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Procter & Gamble, the consumer products maker, said on Thursday it would eliminate 5,700 jobs over the next year and a half as the company unveiled a plan to cut $10 billion in costs over the next four years.

Jeremy Lin recorded eight turnovers for the New York Knicks in their Thursday night 102-88 loss to the Miami Heat in Miami.

The Mitt Romney-supporting super PAC Restoring Our Future released an ad that highlights the Republican presidential primary candidate's role in helping a former Bain Capital colleague search for his missing teenage daughter in 1996.

The Knicks-Heat Linsanity is available via live stream tonight. Learn how to watch Jeremey Lin for free online here.

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York invited Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to testify in Washington on her state's tough immigration law, SB1070.

On Thursday Al Jazeera was named as News Channel of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards. But despite its numerous plaudits and fans the Qatar-based network has virtually no presence in the U.S.

Bailed-out insurance giant American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG), boosted by a one-time accounting gain, reported fourth-quarter profit of $19.8 billion. Favorable stock market conditions also helped offset large losses stemming from Thailand floods.

Jeremy Lin should've replaced Joe Johnson in the All-Star game, not Rajon Rondo.

There are plenty of deals on the table for the Lakers.

Chris Brown is expected to be charged by South Beach police after allegedly stealing a fan's iPhone morning after she tried to take a picture of the controversial singer leaving a Miami nightclub early Sunday morning.

A group has bought a billboard in Florida encouraging Peyton Manning to join the Miami Dolphins.

Jeremy Lin's brothers, Joseph and Josh Lin, are also New Yorkers. Learn more about Jeremy Lin's siblings here.

Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks will face off against LeBron James and the Miami Heat tonight in a star-studded showcase of some of the NBA's best players, including Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Amar'e Stoudemire, among others. But despite the amount of star talent on both teams, most eyes will be focused squarely on Lin and James on Thursday night.

Former NBA star Michael Jordan filed a lawsuit against a Chinese sportswear company, claiming the brand was built off of unauthorized use of his name.

Jeremy Evans will replace the New York Knicks' Iman Shumpert in the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star weekend.

The New York Knicks and Jeremy Lin are in Miami to face LeBron James and the Heat in the second matchup of three between the two rival teams this season.

Manhattan's venerable Plaza Hotel, site of a $48 million sale in 2011, has seen two more big deals to start off 2012. One of the building's penthouses, #PH2009, has been sold, according to StreetEasy. The deal hasn't closed yet, but the last asking price was $33.5 million.

This year, the 2012 Oscars offer films from Iran, Belgium, Israel, Poland and Canada, all of them stunning portraits of what a movie can convey of human brutality, beauty, dignity, fragility and suffering. From a tale of backbiting and redemption between a father and son in Israel, to a gritty domestic drama of two families unraveling in Iranian film A Separation, here are brief introductions to the five nominations for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars 2012, and five reasons (to star...

French cinema is known for using gritty and raw techniques to convey a story. So it's no surprise that the country's latest film was inspired by one of the most unsettling murders in American history. On March 13, 1964 a woman named Kitty Genovese was mercilessly stabbed to death outside of her apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens.

Allergy sufferers - hope you enjoyed the mild winter, because experts anticipate the spring allergy season will hit earlier than usual.

Republican presidential candidates revved up discussion Wednesday night of the 2008 and 2009 auto bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC during the 20th, and perhaps final, Republican debate in Arizona.