SOCIETY

In order to celebrate the six months of service, the East River Ferry offered commuters free ferry rides on Thursday.

A new study finds that an opening a Walmart in Harlem could potentially hurt local businesses, forcing dozens of grocery stores and fresh food markets to close.

Suzanne Hart, a 41-year-old advertising executive at Young & Rubicam, on Wednesday became the latest person to die in an elevator accident, this time on Madison Avenue in New York City. Here is a list of other similar elevator accidents -- some fatal, others scary -- that has happened throughout history.

Following the tragic death of Suzanne Hart in a freak elevator accident yesterday, investigations reveal records of countless violations for all 13 of the building's elevators, including a history of defects, unsatisfactory inspections and hazardous code violations, and local tenants say the elevators were known for dangerous conditions.

As New Year's Eve 2011 approaches, one haunting thought comes to many minds - December 21, 2012. On this date, the Maya calendar comes to a halt; and many are predicting it will be the end of days.

With the death of a 75-year-old woman on Thursday, Nordine Amrani killed five people in his attack on Tuesday. His suicide brings the death toll to six.

Two months after being acquitted of murder and released from her Italian prison, Amanda Knox has managed to find herself safe at home in Seattle and in the arms of a new boyfriend.

One diver filmed a shark rarely seen in the deep blue known as the Greenland shark, capturing a video of one of the largest species of shark which eats polar bears and can live up to 200 years.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominations on Thursday morning for the 69th annual Golden Globes.

Not many were surprised when Lindsay Lohan decided to go naked for Playboy, but few know stars like La Toya Jackson, Bo Derek and Oscar winner Charlize Theron have graced Playboy's cover, too. From better-known names like Kim Kardashian to shockers like Ronald Reagan's daughter, here are ten surprising stars to pose nude for Playboy.

Lucy, a three-year-old American Staffordshire Terrier, is looking for a home.

Thursday is Dec. 15 and you know what that means. The Galaxy Nexus release date has finally arrived.

A surveillance video of a police officer in Allentown, Philadelphia, tasering a teenager has been released.

The Pakistan Senate has unanimously passed two bills, on Dec. 12, which awards strict punishments to those accused of throwing acid on women.

A well-preserved five-inch long Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth was sold at a Los Angeles auction for $56250 thereby setting world records.

Google Earth on Tablets would look much nicer on the monitor but the same Google Earth will look ethereal on 48 screens put together.

Karen Swift's murder has rocked the small town of Dyersburg, Tenn., after her body was discovered on Saturday buried under brush in a cemetery. HLN's Nancy Grace interviewed various individuals, including Swift's close friend, to discuss the puzzling crime.

Mekeeda Austin, 13, wrote a letter to Santa asking for two items for Christmas this year: A BlackBerry smartphone and the real-life Justin Bieber. As ridiculous as these requests were, Austin went one step further; She told Santa, Remember...two of these, or you die.

The UNC student, who was shot over five times after her two captors kidnapped her and forced her to withdraw money from an ATM, repeatedly told them they didn't have to do what they were doing. At accused killer Laurence Lovette's trial, witness McNeil said Carson asked Lovette and accomplice Atwater to pray and begged them to let her go.

Karen Swift's family is asking for donations to help pay for the funeral of their mother, who was found Wednesday after going missing for nearly two months.

A man dressed as Santa Claus has poisoned a 15-year-old girl by slipping a date rape drug into a glass of schnapps, in what is only the latest in a string of poisonings targeting young women at the Alexanderplatz Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Press have dubbed the poisoner the schnapps spiker, and a reward is being offered for his capture.

Proof that racial tension still permeates society, a Caucasian Ohio landlord found to have discriminated against an African-American teenage girl by posting a Public Swimming Pool, White Only sign at a duplex swimming pool is urging the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to reconsider its decision, according to reports.

Police in Baltimore evicted anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday and operations returned to normal at West Coast ports a day after a series of marches that disrupted operations at several terminals.

U.S. solar installations soared nearly 40 percent in the third quarter and are likely to be even higher in the current period, though 2011 overall will lag expectations slightly due to a decline in state incentives.

Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton will step down this month and be replaced by the managing editor for news, the newspaper said on Tuesday.

Wal-Mart shoppers witnessed Lilia Blandin being stabbed to death by her husband in the middle the store on Saturday. Wal-Mart refused

A 41-year old woman was tragically crushed to death in a horrific elevator accident in a Midtown Manhattan office building on Wednesday morning.

Elsa Then purposely performed botched surgeries after preying on Hispanic women.

The tragic shooting death of Officer Peter Figoski highlights the need for control of illegal firearms in New York. This is now being addressed by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who recently announced this month that she will back a bill to target those gun dealers and criminals involved in bringing guns illegally into New York State.