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Revised figures from the U.S. Census Bureau shows there were more than 650,000 gay couples in the U.S. in 2010, with 131,729 reporting they were married.

Health care costs rose sharply this year, further underscoring the problem of uninsured and underinsured Americans, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Ron Paul talks about his campaign on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

The Federal Reserve's new Operation Twist drew a number of objections from Richard W. Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who explained his opposition to the move in a speech Tuesday.

Obama's presidential campaign fundraising efforts met with success in Hollywood.

New York, long home to major technology companies like IBM, will garner $4 billion now from five tech leaders for semiconductor research, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Visit by the Oscar-winning actress Tuesday comes after filmmaker Michael Moore lent his support Monday.

The Crown Publishing Group describes The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin as solid, reliable, and well-substantiated.

Under the Saudi’s conservative laws, women needed the permission of a male guardian to work, to marry, to divorce, to travel abroad, and to undergo certain kinds of surgery.

National Transitional Council troops are currently fighting for control of Sirte, Gadhafi's birthplace, where loyalist fighters are putting up a fierce resistance. Meanwhile, U.N. officials claim that uranium yellowcake was found in the south of the country.

Some liberals seem to love Ron Paul, the Republican presidential candidate and Texas House member. At the top of that list seems to be Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Paul has been a frequent topic on Stewart's show, and on Monday Paul appeared on Stewart's show for a fun and friendly and rather pleasant exchange.

Rhode Island approves in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.

Kudrin has warned that runaway spending will endanger the whole Russian economy, which he had overseen since 2000.

Burundi has cut power supply to consumers to just four hours a day following a serious fall in water reserves in the country's main hydroelectric plant, its water and electricity utility said on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe will soon probe foreign-owned firms to establish their level of compliance with a law requiring them to sell at least a 51 percent shareholding in their Zimbabwean operations to locals, an official said on Tuesday.

The African regional trade bloc Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is considering issuing a regional infrastructure bond and is seeking advisers, a senior trade official said on Tuesday.

South Africa's rand firmed over three percent on the dollar on Tuesday and was the biggest gainer in a basket of emerging market currencies watched by Reuters, as investors returned to riskier assets on hopes Europe's debt crisis will be solved.

South African stocks surged nearly 4 percent on Tuesday, booking their biggest one-day percentage rise in 16 months, as beaten down shares were lifted by renewed optimism that Europe would deal with its debt crisis.

An Egyptian court said on Tuesday it would review proceedings of the trial of Hosni Mubarak to rule on a request to change the panel presiding over the case of the ousted president, who is charged with conspiring to kill protesters.

Wouter Basson, dubbed Dr. Death faces a medical ethics board this week that could cancel his medical licence for producing chemicals used in numerous crimes.

A Libyan commander leading the attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte said on Tuesday he was in talks with elders inside the city about a truce, but the head of another anti-Gaddafi unit rejected negotiations.

Africa is starting to appear on the radar screens of western retailers as they look for the next growth opportunity in emerging markets while having to cope with subdued consumer spending at home.

Egypt's parliamentary election will start on November 28, a military source said on Tuesday, launching the process of handing back power to civilian rule nine months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising.

Women in the military are currently eligible to perform 93 percent of the jobs, including artillery duties

Mass Gov. Deval Patrick comments on Morgan Freeman's comments about attributing racism to Tea Party's opposition to Obama.

Amanda Knox, who was convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher in 2007, waits for a judge to hand down a verdict in her appeals trial. Knox has been in prison since 2009.

Vladimir Putin confirmed he will seek the Russian presidency in an election next March.

Americans want the nation's two major parties to compromise and find common ground, a new USA Today/Gallup Poll indicates. The segment of the political/ideological spectrum that's least likely to favor compromise? The Tea Party faction of the Republican Party.

China and Pakistan have two very important similarities: a common enemy in India and fears over growing U.S. influence in South Asia.