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Elsa Then purposely performed botched surgeries after preying on Hispanic women.

The tragic shooting death of Officer Peter Figoski highlights the need for control of illegal firearms in New York. This is now being addressed by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who recently announced this month that she will back a bill to target those gun dealers and criminals involved in bringing guns illegally into New York State.

The tragic shooting death of Officer Peter Figoski highlights the need for control of illegal firearms in New York. This is now being addressed by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who recently announced this month that she will back a bill to target those gun dealers and criminals involved in bringing guns illegally into New York State.

Moviefone released the trailer for the newest Sach Baron Cohen movie, The Dictator, which is set for release in May 2012. The film will be directed by Larry Charles who also directed Cohen's first two major hits, Borat and Bruno. It stars Sacha Baron Cohen, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley and even features a cameo from Megan Fox, who mocks the Kardashians.

New Jersey State police have upgraded the charges against a New Jersey man accused of beating 23-year-old diehard Jets fan James Mohr in the MetLife Stadium parking lot after the New York Jets' 37-10 over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, according to The Associated Press.

The U.S. attorney's office said dinnerware belonging to Saddam Hussein and the former royal family of Iraq was illegally imported into the U.S. and bought on eBay by an arts organization for an exhibition at a Manhattan restaurant.

Anger with the selling of their land to real estate developers without their consent, compounded by the death of one of their appointed mediators, thousands of Chinese villagers in the southern China village of Wukan found themselves in a locked stand-off with authorities Wednesday.

A Midtown Manhattan elevator accident killed a woman and injured two others on Wednesday, according to a report.

A diehard New York Jets fan was brutally beaten at MetLife Stadium by a drunken gang of Kansas City Chiefs fans after the Chiefs lost to the Jets 37-10 on Sunday, according to reports. What was especially disturbing was that one of the assailants exclaimed You all deserved what happened on 9/11.

Celebrities generally don’t like being noticed or bothered.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos, donated $15 million to Princeton University for a biosciences unit within the Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection, including a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton, has been auctioned off by Christies for a whopping $115 million.

Broadcom Corp raised its outlook for the fourth quarter on Wednesday on stronger demand for its chips, sending its shares up nearly 7 percent.

Wall Street was set to open slightly lower on Wednesday with traders focused on a sliding euro and rising Italian bond yields as market anxiety over Europe persisted.

Bosnian-born model Andrej Pejic is once again embroiled in controversy; this time for posing as a model for a Dutch department store, Hema. While this may not seem very a controversial statement, the fact is that Pejic is actually a man... and he modeled a dress and a push-up bra. The news has spread across the Internet in almost no time and it has people talking and tweeting, frantically, about it. While some are shocked, some find it hilarious and some others think it a revolution.

Last month the International Energy Agency said in its World Energy Outlook that If, between 2011 and 2015, investment in the [Middle East and North Africa] region runs one-third lower than the $100 billion per year required, consumers could face a near-term rise in the oil price to $150/barrel.

'I hope 2012 brings a re-election for President Obama,' Says Scarlett Johansson (Photos)

Demand for luxury menswear has exceeded that in the Womenswear sector possibly triggered by increased sales in the male-dominated market in China, according to an analysis.

A 50.6-carat pearl given to Elizabeth Taylor by her one-time husband Richard Burton fetched a staggering $11.8-million at Christie's in New York Tuesday.

Katie Couric and entrepreneur boyfriend Brooks Perlin have decided to go their separate ways after five years of dating

British artist Damien Hirst, who sold a collection of works for a record $200 million in 2008, will be display his iconic Spot paintings at Gagosian galleries around the world in January, the gallery said on Tuesday.