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Despite slower growth, consumers like these, at a Wal-Mart in Arkansas, continued spending.

U.S. Economic Growth Slowed Considerably In 3rd Quarter

Growth came in at a 1.5 percent annual rate, a sharp slowdown from the 3.9 percent gain in the previous quarter. Companies cut back on the amount of goods on shelves, but consumers continued to spend.

People wait on a bus to leave the town of Debaltseve, Ukraine, on Friday to escape the heavy fighting. Nearly 1 million Ukrainians have been displaced by battles between pro-Russian insurgents and government troops.

Brief Cease-Fire In Ukraine Lets Civilians Escape Renewed Fighting

Buses were allowed to carry people out of harm's way during a stay of hostilities, which have displaced some 1.6 million. Talks between Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France are to continue Sunday.

Zodiac commando boats arrive at the rear of the French luxury yacht Le Ponant, whose crew was held hostage by pirates, in April 2008. The French navy frigate Le Commandant Bouan is seen in the background, off Somalia's coast.

EU Court Orders France To Compensate Somali Pirates

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that pirates, who hijacked two French vessels, should get up to 7,000 euros each because of a delay in producing them before a judge.

Martha Stewart founded the magazine <em>Martha Stewart Living</em> in 1991 and started Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in 1997.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia To Be Bought By Sequential

Sequential Brands will pay $353 million in cash and stock for the company. Stewart will remain the chief creative officer in the deal.

U.N. Report Finds Israel, Hamas May Have Committed War Crimes

The Independent Commission of Inquiry found there was a huge increase in firepower during the 2014 Israeli invasion of Gaza.

Verizon workers picket outside one of the company's facilities in Philadelphia Wednesday. Verizon landline and cable workers on the East Coast walked off the job Wednesday morning after little progress in negotiations since their contract expired nearly eight months ago.

Tens Of Thousands Of Verizon Workers Go On Strike

Nearly 40,000 union workers on the East Coast, who haven't had a contract since August, have walked out. Among other things, they object to outsourcing and two-month location transfers of employees.

Substance Abuse Forum at F-M High Aims to Empower and Inform Parents, Students

Recovering addicts. A parent who lost a child to substance abuse. Onondaga County’s health commissioner. Drug counselors. Federal prosecutors. All will be…

Syracuse Heads to Louisville Hoping to Score Big Upset

The Syracuse Orange (18-8 overall, 8-5 ACC) head to Kentucky on Wednesday to face the Louisville Cardinals (19-6, 8-4). This game is marred by the fact…

Rescue workers in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan look for survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake.

In Earthquake-Rattled Taiwan, A Somber Start To Lunar New Year

Taiwanese officials canceled traditional New Year celebrations and instead went to temples to pray for earthquake victims.

A Syrian refugee child eats food which her mother collected from rubbish in the Eminonu disctrict of Istanbul.

U.N.: Syrian Refugee Crisis Is 'Biggest Humanitarian Emergency Of Our Era'

The number of refugees from the Syrian civil war is on the verge of surpassing 3 million, the United Nations said. Almost half of all Syrians have been forced out of their homes.

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