Just as the weather outside starts to turn frightful and the holidays approach, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday a new policy that will make it harder for homeless people to gain entry to the city's shelters.
Just days before Barnes and Nobles' unveiling event of the Nook tablet; a leaked report has revealed the tablets prime features and $249 price tag.
Financial markets appear willing to give the United States something they offer fewer and fewer countries these days -- time to get public finances in order.
France, Britain and Colombia plan to abstain from a Security Council vote granting Palestinians statehood, two United Nations diplomats said Thursday.
President Barack Obama's approval rating increased to 49 percent, up from 47 percent, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Dan Artosis Stemsoski, a prominent Starcraft II commentator and player, announced on Twitter on Friday that his girlfriend was pregnant, and he'll be a father in 2012.
Kindle-Fire has a been hit so far for Amazon, but an unexpected contender showed up on shelves a bit earlier than announced, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.0 Pro. It was supposed to debut in the U.S. Nov. 13, but is now available on Amazon.
Although a strenuous debate led the Obama administration to tighten requirements for striking suspected militants with unmanned drones, the Central Intelligence Agency retains broad authority to carry out such strikes, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Supreme Court for the first time will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether police need a warrant to track a suspect's vehicle with a GPS device, another clash between new surveillance technology and basic privacy rights.
The Weinstein Company announced Wednesday that it will re-release the Holocaust drama Sarah's Key November 4.
Groupon Inc raised $700 million after increasing the size of its initial public offering, becoming the largest IPO by a U.S. Internet company since Google Inc raised $1.7 billion in 2004.
There is no Zenyatta this time but the girls will again be out in force at the annual two-day Breeders' Cup carnival, starting at Churchill Downs Friday.
Stocks retreated on Friday as political instability in Europe overshadowed encouraging domestic jobs data and investors focused on the uncertainty surrounding a confidence vote in the Greek parliament after U.S. markets close.
Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Property Trust reported net income in the third quarter of $14.5 million, down from $22.7 million in the same period in 2010.
Kate Middleton declines eating peanut product, setting off speculation that she is pregnant.
Herman Cain has seen no voter fallout so far from the allegations that he sexually harassed two or three women as CEO of the National Restaurant Association, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday.
AIG
suffered a perfect storm of natural disasters and adverse market conditions in the third quarter, its chief executive officer said on Friday, the day after the company posted a net loss of more than $4 billion.Twenty-nine banks were named on Friday as being so important to the global financial system that they are likely to need to hold more capital than rivals and must put in place a plan to allow them to be wound up without taxpayer help if they hit trouble.
Diets are like trends they grow in an out of popularity according to which celebrities take notice, but the latest Dash diet has scored great acclaim from ordinary dieters as well as professional dieticians.
The CIA formed an elite analytical unit in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks that monitors social media posts around the globe.
Groupon Inc raised $700 million after increasing the size of its initial public offering, becoming the largest IPO by a U.S. Internet company since Google Inc raised $1.7 billion in 2004.
Stocks retreated on Friday after two days of gains as wealthier nations appeared to pull back from a European Union plan to broaden funding for a plan to deal with the region's sovereign debt crisis.
