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The Knicks will match the Rockets four-year, $28.8 million offer sheet for Jeremy Lin.

When New York-based banking behemoth JPMorgan Chase and Co. (NYSE:JPM) reports its financial results for the latest quarter on Friday morning, the market's collective attention will be focused on just one figure: the one finally detailing how much JPMorgan lost as a result of its ill-advised strategy of putting huge hedge bets on the CDS derivatives market.

Why is it that when a guy tells a joke, everyone laughs, but if a woman tells that same joke, she is looked down upon as (1) unladylike, (2) desperately seeking attention, or (3) still not over the pain of childbirth?

Romney's wealth is a turn off for independent voters, while smartphone users say they would likely vote for Obama if the election was held today.

Sports' elite gathered together on Wednesday night in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater for the 2012 Excellence in Sports Performance (ESPY) Awards, where Jeremy Lin, LeBron James and Tim TeBow along with ladies Brittney Griner and Maria Sharapova scored big. Athletes ranging from Drew Brees to Maria Sharapova to Jeremy Lin, who sparked a worldwide tidal wave known as Linsanity, hit the red carpet for the occasion, posing for photos at the 20th annual ESPY awards.

Linda Chase, 72, and her live-in boyfriend of 10-years, Charles Zigler, 67, must have really enjoyed watching NASCAR together -- because when he died, she continued to watch the races with him.

U.S. futures industry investigators are looking into why Iowa-based collapsed brokerage PFGBest used a tiny accounting firm that appears to be operating from inside a suburban Chicago home to audit its books, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Patriot Coal Corp.'s (NYSE: PCX) bankruptcy filing this week highlighted the diminished demand for coal in the face of cheap natural gas, but experts don't expect the fossil fuel to go away entirely.

Crude oil prices lowered slightly and hovered above $85 a barrel in Asian trade Thursday, as investors opted for caution ahead of the Chinese GDP data.

Brittney Griner, center for Baylor University's Lady Bears team, was awarded two ESPYs. Griner's award comes on the heels of Baylor's second NCAA basketball crown and the first 40-0 season in the history of college basketball. Griner, a three-time All-American, has also been named the AP Player of the Year and the most Valuable Player in the final Four.

The former New York Knick beat out Robert Griffin III, Rob Gronkowski, and others en route to his first ESPN honor.

TMZ is reporting that actress Kristin Chenoweth was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after an accident on the Brooklyn set of The Good Wife. According to Chenoweth's publicist, a falling piece of lighting equipment hit Chenoweth, who fell and struck her head on the concrete.

Recent polls have public opinion at a virtual standoff but House Republicans might be better off focusing on other issues instead of the empty symbolism of another repeal.

The question on everyone's mind is this: Why would a hot Internet company with an empire of music and culture blogs want to invest its resources in print? Tyler Goldman, Buzzmedia's CEO, said Spin is much more than a print publication.

The Daily's days might be numbered.

The NBA's latest trade news and signings hearken back to the 1990s, with veterans like Jerry Stackhouse, Rashard Wallace, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan dominating headlines.

General Motors Company's (NYSE: GM) dual European brands, Opel and Vauxhall, released Wednesday the first teases of the new ADAM city car, which seems to have been designed to compete directly with the popular Fiat 500 and BMW's Mini.

Mac Miller is facing a $10 million lawsuit from Lord Finesse, who is claiming the 20-year-old rapper stole the instrumental from his 1995 hit Hip 2 Da Game to launch his hip-hop career, and the two entertainers have taken to Twitter to explain their sides of the beef.

Does Chris Paul have his eye on the Knicks in 2013?

With Camp Bisco 11 just one day away, Todd Stoops of Kung Fu says that he and his band are ready to go and couldn't be more pumped for their highly-anticipated set.

An analysis of the contender's for this year's U.S. Open, as well as who might prosper during the U.S. Open Series.