New Jersey's Legislature has briefly delayed a vote on a bill that would legalize online gambling but Gov. Chris Christie said the state should become an epicenter for the business.
Text-messaging has long been a big-time profit generator for U.S. mobile operators, but they now risk losing these profits as consumers find cheaper ways to communicate.
Blackstone Group LP will conclude fundraising for its latest buyout fund in January, raising just over $16 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in a 4-year process challenged by the global financial crisis.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for a 3.8 million square foot convention center at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, N.Y. was met with approval from one local non-profit planning group, while the local community board said it awaited more details on the project.
Fans wait impatiently as the Beyoncé baby watch continues. The pop singer and her husband, Jay-Z, are expecting their first child any minute now. In Touch magazine reports that Beyoncé Knowles' family has reserved a private luxury birthing suite at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. The 30-year-old singer has also allegedly had a hairpiece designed for the delivery.
A survey of primary dealers by the New York Fed showed much uncertainty among the 21 large banks that act as counterparties to the Fed's open market transactions.
At its peak, the facility employed 40,000 workers during World War II and remained Wichita’s largest employed for years after the war.
A typo by the Charlotte Observer noted that injured New York Knicks point guard Baron Davis was suffering from a herniated dick instead of his actual herniated disc injury.
Fans took to Twitter on Wednesday to write a Happy Birthday Mama Tina to Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles. The hashtag began trending late Wednesday afternoon.
Lauren Scruggs, 23, has been recovering for a little over a month following severe injuries to her face, shoulder and hand from walking into a moving airplane propeller. The fashion model and online blogger has been making a slow, but smooth recovery.
A one-minute and 40-second viral police dashcam video released back in December by the Utica Phoenix, a weekly local newspaper in Utica, N.Y. that covered a story about Utica Police Department officers pulling over a vehicle for allegedly running a stop sign and potentially planting drugs inside of it, has caused uproar.
Hawaii is slated to begin construction on an elevated train in Honolulu this spring, ending a 40-year battle to build the mass transit system.
Spike Lee, who solidly endorsed Obama in the 2008 election, has also leveled criticism at the president.
Rolling Stone's latest cover boys have a whole lot to say about rock and roll and that Canadian band.
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Shares of imaging pioneer Eastman Kodak plunged nearly 30 percent Wednesday after a report from the Wall Street Journal the company might seek to file for bankruptcy “in coming weeks.”
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden published a study that shows that gastric bypass cuts the risk of death from heart attack and strokes
Beyonce's baby watch continues. The singer who in September, said that she was six months pregnant is due to give birth soon. The exact date is unknown, but there were reports that she could be giving birth on Wednesday Jan. 4. The question now is will the public see baby pictures.
Arizona Senator John McCain is expected to endorse Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, a sign both of his faith in the GOP frontrunner and his distaste for new rival Rick Santorum. As Santorum's near-win in Iowa makes the Republican primary result uncertain, Santorum's clashes with McCain seem to have pushed the senator to back his one-time rival.
As if being tasked with solving the Eurozone debt crisis is not job enough, German Chancellor Angela Merkel now has to defend her choice of Christian Wulff for president as information has emerged that he tried to prevent media from reporting about his private business dealings.
The Detroit Lions will face the New Orleans Saints in the NFC wild card round on Saturday at the Superdome. Both teams have never faced each other in the postseason, but both have proven they can score points in what should be a shootout.
Donald Trump has put together his biggest cast of characters for the lineup of the next Celebrity Apprentice, including mob boss daughter Victoria Gotti and American Idol alum Clay Aiken.
