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Part of Lin’s massive appeal is that he’s not really that “foreign,” or ”foreign” at all.

Qnexa, a new diet pill, will be the first new diet pill in 13 years if it gets approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug was previously rejected by the FDA in 2010 due to concerns of safety. Qnexa manufacturers are now presenting additional material to argue their case. Here are three things to know about the new diet pill, Qnexa.

Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. energy company, won two small legal victories this week that could lessen potential liabilities over alleged pollution in South America. A court in Ecuador had previously levied an $18 billion fine.

The Fall 2012 runways at New York Fashion Week boasted some stunning new dress styles for the upcoming season including fur accents, lower hemlines, bright crimson hues and bold patterns.

Of the 400+ shows that transpire at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York over one week, one model of the thousands is bound to fall, trip, or stumble while strutting down the runway in stilettos. View the slideshow to see photos of the model fall at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Dennis Basso's Fall 2012 show and the ten best falls of all time at runway shows.

Nick Cannon has had another major health scare.

CNN was forced to cancel a March 1 pre-Super Tuesday debate when Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum declined to participate.

By now everyone should know about Russian heiress Ekaterina Rybolovleva. When a deal closed on an $88-million apartment on Wednesday, it was the most expensive apartment sold in New York City and she owns it.

Wanderlust arrives in theaters Feb. 24.

Want to know who was where and, most importantly, what all of the celebrities were wearing? View the slideshow to see a celebrity round up of those who attended shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.

Electronic Arts plans to launch copies of Mass Effect 3 into space using weather balloons, which will be released in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, London, Berlin, and Paris.

Brittanee Drexel, a-17-year-old girl on spring break in Myrtle Beach, disappeared in 2009. It will be three years on August 25 since the New York teen disappeared from outside her hotel on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. Police are now naming convicted sex offender Raymond Moody, 51, as a person of interest in the police classified “cold case.”

The New York Times lost one of its leading Middle East correspondents, Anthony Shadid, Tuesday when he suffered a fatal asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.

J.R. Smith announced on Twitter that he had decided on the New York Knicks.

They are a very private family, a source close to Colbert said.

Renowned and respected, Anthony Shadid of the New York Times died on Thursday of an asthma attack in Syria. The entire journalism community mourns his death, remembering him for his accurate and moving stories on the Middle East and the peoples' suffering in the region.

Thursday morning, about 40 tons fell about 40 stories at the World Trade Center, crashing onto a nearby truck. Pictures have been released of the accident. Click through the slideshow to see what happened at Ground Zero.

Yelp, the San Francisco-based review website, could get a pop in its initial public offering if the overall market continues on a tear.

Emergency workers responded to a an accident at the World Trade Center on Thursday morning after a crane cable snapped and thousands of pounds of steel beams fell about 40 stories onto a truck.

Shadid, 43, was on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria when he died, according to an obituary posted on the Times web site. It said Shadid was carried across the border into Turkey by Times photographer Tyler Hicks.

Bit by tiny bit, the economy is improving. The progress might at times seem too small or slow to be evident, but it is unmistakably occurring. People may not feel things are good yet, but they are beginning to feel the worse is subsiding, Gary Thayer, chief macro strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, said.