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Six jurors and two judges need more time to reach a verdict in Amanda Knox's appeal on Monday.

It's been billed as the mother of all oil battles -- that may be an overstatement, but one thing is certain: the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada's oil sands region to the Gulf of Mexico is a high-stakes fight.

Occupy LA has been protesting since Saturday but no arrests have been made yet unlike its Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Boston counterparts.

A few weeks ago, Australia implemented similar rules for its passports.

As the demonstration gains momentum and institutional support, the protestors may need to alter their tactics if they want to have staying power

GOP hopeful Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, doubts Christie's appeal among conservative voters.

When Bank of America announced last week that it would begin charging a $5 monthly fee to customers using their debit cards at retail locations, it understandably caused a fair amount of complaining from consumers, a fact that was noted across the board by various media sources Friday. But it also inspired a wave of anger against banks in general.

The Amanda Knox verdict is now hours away -- what will the fate of the American girl be? In Perugia, Italy, six jurors and two judges are currently sitting in a room deciding how to answer that question.

"The bottom line is that we don't want to leave Illinois, but the structure that exists as it relates to exchanges is virtually punitive."

rganizers have reportedly asked participants to bring sleeping bags, first aid kits, electrical generators, among other items.

Democrats could face a new electoral landscape in 2012 because of new voter laws that tightened rules on voting, like requiring photographic identification or proof of citizenship. These laws proliferated after Republicans made massive gains in statehouses across the country after the 2010 midterm elections.

A Red Cross convoy carrying aid to relieve a humanitarian crisis in Libya's besieged city of Sirte had to turn back on Monday because Libyan interim government forces unleashed a barrage of fire.

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill preventing local authorities from banning the practice of male circumcision.

Occupy Boston has been gaining ground since Friday and is starting to impact other communities to protest just as Occupy Wall Street has impacted them.

Rick Perry's presidential campaign took a shot on Sunday when it was revealed that the hunting ranch used by Perry's family for many years was known as “N----rhead.

Panetta also advised Israel it must repair deteriorating relations with Turkey and Egypt.

Delawar Hossain Sayedee, accused of ordering mass murders and torture, among other crimes, is the first suspect charged by the special court.

Nigeria experienced an explosion of violence over the weekend, with a number of militant attacks occurring all over the country. On Sunday, 23 people were killed when around 70 attackers stormed the village of Ligyado in Zamfara State armed with AK47 rifles, daggers, machetes and sticks.

European stocks are dropping on reports that the Greek government will not achieve the deficit targets it needs to receive the next tranche of the bailout from the European Union (EU) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Occupy Wall Street message may not yet but a completely coherent one, but there is a unifying thread amongst the chaos - unemployed youth.

If Herman Cain wins next November, he would be the first president in United States history to take office with no political or military experience whatsoever.

American student Amanda Knox, pleaded for her release on Monday, after spending four years in an Italian jail.

After posting an $8.5 billion loss last fiscal year, the postal service is on a pace to go $10 billion in the hole in fiscal 2012.

McGuinness also accuses the media of being overly obsessed with his past IRA affiliation

The killing of terrorist mastermind Anwar Al-Awlaki, in Yemen last week, by the United States has raised legal questions, with many international law experts saying that the ideal course of action would have been to bring Awlaki to a U.S. court.

Greece's admission that it will miss its deficit targets this year and next despite harsh new austerity measures sent stock markets reeling on Monday and raised new doubts over a planned second international bailout.

Gunmen shot and hacked to death 18 people in a village in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said.

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak did not order the army to fire at protesters during the uprising that toppled him, the country's top general was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Ali Ramadan's family were on the move for 10 days, dodging artillery fire and sleeping in the open, before they were finally able to get out of the besieged Libyan city of Sirte.