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Three women kicked off of an AirTran flight say a bully flight attendant is to be blamed, slamming the airline for hiring the unbalanced man in the first place. The women were ignored, bullied and eventually booted off the plane for asking the attendant not to manhandle their bags and to help one fix a broken seat.

After the death of a female high-school basketball star, it appears that there is an upward trend for women to join street gangs in the city.

Occupy Wall Street's reverberations have finally crossed into the political realm, as prominent Democrats at all levels of government -- from the president to Congress to state houses -- have begun echoing the movement's lambasting of the under-representation of the poor and the unemployed and capitalism's ills.

J.C. Penney Co Inc took a stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc and plans to open Martha Stewart shops within its stores, in the first big deal announced by its new chief executive as he tries to turn the department store chain around.

Megabus announced on Twitter they are giving away 200,000 free express bus tickets with a promotional code. Hurry and book now before they're gone!

Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter on long-running TV classic M*A*S*H, died Wednesday at age 96, possibly from pneumonia. Look back on the prolific character actor's five-decade career, and watch Morgan's interview with the Television Academy Foundation in 2004 and classic M*A*S*H moments with his Col. Potter.

Now is not the time for experimental business models, which means now is the time to consider JC Penney (JCP), according to one stock reviewer.

The Pirelli Calendar for 2012 has finally been unveiled and this year's models include Lara Stone, Kate Moss and Milla Jovovich.

David Gray, an obsessive investment banker for JP Morgan, has been convicted of carrying out a cross-Atlantic stalking mission in an aim to re-kindle his relationship with his ex-mistress, Daniela Rausnitz.

J.C. Penney Co Inc bought a 16.6 percent stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc and will build mini-stores under that brand in a deal new Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson called a key centerpiece in the company's transformation.

An Apple Store will open in Grand Central Terminal on Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. Read why the historic train station and the artistic tech company are a perfect match for one another.

The new NBA labor deal may favor the small-market teams, but the national TV schedule will still be loaded with the league's big fish.

Greece's financial crisis could certainly use the help of a drachma -- provided it's the 2400-year-old coin that is poised to fetch $2.5 million when it is auctioned next month.

Adriana Garcia won't be buying her family Christmas gifts this year.

Alec Bladwin got kicked off an American Airlines flight for playing Words with Friends. Here are 9 other just as addicting games.

I have seen or run into literally hundreds of celebrities -- ranging from global icons to the Andy Warhol ‘fifteen-minute’ variety -- in Manhattan over the past two decades.

The BCS bowl game schedule has been released and led to what will likely be weeks of arguments about the national championship game rematch and other apparent mishaps.

Of paramount concern is the fact that oil prices have jumped so high with the global economy in such doldrums. That means if the economy gets moving, oil prices will only go higher. And if the U.S. economy continues to slowly and steadily improve as it has recently, demand will slowly and steadily increase.

To hear it from one side, private equity and hedge fund managers are under a veritable siege: under attack from politicians, regulators, an ornery market and uneasy clients. But the hedge fund managers themselves seem to be saying all is good in Greenwich.

Model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs, 23, is responsive and making a slow recovery after suffering severe injuries to her face, shoulder and left hand caused by accidentally walking into a small airplane propeller. Aviation Consultant John Nance thinks, Kurt Richmond, the pilot may have been at fault.

Southern Mississippi coach Larry Fedora has agreed to become North Carolina's next football coach, according to a report.