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IBM (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer services company, said it will deploy its powerful Watson supercomputer at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to fight lung, prostate and breast cancer.

Passersby at Grand Central Station in New York City will have a new phenomenon to ogle at during their morning commutes on Thursday: a display of the world’s largest snake to ever live, the titan boa, measuring at 48-feet-long.

Tim Tebow's arrival in New York will create a financial boost for the Jets, but his endorsement deals will depend on his playing time.

Crude oil prices declined in European trade Thursday as sentiment was dampened after reports indicated a sharp slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing activity in March.

North Korea has warned it won't tolerate any criticism on its planned satellite launch. North Korea has threatened the critics of its nuclear weapons program that any denigration would be considered a declaration of war, New York Times reported.

A lawsuit that accused Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of defrauding investors was refused dismissal by a federal judge in Manhattan, according to the latest reports.

Quarterback Tim Tebow's trade to the New York Jets from the Denver Broncos was confirmed late Wednesday night after a day full of speculation.

IBM senior manager for global security operations Nick Bradley said threats from cyberattacks increased last year despite more awareness by computer center managers. New threats come from iPhones and BlackBerrys.

Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Melo Anthony and Jeremy Lin led the New York Knicks in their fifth straight win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wed. March 21. The Knicks have been a winning streak ever since ex-coach Mike D'Antoni resigned and was replaced by coach Mike Woodson. If Linsanity is over, Knicks fans may soon come down with a new form of hero worship, 'Woodsanity.'

Sanford, Fla., passed a vote of no confidence in its police chief Wednesday as protests of the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin spread north to New York City, where the slain youth’s parents joined a march demanding the killer’s arrest.

Payment processor Vantiv priced shares in its $500 million initial public offering at the midpoint of its expected range on Wednesday, according to an underwriter.

Zynga Inc is buying OMGPOP, maker of the popular video game Draw Something for about $200 million in its biggest acquisition to date as the company moves to expand its lineup of games on mobile devices and Facebook.

The Knicks travel to Philadelphia in an Atlantic Division showdown.

Tingo is the first hotel booking site that automatically re-books travelers at the lower rate if their hotel room drops its price.

The Jacksonville Jaguars, who were thought to have fallen out of the Tim Tebow sweepstakes thanks to the Jets, have re-emerged as a landing spot as the Jets and Broncos talks have stumbled.

Jason Russell, the filmmaker of the viral video KONY 2012 and co-founder of Stop Kony, was diagnosed with brief reactive psychosis after his public meltdown last week in San Diego, where Russell allegedly was drunk, walked around naked and vandalized cars.

The self-defense law, under public scrutiny following the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, allows citizens to use deadly force to protect themselves, without ever having to prove their life was actually in danger.

Supermodels are hailed as the epitome of beauty in Western society. Yet, underneath it all, Victoria's Secret Angels, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models and all other catwalk queens are just flesh-and-blood women, not otherworldly beings. Nothing displayed that better than the Louis Vuitton Fall 2010 casting shots that were posted in LOVE magazine.

Markets bobbed up and down Wednesday on conflicting data as to what the U.S. economic picture will look like in the near term. Investors spent the day dealing with conflicting sentiments: a less-than-enthusiastic housing report on the one hand, a view that the U.S. economy is generally getting better on the other.

Zynga Inc is buying OMGPOP, maker of the popular game Draw Something for an undisclosed sum, as the company moves to expand its games lineup on mobile devices and Facebook.

Social games giant Zynga has reportedly acquired OMGPOP, the New York-based gaming company responsible for the turn-based Pictionary-style game called Draw Something, which has risen to the very top of the iOS and Android App Stores.