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New Jersey lawmakers have accepted a one-year ban on the controversial drilling and natural gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing.

There are people who try to grow up too fast - they're 18, so they're like, I'm not a kid anymore. People need to know I'm not a kid anymore. But at the end of the day, I'm not completely grown up, Bieber told V magazine.

When a restaurant can prove itself as a consistently reliable way to cure a hangover and please the taste-buds in a stylish room, the lines are guaranteed to be long, and in the case of Chelsea's Cookshop, all of the above have been true for years.

National education officials sent a message to New York educators telling if they don't shape up they could lose millions of dollars in federal school aid.

Rick Santorum, presidential candidate and internet meme, is now offering Santorum 2012 sweater vests to Americans who donate more than $100 to his campaign by tomorrow. Don't let sleeves slow you down - donate today! reads the GOP hopeful's website.

A city official said the Economic Development Corporation remained hopeful about creating another tech partnership. If the new plans go through, the EDC could be making an announcement in the coming weeks.

If the current Republican primary has taught us anything, having rich supporters with high incomes has become the difference between first and fifth place. Thank the Supreme Court. Its controversial Citizens United decision has prolonged the shelf life of candidates that once would have been long dead. Ask Newt Gingrich.

Alison Fournier, a New York investment banker, is planning to sue Starwood Hotels chain over a sex assault involving drunken man that entered her hotel room in Finland last year.

Regarding its banking system, the United States has now experienced its third generation of "heads the banks win, tails the taxpayer and the public loses.” Is there a better way? Is it possible to create a bank that serves the people of the United States?

Tiffany & Co. (TIF) cut its full-year earnings forecast after sales growth weakened in the U.S. and Europe during the holiday season, raising fear that the economic uncertainty might be reining the demand of luxury shoppers.

Shares of WebMD were down 30.68 percent to $25.46 in mid-morning trading.

Amir Mirza Hekmati was sentenced to death by an Iranian court on Monday, on espionage charges. Iran has accused Hekmati of spying for the CIA. Here are eight things you should know about the Iranian-American facing death.

The body of Michael Philbin, the 21-year-old son of Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, has been found, according to reports.

Silvercorp Metals Inc., whose shares plummeted after reports of accounting and resource statement fraud, has amended its lawsuit against those it sees as responsible for the allegedly defamatory reports.

Like lions circling prey, the paparazzi are on the hunt for the first photo of Beyonce's baby Blue Ivy Carter's first photo.

Along with some hype about their upcoming U.S. tour and the dates announcement, Van Halen released a track, Tattoo, from their new album on Tuesday.

Disney confirmed the exit of movie marketing chief MT Carney on Monday after news of her departure spread throughout the media over the weekend.

Sabas, a man living in Inwood Hill Park, comes out of the woods for few reasons other than to watch football.

It seems Blue Ivy Carter's parents will leave no stone unturned to emphasize their sybaritic lavishness. The baby girl's parents - American singers Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z - have reportedly spent a splendid $1.5 million on toys.

The Supreme Court revisits a 34-year-old decision about George Carlin0's infamous Filthy Words monologue that allowed the Federal Communications Commission to start regulating indecency on broadcast programming.

The birth of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York has caused much stress to a dad who says the couple's ultra-tight security stopped him from visiting his two prematurely born twin daughters in the neonatal intensive care unit at the hospital.