Hiring increased at a slow but steady pace at American businesses last month, despite a massive storm and growing fears of a brewing fiscal crisis in Washington.
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The homicide rate is declining even as the number of people treated for gunshots grows. Improved medical care is a big reason.
The high court entered the debate over gay marriage, announcing it would accept cases from New York and California that test the rights of same-sex couples.
A pair of Angora goats are the mascots of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The goats are hidden somewhere off campus, but the Navy animals have already gone missing twice in the past two weeks.
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Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle civil charges that it failed to supervise a former trader who allegedly concealed a futures position in 2007.
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U.S. employers added 146,000 jobs in November and the jobless rate fell to 7.7%. Superstorm Sandy didn't sway the U.S. jobs picture, the government said.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose, with the Dow industrials gaining 81.09 points, or 0.6%, to end the session at 13155.13, capping their third consecutive weekly gain.
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Germany's central bank cut its growth outlook for the coming year and warned of a looming recession.
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The Supreme Court will hear gay-marriage cases. The court said it would rule on cases involving the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage. The decision means a defining legal moment is set to come by June.
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The move came at the end of a year in which social acceptance of same-sex marriage widened.
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Improvements in the treatment of victims of gun and knife attacks have contributed to a drop in the number of U.S. homicides.
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Budget talks between the White House and Republicans remained stalemated over income-tax rates.
A professor who declined job security says in a federal lawsuit that his Texas school held it against him.
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The White House is taking a hard line in deficit-cutting talks and wooing the public, in contrast with its approach during the 2011 battle.
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High-stakes budget negotiations between the White House and House Republicans remain stubbornly stalemated over income-tax rates.
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The mismatch between various fertility rates shows that even in a country with comprehensive birth statistics, summarizing population trends is far from straightforward, writes Carl Bialik.
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Superstorm Sandy hurt thousands of businesses and millions of workers. But the storm didn't significantly affect the nation's November jobs picture, the Labor Department said.
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The scandal that preceded the resignation of the top federal prosecutor in New Orleans is a black eye for the Justice Department but may not significantly affect any cases.
A network of people across the U.S. is dedicated to addressing an epidemic of unwanted Chihuahuas in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada.
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The Michigan legislature's rapid initial passage of right-to-work legislation could set the stage for battles in other states over union power in the workplace.
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Egypt's embattled presidency showed signs of ceding to some of its opponents' demands after tens of thousands of activists thronged around the palace.
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Egyptian authorities have detained the alleged ringleader of a terrorist network whose members are suspected of participating in the September attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal visited Gaza for the first time to celebrate the Palestinian militant group's 25th anniversary, underscoring Hamas's growing acceptance in the region two weeks after it reached a cease-fire with Israel.
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Zalmay Khalilzad has returned for consultations aimed at ensuring a smooth election and transfer of power as President Karzai leaves office in 2014.
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The Obama administration reissued waivers that exempt nine countries, including China, India and Turkey, from fully complying with U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports.
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Japan's ambitious, costly effort to protect itself from North Korea's machinations and from potential threats from China, could be tested as soon as Monday.
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan, site of a devastating quake last year, but caused no major damage or serious injuries.
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A new survey shows that the real unemployment rate in China is double the official level, and layoffs rose sharply among migrant workers in the past year, underlining a challenge for China's new leaders to maintain growth.
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Germany's central bank cut its economic growth forecast and warned of a looming recession in Europe's largest economy.
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras plans to undertake a delicate diplomatic mission on Sunday—to Bavaria—hoping to convince its powerful conservative political establishment that saving Greece is worth the money.
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Greece ended the offer period for its multibillion-euro debt-buyback program amid signals that the nation's banks were prepared to join in the buyback and so ensure the program's success.
A hospital employee who answered a prank call from Australian DJs fishing for details of the Duchess of Cambridge's pregnancy was found dead in central London, police and the hospital said.
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Pollution from a plant producing about a third of Italy's steel supply has been blamed in hundreds of deaths but the plant has been allowed to stay open at a time when the impoverished region can ill afford job losses.
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Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez meet for the fourth time in a nontitle bout Saturday. The two icons began exchanging gloved fists in 2004.
He'll put his clout behind a system that makes golf more accessible to young people.
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