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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks hovered near one-month highs on Tuesday as investors awaited Chinese data, while the euro took a hit after a newspaper report rekindled fears about the weakness of European banks.

I’m getting married in two months, and now I see why checking into a mental facility is likewise called “committing yourself.” Luckily, not one of my mini nervous breakdowns since accepting Paul’s proposal has been about him.

A man climbed to the top of a nearly 60-story skyscraper in downtown San Francisco, California, on Monday, where he unfurled a U.S. flag and was promptly detained by police.

President Obama is considering a number of options to try to jump-start job creation, the top priority for recession-weary Americans as the country heads toward midterm elections.

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the event “could cause significant problems” for troops.

High winds helped fuel fast-moving wildfires in Colorado and Oklahoma on Monday, prompting evacuations in both states, officials said.

Two Montana teenagers texting in search of some marijuana got the wrong number. Seriously wrong. They wound up messaging the local sheriff, and he messaged right back.

In defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, Iran continues its uranium enrichment activities, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency released Monday.

London’s Metropolitan Police may reopen an investigation into the alleged hacking of phones of top politicians and celebrities by a tabloid formerly edited by a top UK government aide.

With fears of a prolonged recession and stomach-churning moves in the stock market, corporate bond markets have performed so well this year they look like they’re part of a parallel universe.

LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks rose on Monday on hopes the U.S. economy can avoid slipping back into recession, although the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist warned of weak growth in both the United States and Europe.

Sandeep Parikh, Jeff Lewis and Sean Becker were fresh from their raucous “The Guild” panel at Dragon*Con when they sat down with CNN to answer our fan-oriented questions.

How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

Confusion surrounds reports an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery has been whipped for another offense, with one lawyer casting doubt on another’s claim.

A Wiltshire, England, police sergeant could face prison time at his sentencing Tuesday for assaulting a 57-year-old woman in custody two years ago, an incident caught on the station’s closed-circuit television.