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The company was hurt by its online advertising business, but it still posted a record revenue of $18.06 billion.

Zakaria was suspended after admitting to lifting a passage from the New Yorker without attribution.

The payment is to prefund retiree benefits, so it won't have any effect on operations in the short run.

The Census Bureau reported a decline in the number of Americans without coverage in 2011. But the ranks of the uninsured remain pretty high.

Wahaha is the name of China's third largest beverage company — it sells soda, juice and other bottled drinks. The name means laughing children. Zong Qing Hou is now the richest man in China, according to Bloomberg's billionaire's index. He founded Wahaha 25 years ago, with a $22,000 loan.

As a youth, Canadian Peter McCathie had the extreme bad luck of being hit by lightening. As an adult, he had the extreme good fortune of winning a million dollars in a lottery.

In Huntington Beach, Calif., 66 surfers crammed onto one longboard and stood together for more than 10 seconds while riding a wave. Thousands cheering on the beach watched the record being broken.

The Mets head to the World Series after a four-game sweep of Chicago in the National League Championship Series.

The storm threw some people onto unemployment rolls and shut down some state offices the previous week — meaning some laid-off workers couldn't file their claims until last week.

The increases add to signs that the economy continues to rebound from the 2007-09 recession and the slow recovery that followed.