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BP has placed a new blowout preventer at the top of the well that unleashed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and it is moving forward with a procedure to bring about its final demise.

There is a sound scientific explanation for the making of our world—no gods required. An excerpt from the new book by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.

In an excerpt from his memoirs, Blair argues the West has become too imbued with doubt and lacking in mission.

Navy Chaplain Terry Moran has an assistant, Philip Chute, who doesn't believe in God. On patrol in Afghanistan, they debate some of life's weightiest questions.

The Russian state will nominate Rosneft's first deputy President Eduard Khudaynatov to head the company, a spokesman for Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said.

The U.S. economy lost jobs for the third month in a row in August, but modest hiring by the private sector eased concerns of a double-tip recession.

Loopy online videos have become a hallmark of this midterm election, as candidates desperate for attention open themselves to ridicule with Internet ads.

Policy-funding firm Korea Finance plans to raise $750 million through U.S. dollar-denominated bonds sometime this year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 127.83 points, or 1.24%, to 10447.93, putting the Dow up 2.9% on the week—its first positive weekly showing since the beginning of August.

The Chinese government remains committed to forcing down housing prices, despite worries about a weak global economy and complaints from property developers.

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide investigation of credit-card companies marketing to college students through schools.

A key interest rate on short-term loans between banks is at its lowest level in five months, but the decline may be more a sign of bank caution than an all-clear for the financial markets.

Goldman Sachs has decided to close its principal-strategies unit, which does its proprietary trading, in the wake of financial-overhaul regulation passed by Congress.

Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras launched the world's largest-ever sale of shares to finance a $224 billion, five-year investment program.

In Cajun country, where families have been sustained by the bounties of the Gulf of Mexico for generations, you won't find much resentment against the offshore oil industry.

Corporate bond markets are preparing for a hectic week and month amid ripe conditions for companies to issue debt.

Singapore intervened in the foreign-exchange market and Korea resumed its intervention after a two-week break, while Japan has signaled it is weighing entering the market for the first time in six years.

A belief that Americans will average seven careers over their lifetimes has gained traction despite little evidence, say researchers. While job changes are common, the notion of multiple major career changes seems implausible.

Faced with austerity programs and health-care reforms around the world, Roche launched a cost-cutting plan that may include job reductions and a revamp of its research-and-development business

A federal appellate court judge turned down former Enron President Jeffrey Skilling's request for bail pending the continuing judicial review of his 2006 conspiracy and fraud conviction.