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After George Soros, the influential hedge fund manager, posted a speech he gave at an economics conference in Italy last week, the financial blogosphere lit up. It got lots of praise as the best analysis yet of the ongoing fiscal debacle in Europe. But at over 4,400 words, it's definitely not for the ADD-challenged. Which is why we've turned it into a handy illustrated video.

Fifty Shades of Grey just got a whole lot hotter. The rumor mill is steaming up with word that sexpot Angelina Jolie was approached to direct the film adaption of the best-selling erotica by author E. L. James.

The Super Bowl Champion New York Giants are visiting the White House today.

As the New York Times continues to defend its coverage of President Barack Obama's terrorist kill list and the White House's cyber strategy against Iran, the president said it was offensive for people to assume or believe one of his aides leaked the top secret information to the press.

Creflo Dollar, the influential pastor and founder of World Changers Church International, a megachurch near Atlanta, was arrested on Friday for allegedly choking his 15-year old daughter.

I'll Have Another has reportedly been scratched from the list of horses set to run in The Belmont Stakes. In a recent interview, Doug O'Neill, the horse's trainer, told the Dan Patrick show that the horse had a left leg problem adding, We ain't taking any chances.

After George Soros, the influential hedge fund manager, posted a speech he gave at an economics conference in Italy last week, the financial blogosphere lit up. It got lots of praise as the best analysis yet of the ongoing fiscal debacle in Europe. But at over 4,400 words, it's definitely not for the ADD-challenged. Which is why we've turned it into a handy illustrated video.

Police in Los Angeles are in contact with Canadian officials to determine if Luka Rocco Magnotta -- the Canadian Psycho who allegedly murdered his gay lover before being apprehend in Germany -- was involved in the death and decapitation of a victim in Hollywood earlier this year.

The health care overhaul allowed 6.6 million young adults to get insurance through their parents, but more than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of part or all of the law.

Model Melissa Stetten used Twitter to publicly humiliate soap-opera actor Brian Presley, a married 34-year-old, who flagrantly hit on her during a red-eye flight out of Los Angeles. Stetten live-tweeted the entire encounter and the transcript quickly went viral. But Presley is now denying that any flirting occurred.

It's not saying 'no' to people. It's saying, 'Are you sure? Do you really want that?' Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, said. It's sending people a message while giving people the freedom to drink as much as they want.

Previous studies found that black patients fared poorly after transplants compared to whites, but less was known about how different racial groups do while they are waiting for a donor organ.

Crude oil futures declined Friday as the lack of explicit hints about further quantitative easing from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke disappointed investors.

One of anti-abortion proponents favorite arguments is reportedly based on extremely outdated science.

U.S. manufacturing productivity surged 5.4 percent in the first quarter, the most since last year?s third quarter, even as overall productivity eased about 1 percent, the U.S. Department of Labor said.

Twitter first broke the news.

A younger woman. A Vegas wedding. A new tattoo. Kelsey Grammer may have all the fixings for a mid-life crisis. RadarOnline.com is reporting that the 57-year-old actor is going through some changes in his middle age and might not be coping with them so well.

Space shuttle Enterprise took its final journey Wednesday to its retirement home on a floating museum off the western edge of New York City and you can check it out in person in just over a month's time.

The price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by more than 2 percent on Thursday, ending six days of consecutive price increases so far this month.

Selena Gomez might have gotten her start on the Disney Channel, but the young starlet has come a long way from Waverly Place. She makes her official fashion debut on the cover of Elle's July issue and proves why she is poised to become Hollywood's newest It-Girl.

NYC's metropolitan area is at risk for billions in hurricane-driven storm surge damage.