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The 2012 annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards in New York Saturday brought together celebrities, corporate partners, media professionals and young adults in order to support the organization's aim to amplify the voice of the LGBT community and achieve full equality.

If the GLAAD Awards 2012 had a theme, it would be this: Bullies must be made accountable for their actions and those who've been bullied need their voices heard.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania won the Louisiana presidential primary election Saturday, CNN projected, based on exit polls, but he still trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by a wide margin in the 2012 Republican Party nomination race.

The New York Knicks returned to winning ways -- claiming a sixth win in their past seven games by beating the Detroit Pistons 101-79 at Madison Square Garden Saturday night.

Greg Smith -- the former executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who put a new spin on the old letter of resignation with his "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" op-ed article in the New York Times on March 14 -- apparently would like to amplify on his remarks in book form, according to the newspaper.

This week, a dog was found abandoned by a passing motorist on Mooney Hill Road in Kent, N.Y. Little did that dog know, but his life was going to be completely turned around.

Can Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks get back to their winning ways under new coach Mike Woodson? We'll find out Saturday night as they host the lowly Detroit Pistons at Madison Square Garden.

Led by DeMar DeRozan with 30 points, the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks on Friday night, March 23, in Canada, ending New York's five-game winning streak. The Knicks had been building momentum ever since coach Mike D'Antoni resigned and was replaced with Mike Woodson.

HTC Corporation has become a direct competitor to the Korean giant Samsung Electronics in the Android market. To prove this, the company has released a latest scheme for preordering its new smartphone -- HTC One X.

At a time when the tech world is busy churning the rumor mill about Apple TV, a recent report from Patently Apple also added iPhone 5 to the scene, saying that the Cupertino-based tech giant might offer a universal remote control feature to upcoming iPhones and possibly iPads.

The New York Police Department will remove four officials involved in the controversial Sean Bell shooting case, according to a NBC New York report.

The Gunners host Villa at Emirates.

Michael Clare, a former minister and school principal from West Harrison, N.Y., was charged Thursday with sexually abusing a teenage girl in his congregation. Clare, who worked at Harvest Worship Center International, was accused in 2010 of raping and impregnating another teen girl, according to media reports.

Because of serious glitches in equity-market trading operations on Friday, Bats Global Markets Inc. announced it has scuttled its planned initial public offering, which had been scheduled to close on March 28.

The Knicks travel to Toronto to face the Raptors.

Rumors of factory closings swirl around General Motors Co.'s German subsidy Opel, even as the company leads the way in sales of its electric Ampera, the European version of the Chevy Volt.

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former president of Somalia and a controversial leader, dies at the age of 77.

In a controversial statement, evangelist Pat Robertson suggests the Denver Broncos deserve a Peyton Manning injury over the Tim Tebow trade, or some other misfortune. The Denver Broncos traded Tim Tebow and signed Peyton Manning. Robertson has stated that an injury to Manning would serve them right.

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on whether or not to do away with tax breaks for the largest oil and natural gas companies.

General Motors Co. will invest more than $1 billion into its Australian subsidy Holden Ltd. for manufacturing and next-generation development with the support of a hotly debated 275 million AUD, $285 million, subsidy from the Australian government.

Sen. Bernard Sanders (Independent-Vt,), introduced a new law this week to curb speculation in oil futures.