got us in the problem in the first place.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir will address disputes over oil and territory when he arrives in Khartoum on Saturday for talks with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in his first visit since southern independence in July.

Turkey evacuated dozens of severely wounded blast victims from the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, two days after a suicide bomber killed 72 people in the rebel al Shabaab group's deadliest attack since launching an insurgency in 2007.

Snipers hiding in a mosque and Muammar Gaddafi's favourite summit venue held back Libyan government forces trying to capture his hometown on Thursday, making forecasts of a quick end to the battle look premature.

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 10 people, including members of a local aid group, in attacks on vehicles travelling in the province of South Kivu this week, the local government said on Thursday.

The Archbishop Bishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, wants to meet Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe during his visit to Africa and call on him to end a violent suppression of the Anglican Church and its priests in the country.

Herman Cain may still be a longshot in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but he's coming on strong. Rick Perry seemed to be a lock, but his GOP star is falling fast.

Now the Palestinian spring has arrived, asking for freedom and an end to the [Israeli] occupation. We deserve your support.