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SRG Ventures has slapped Jersey Shore pint-sized star Nicole Snooki Polizzi a $7 million counterclaim, as the lawsuit between her and the licensing company heats up.

Some fans will not be happy.

The U.S. Cabinet comprises the Vice President and the head of fifteen executive departments, the most prominent of which is probably the Secretary of State.

Roubini said in an article published on the Financial Times Web site that the global problems could materialize, developing into a perfect storm that would involve the U.S. economy.

The British Press have linked several players to the Gunners.

While offering its readers some advice on how to dress like Rihanna, Dutch Magazine Jackie recently called the Barbadian beauty an ultimate n---a b---h. Its Editor in Chief Eva Hoeke has reportedly issued a public apology to the singer on the magazine's Facebook page, calling the article a bad joke.

U.S. housing starts increased 9.3 percent in November to the highest level of 2011, according to the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Comedian Jackie Mason blasted Obama yesterday for celebrating Hanukkah 12 days too early, calling the event a cheap publicity stunt cooked up by Jews in his cabinet. Rush Limbaugh has also slammed Obama for the celebration, joking that the president must have confused Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Here, listen to Limbaugh and Mason's attacks.

The small plane that crashed on Interstate 287 in Harding, New Jersey, near exit 33 on Tuesday, has resulted in three confirmed deaths, according to the New Jersey State Police Twitter feed. It also reports that there may be one or two more possible deaths.

The funeral for Officer Peter Figoski was held Monday morning as thousands of police officers showed their support for his family and friends.

At least in one region of the county at dinner parties, it's the question that's on the lips of prospective home buyers: will home mortgage interest rates fall more? The average fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage for borrowers with good credit has declined to 3.92 percent,

After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.

Jennifer Hudson who has lost 80 pounds through Weight Watchers, a program she is now a spokeswoman for, walked the red carpet for the VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul on Sunday in New York, looking thinner than she did after her recent weight loss.

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's pending divorce to wife Vanessa Bryant grabbed headlines last Friday, but it is the cheating allegations that could continue to linger and plague the Los Angeles Lakers guard.

An immigration policy recently unveiled by the Obama administration could offer legal respite to same-sex couples in which a member is facing deportation.

A British venture called Odyssey Airlines hopes to start nonstop all-business class flights from London to New York and other locations using 10 newly-ordered Bombardier CSeries passenger jets.

Skype will offer free Wi-Fi at over 50 airports across the U.S. this holiday season.

From Hollywood hipsters to New York subterraneans, the watch has become the thing. Or, at least so the major newspapers would have you believe.

Two FDNY firefighters were burned while responding to a fire in Brooklyn, which was caught on video, and are in serious condition.

If ever there was a sale that begged a buyer beware disclaimer, it may be last week's auction of Elizabeth Taylor jewelry, gowns and art that fetched more than 400 times experts' estimate for at least one item.

At the start of the 20th century, inventors Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla clashed in the "war of the currents." To highlight the dangers of his rival's system, Edison even electrocuted an elephant. The animal died in vain; it was Tesla's system and not Edison's that took off. But today, helped by technological advances and the need to conserve energy, Edison may finally get his revenge.