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Hundreds of elderly residents visit an IKEA in Shanghai to chat, drink free coffee and look for partners. They have turned it into an informal and occasionally rowdy lonely hearts club, and though store managers would like them to leave, they are too polite to kick them out.

The Stuxnet computer worm successfully damaged centrifuges at a nuclear facility in Iran. Now, officials responsible for defending U.S. infrastructure fear that Stuxnet may have provided a blueprint for adversaries who may want to sabotage industrial operations in this country.

A law that limits some collective-bargaining rights shows no signs of disappearing. Critics are now focused on recalling Gov. Scott Walker, but the governor and his allies say the law is working.

There are now 7 billion people, according to the U.N.'s population division. That prompts a question: Who else is in the 7 Billion Club? To learn which other animals had reached that plateau, we asked wildlife experts — who said it's a tough call.

While largely peaceful most of the day, the Occupy Oakland general strike turned violent overnight when protesters took over a vacant building and police responded with tear gas and flashbang grenades. Protesters managed to force Oakland's busy port to shut down its operations.

At 397,000, claims were down 9,000 from the previous week. That signals some improvement in the labor market. We'll get more data Friday when the government reports on the October unemployment rate.

Greece's prime minster is under pressure to resign. Occupy Oakland demonstrations turned chaotic overnight. The Wall Street Journal says administration planners are exploring a "faster Afghan handover."

Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple are expanding rapidly into finance, advertising, media and retail. Tech writer Farhad Manjoo outlines how the four companies are heading in new directions — and encroaching on each other's territory — as they try to expand their customer base.

Replacements for animal and vegetable fats that simulate their texture have become a $5.8 billion industry. Here, we give you a breakdown of some of the most important fat replacements in your food.

The nun is the 11th Tibetan to self immolate since March. The suicides are seen as a sign of growing discontent with the Chinese government's strict control of their religion.