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University of Michigan Jim Harbaugh’s recent visits with prospective Wolverines have been highlighted by a slumber party with a kicking recruit (where a neighbor trolled him) and an excursion into a tree to fetch a football.

Visitors to the social network were greeted by an error message: “Something is technically wrong”.

Global stocks resumed their recent selloff Wednesday as oil prices sank to a 12-year low and resurgent concerns about global growth snapped a brief bout of stabilization in financial markets. The IMF downgraded the outlook for developing economies to 4.3 percent growth from a...

Iran has said it is aiming to increase its oil production by 500,000 barrels per day now that sanctions have been lifted under a nuclear deal with world powers.

China has committed to hold the AIIB to high standards of governance and transparency.

That’s partly because young people don’t vote as consistently as older people do, but also because Latino eligible voters are heavily concentrated in states – including California, Texas and NY – that are not prime election battlegrounds.

The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on a key interest rate later today against a backdrop of low oil prices, a tumbling Canadian dollar and grim prospects for economic growth.

A utility company says it expects to stop a huge natural gas leak in Southern California ahead of schedule – by the end of February or sooner.

The California Air Resources Board rejected Volkswagen’s recall proposals for its 2.0 liter diesels, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency agreed the plan was not acceptable.

The Wall Street Journal reports the chain will be shuttering its stores on February 8 for a few hours to hold a national employee meeting to discuss its response to issues with E. coli and food safety.

“Mr. Mueller’s comments are disturbing, especially in light of the company’s continued lack of cooperation with our investigation, and they underscore the importance of our inquiry as well as the investigations launched by other regulators”, Jepson said in...

AMD several years ago sold off the operations that manufacture its chips.

Following an outbreak in California last August, dozens have reported illness after diving into burritos in nine states, with episodes of salmonella and norovirus as well as E. coli.

In addition to the ongoing, well-publicized, nine-state E. coli o26 outbreak that sickened 53 people in October and early November, another cluster of five illnesses in three states caused by a different strain of E. coli O26 occurred in late November.

Walmart to close 269 stores: Walmart (WMT) will close 269 stores around the world in a strategic move to focus more on its supercenters and e-commerce business, the company said Friday.