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There are now 7 billion people, according to the U.N.'s population division. That prompts a question: Who else is in the 7 Billion Club? To learn which other animals had reached that plateau, we asked wildlife experts — who said it's a tough call.

Listening to the right song helps paramedics give CPR at the right rate. But don't install a jukebox in the ambulance just yet. Musical accompaniment may lead people to press incorrectly even when they press often enough.

A cleaning woman working at the Ostwall Museum in Berlin noticed a wet stain on the floor by a modern-art sculpture. She scrubbed away the stain, not realizing it was part of the piece called, "When It Starts Dripping From the Ceiling." Back in 1986, another cleaner in Germany wiped away a grease stain valued at 400,000 euros.

The general consensus among economists is that there were about 95,000 jobs added to payrolls in October and that the unemployment rate stayed at 9.1 percent. While "frustratingly slow," that could be another sign the economy is on the mend.

Jon Corzine, the former governor and senator from New Jersey, has resigned from his post as head of MF Global. The company has been under scrutiny from regulators and investigators following its rapid decline and bankruptcy filing earlier this week.

One of the candidate's accusers may hear today if she can comment publicly despite a confidentiality clause in the agreement she reached with the National Restaurant Association, which he headed in the late 1990s.

A new report on this year's record number of deportations finds a growing number of children of deported immigrants are ending up in foster care in the…

A Las Vegas man has pleaded guilty in federal court to filing hundreds of fraudulent unemployment claims worth millions. From the Fronteras Changing…

In a book she's written with her husband about being shot and her recovery, the Democratic congresswoman from Arizona also says "I will get stronger."

Groupon's stock is hot, but after a string of successful initial public offerings in the tech sector some analysts worry about overvaluations.