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Friday's jobs report takes on huge importance as it is the final word on the US labor market before the Federal Reserve's huge monetary policy meeting on December 15-16.

The app development world went gaga on Thursday morning that Apple was going to "open source" its super popular new programming language, Swift. And no one was happier than IBM.

Scientists at UCLA have put together a gruesome animation from a very realistic 3-D model on what happens to your leg after a gunshot wound. It's the first of its kind.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Organizers of an international summit say a tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to attempt in pregnancy, but they're calling for more laboratory research with the revolutionary technology.

On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its long-awaited report on the history and status of Iran's efforts to build a nuclear weapon.

Fourteen people were killed Wednesday when a county restaurant inspector and his wife opened fire on his co-workers at a staff holiday banquet in San Bernardino County, California. Here are some of their stories.

Every December, Pantone selects a Color of the Year.

The company's latest selection is actually a pair of colors: Serenity and Rose Quartz, muted shades of blue and pink, respectively.

"Having both a pale shade of blue and pink together is significant," says Debbie Millman, head of the branding department at the School of Visual Arts and the author of "Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits." 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The military-style rifles used in the deadly California shootings were legally purchased, the U.S. government said Thursday.

The latest "Batman v Superman" trailer took fans by surprise when it showed off new villain Doomsday.

A modern California masterpiece of a mansion in the Silicon Valley town of Los Altos Hills just listed for an eye-popping $88 million.

The southern state of Tamil Nadu in India is currently experiencing the heaviest rainfall of the past century.

Coldplay has officially been announced as the Super Bowl halftime act, and the Internet isn't all too pleased. Many people took to Twitter to announce their displeasure:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal law does not bar consumers from filing lawsuits under California law alleging food products are falsely labeled "organic," the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks and bond prices fell sharply in the U.S., and even more so in Europe, after the European Central Bank announced stimulus plans that were less aggressive than investors were expecting.

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran since July 2014 delivered a petition to Iran's United Nations mission on Thursday demanding the journalist's release.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is issuing a fresh plea for stricter gun control after a mass shooting at a social service facility in southern California, saying that no parent should have to worry about being killed at a holiday party.

Programmers on Thursday got a nice surprise from Apple, when the company kept its promise to make its popular new programming language Swift, "open source."

Stocks tumbled in late-afternoon trading, with the Dow losing as many as 300 points at the lowest levels of the session. 

Nearly a century ago, journalist Napoleon Hill set out on a mission to uncover and document the strategies used by the wealthiest and most successful businessmen in America.