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Furry signs of a down-trending economy peer dolefully from every kennel at the Broward County Humane Society shelter in Florida and hundreds of others across the country.

Three police officers in Houston, Texas, have been temporarily transferred from patrol duty to desk jobs after claims of assault against the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver, authorities said Friday.

With his webcam trained on him, a Florida teenager died in his bed of a drug overdose while others watched over the Internet, officials said Friday.

As the United States writhes in a collapsing economy, analysts and observers are wondering: Who's skippering the ship?

Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico is a serious contender for commerce secretary, but he could be tapped for another senior post, two sources close to the transition told CNN Friday.

Verizon Wireless has fired employees connected to a breach of records from a cell phone used by President-elect Barack Obama earlier this year, a Verizon source told CNN on Friday.

John "Junior" Gotti's lawyers are asking a federal judge in Florida to move his murder conspiracy and racketeering trial to New York.

"It's not a success story," Rhonda McClure Collins told us.

Why are some people amazingly successful -- and other people with the same intelligence or abilities just part of the crowd?