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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for its planned foreign military sale of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to Japan.

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George Lucas has issued a statement apologizing for essentially calling Disney, the new(ish) owner of his company Lucasfilm and the "Star Wars" franchise, "white slavers."

Lucas let the snide remark slip in a recent interview with Charlie Rose. Here's the full statement, via The Wrap:

Analysts tell CNBC what sectors and stocks they're watching in the new year.

It’s not often you get to a private lesson from one of the greats, so when Tommy Biffle spoke, you can bet I soaked up every word. Widely regarded as one of bass fishing’s top shallow-water fishermen, the Bassmaster Elite Series pro from Oklahoma recently spent some time with me on Fort Gibson Lake, not far from his hometown of Wagoner.

NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York hebben 2015 donderdag met verlies uitgeluid. In een magere en nieuwsarme markt kwam de breed samengestelde S&P 500-index daardoor uit op het eerste, minieme, jaarverlies na drie achtereenvolgende jaren van winst.

Dimitri Payet was supposed to miss three months, but West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says he could start on Saturday.

Oil prices capped a second straight year as one of the worst-performing commodities, as a global glut of crude continues to weigh on the market.

When Nicolas Gonzalez was 4 years old, his babysitter noticed that he had trouble climbing stairs. Then on Halloween when Nicolas and his mother, Michelle, went trick or treating in their Montgomery, Illinois, neighborhood he gave up partway through and sat down in the middle of the sidewalk. That’s when Michelle realized something was wrong.

In 2015 we leave behind several smoking hot bachelors who are now off-the-market men. Engagements and marriage claimed our favorite eye candy. Yes, we're happy about Ryan...

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Three military contractors are accused of stealing pay from a group of actors of Middle Eastern descent, hired to “role-play” scenarios in Iraq and Afghanistan on a training base in California’s Mojave Desert. During different periods between 2008 and 2014, the 18 men say they were deprived of mandatory overtime pay and adequate meal and rest breaks, according to a federal lawsuit filed earlier this week.

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With central bank policies and energy weighing on traders' minds this year, the outlook for 2016 varies far and wide.

For the more than 370 homeless veterans of Austin, Texas, the new year is expected to bring a new roof over their heads. Austin Mayor Steve Adler said Wednesday that housing has been found for all the homeless veterans in the city, although some vets will have to wait until the calendar shifts to well into 2016 to move into their new accommodations, Time Warner Cable News reported.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A computer modder constructed a fully operating gaming computer designed to look like a Star Destroyer ship from the {i:Star Wars} films.

Russian Finance Ministry said that Ukraine has missed the December 31 deadline to pay off its $3 billion debt to Russia and is currently in default.

Four years ago in the shadow of Chicago's Aon building, surrounded by 40,000 people, Chicago marathon runner Jeff Goad stopped thinking about cancer and got back to running his life.

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With a new year comes new laws.

December 2015 will go down as a month in a year that most commodity traders would like to forget, full of strong technical bounces in markets loitering in deeply oversold territory.

Manchester United may not have moved for Jose Mourinho yet, but one club in Brazil have made their offer public… “Ibis Sport Club, a Brazilian team based in Recife, have published a letter to the former Chelsea manager outlining their proposal, which includes a food hamper as his monthly salary and bonuses for every game […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to a statement credited to Chief Olisa Metuh, the Peoples Democratic Party national publicity secretary. READ ALSO: Buhari Under Fire From PDP Over New Petrol Price Metuh statement’s on President Muhammadu Buhari’s maiden Media chat, which he referred to the president as an “Unrepentant tyrant” and “fascist”, has […]

No. 1 overall seed Clemson Tigers face off against No. 4 seed Oklahoma Sooners at 4:00 p.m. EST on New Year's Eve in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Here are five stories that ran this week in Greater New York that you may have missed.