From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 1:20 PM

Watch the Atlantis take off on the United States' final shuttle mission.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 12:24 PM

President Barack Obama says the uncertainty over whether lawmakers will raise the nation’s debt limit is keeping businesses from hiring. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 11:52 AM

In a time lapse video, the equipment that holds the Shuttle Atlantis in place on the launch pad is slowly rolled back as the shuttle prepares to lift-off from Cape Canaveral for the final time. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 11:52 AM

Prime Minister David Cameron’s former communications chief was arrested Friday, the latest to be swept up by Britain's rapidly evolving media scandal over phone hacking and bribing police. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 11:51 AM

Dick Williams, a member of the baseball Hall of Fame, died Thursday at the age of 82. He led the Oakland Athletics to two World Series Championships in his 21 year big league career. (July 7)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:34 AM

Childhood kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart spent years in the news. Now she’ll be back on TV, as a contributor on missing persons cases.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:34 AM

Prince William and Kate appeared to initially snub their Western Canadian hosts by declining a tradition of trying on cowboy hats given to them by the city’s mayor. But the couple later donned the white hats on a stagecoach downtown. (July 7)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:09 AM

Longevity researcher Aubrey de Grey claims we have all the tools to live to be 1,000 years old and that the first 150-year-old has already been born.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:08 AM

Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 9:12 AM

With less than 24 hours until the space shuttle fires into orbit on its final launch, the Kennedy Space Center is buzzing. Robert Ray has the story.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 9:12 AM

Harry Potter bows out as thousands of fans attend world premiere of final film; Michael Jackson doctor’s LA court hearing postponed; 2 doomed ABC soaps may have won online reprieves. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:29 AM

Here’s the latest news for Friday July 8th: 8 dead after shooting spree in Michigan; Debt talks at White House this weekend; French investigators open Strauss-Kahn rape probe; Thousands cheer for "Harry Potter" premiere.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:29 AM

Here’s the latest news for Friday July 8th: 8 dead after shooting spree in Michigan; Debt talks at White House this weekend; French investigators open Strauss-Kahn rape probe; Thousands cheer for "Harry Potter" premiere.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:29 AM

Here’s the latest news for Friday July 8th: 8 dead after shooting spree in Michigan; Debt talks at White House this weekend; French investigators open Strauss-Kahn rape probe; Thousands cheer for "Harry Potter" premiere.

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:28 AM

Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell says seven people have been fatally shot in related shootings at two homes in the southwest Michigan city and police are searching for a suspect. (July 7)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 7:12 AM

The Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday it has opened a preliminary investigation into accusations by a French writer that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:40 AM

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint — the stars of the 'Harry Potter' movies -- attend the London premiere for the final installment in the film franchise. (July 7)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:11 AM

Ten members of Congress are urging the FDA to investigate some popular hair smoothers, often called Brazilian keratin treatments, after dozens of complaints linking the products to burning eyes, skin rashes and difficulty breathing. (July 8)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 5:45 AM

Daniel Radcliffe praises"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" at the film’s world premiere in London. (July 7)

From: AOL News on Fri, Jul 08 2011 5:16 AM

A woman’s dismembered body found outside a Macon, GA, apartment complex was identified as the remains of 27-year-old Lauren Giddings, a recent law school graduate who had been reported missing days earlier, police said Wednesday. (July 7)