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Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Monti has chosen a government and is hoping to win votes of confidence in it from both houses of Parliament. Despite his best efforts to forge ahead, investors remain skeptical. Monti also said he hopes Italy can contribute to the changes being made to the European financial system.

Oil prices are hovering around $99 a barrel. Oil has gone up sharply since last month, partly because of signs of improvement in the U.S. economy. The debt crisis in Europe is holding prices below the psychologically important $100 mark.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu appeared before a House oversight subcommittee Thursday to defend his agency's decision to lend $500 million in federal money to Solyndra, a company that made solar panels and is now bankrupt. The company is the subject of numerous federal investigations.

Japanese automaker Honda has had a tough time recently. The earthquake and tsunami disrupted production. And now flooding in Thailand is causing more trouble. There are concerns that the quality of Honda's cars may be slipping.

The long time assistant men’s basketball coach at Syracuse University has been placed on administrative leave, after two former team ball boys have…

Authorities in Los Angeles plan to say more later today about why they're reopening the investigation into Woods' death over the weekend of Thanksgiving 1981. She drowned near Catalina Island off Southern California. Wagner was her husband.

In these hard times, Britain's Royal Academy of Chemistry has come up with the cheapest meal of all: a toast sandwich. They found the recipe in the Victorian bestseller: Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management. It's a piece of toast between two buttered slices of bread and costs 12 cents to make.

Last night in Tennessee representatives from the Occupy Memphis movement sat down with about 75 members of the Mid-South Tea Party and had what's described as a "sometimes strained and confrontational, but mostly civil discussion."

Catholics across Central New York are learning a new translation of the Roman Missal, the basis for mass. It's a change that goes into effect the first…

Scientists in Italy say they've got more evidence. If so, it challenges Einstein's theory of relativity.