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Based on the aggregation of search queries by Microsoft's Bing search engine, high-end luxury brands Gucci and Ralph Lauren are the two most searched fashion brands online.

A fire engulfed a residential building in the densely populated Mongkok district in Hong Kong, killing 9 people and injuring 30 others.

Two elderly legends of the Canadian Football League got into a fistfight during a recent luncheon organized to honor them.

Forty beagles used in laboratory testing have arrived in Los Angeles to find foster homes after having been freed by the Beagle Freedom Project in Spain.

An 80-year-old man, who did not trust banks and kept his life savings of $13,000, in cash, sewn into the lining of one of his suits, has been dealt a harsh blow, after accidentally donating his suit to a Goodwill store in Moline, Illinois.

Joran van der Sloot, the man suspected of killing Natalee Holloway 2005, filed a $10 million lawsuit today against Chilean and Peruvian authorities, as well as Ricardo Flores, the father of his alleged second murder victim.

Following the widely acclaimed and successful collaboration with design house Versace, Swedish retail brand H&M has announced a second similar partnership with Italy-based fashion label Marni.

Two-month-old babies who receive immunizations in the afternoon sleep better afterward than children who have their shots in the morning, according to a new study.

A man accused of killing eight people during a shooting spree at a Southern California hair salon in October pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and attempted murder charges.

Bing.com, Microsoft's search engine, has given some idea of how history will recollect the year 2011 when it comes to events and news stories.

Serial killer John Wayne Gacy's 19th victim was identified after more than three decades through the help of DNA evidence.

Paulina Gretzky, the daughter of the legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky, has shut down her Twitter account after receiving criticism for a slew of racy pictures.

A woman gave birth in a restroom at Baltimore's airport after arriving on a flight, an airport spokesman said on Monday.

Five playwrights are tackling the heady topic of Occupy Wall Street over a full brunch this Sunday at the Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Men’s “honest” overconfidence may help explain why they dominate the C-suite (i.e. corporate leadership positions).

While most people are dying to get their hands on a tablet computer for the holidays, one San Francisco man put his cards on the table, or rather an ad on Craigslist, saying he is seeking a holiday girlfriend. But only for the holidays.

Louis Vuitton has done it again. In a nod to unabashed decadence, the French fashion house plans to launch silk leopard pajamas priced somewhere between $960 and $1200.

The last two students from North Shore High School involved in the Long Island SAT Cheating scandal have surrendered.

I'm from New York, so when I'm on the street, I'm talkin' here, as Dustin Hoffman said in the movie Midnight Cowboy. I mean, as a New Yorker, I like to talk, live, to other people. That's half the fun of living in a crowded city. That's changing, it seems, as a new generation focuses more on texting than talking, and it's changing everything.

The winter holidays are right around the corner, and this could be a good opportunity to help a book lover get into a new series -- or two.

The children's charity founded by Jerry Sandusky has asked its donors to give their money elsewhere.

Diphtheria and polio are generally thought of as historical relics, diseases to go along with consumption as plot devices for period piece movies and historical fiction novels. For some kids, though, these bacterial menaces could become very much a part of a modern life.

New York's Black Friday Tops $1B

Kate Middleton joined other members of the royal family Monday night at Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee party and meet and greet with the media.

The CT lottery jackpot win has resulted in Greenwich, Conn., wealth managers pocketing a $254 million prize.

Michelle Parker, the Orlando mom who went missing after appearing on an episode of The People's Court, was involved in a domestic violence case with her ex-fiance, Dale Smith Jr., who has been name a suspect in her disappearance.

A particularly macabre incident occurred late on Friday night, in the outskirts of Paris, where the father of a three-year-old boy allegedly killed his son.

Assamese writer Indira Goswami, who played a key role in peace talks with separatist group ULFA, died Tuesday morning after prolonged illness, local media reported. She was 69.

The ostrich is a noble animal but not a proper model for an appellate advocate, Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, criticizing a plaintiffs lawyer for ignoring a court precedent.