Wall Street rises for 7th week, but ends off its highs 6:49pm EST

NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 closed a seventh straight weekly advance on Friday as a better-than-expected jobs report indicated strong economic growth, but perhaps to the point where interest rates could rise sooner than previously anticipated. | Video

People wait in line to enter the Nassau County Mega Job Fair at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York October 7, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Business

Video: U.S. adds 321,000 jobs

The economy added jobs at a blistering pace last month, and wages rose. That could push the Fed to hike interest rates sooner than expected.  Video | Full Article 

The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Brown
Science

NASA spaceship completes debut test run

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - A spaceship designed to one day fly astronauts to Mars made a near-bullseye splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, wrapping up a flawless, unmanned test flight around Earth.  Video | Full Article 

Vehicles wait in line at a gas station in Turnersville, New Jersey December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Tom Mihalek
Commodities

Oil drops below $70 after Saudi price cut

By Florence Tan 

SINGAPORE - Brent crude extended losses below $70 a barrel and was set for a second weekly fall, with top oil exporter Saudi Arabia cutting prices in another indication it would maintain output in an oversupplied market.  Full Article 

A soldier stands guard at a sentry on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, November 15, 2014. REUTERS/Jacky Chen
Cyber Crime

In North Korea, hackers are a handpicked elite

By Ju-min Park and James Pearson 

SEOUL - Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, as Pyongyang came under the microscope for a crippling hack into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.  Full Article 

Video

Clashes in Basel at anti-OSCE demo

Rough Cut
 Clashes in Basel at anti-OSCE demo

Police fire smoke bombs, protesters throw flares and projectiles at a demonstration at the end of the OSCE summit of western foreign ministers. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Protests over chokehold death

Protests and reactions in various cities one day after New York grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the choke hold death of Eric Garner. Related Story

Data Dive

A militant Islamist fighter waving a flag, cheers as he takes part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Mapping support for the Islamic State

By Mike Corones

Wearable maps, political maps and smuggling maps. A look at the cheery, the depressing and the slimy as conveyed in cartography.  Full Article 

Reuters FYI: News Worth Knowing

Carine Willaert prepares fries in the Maison Antoine frites stand in Brussels December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Want mayo with those fries?

Belgium seeks special status for its local delicacy. Texas solves the missing brain mystery. Chimps lose out in court. Amy Tennery's coverage picks.   Full Article 

Opinion

Employees and residents of the retirement home watch a TV broadcast showing Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivering his annual state of the union speech to members of parliament and other top officials in the Kremlin, in Stavropol, December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko

Has Putin fallen for his own propaganda?

By Lucian Kim 
Shaybah oilfield complex is seen at night in the Rub’ al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia, November 14, 2007. REUTERS/ Ali Jarekji

It’s time to stop exploring for new sources of oil

By Anatole Kaletsky