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John McCain apologized for attacking Long Island on the Senate floor during a heated debate with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill), after Sen. Chuck Schumer Tweeted him out on it.

Fordham University students are having a fit over their birth control. Students have organized an off-campus clinic in response to a reportedly new school policy that prohibits the sale of contraceptives on campus.

Venerable rock star, Jackson Browne, and the groups Third Eye Blind and Dawes are making the Occupy Wall Street scene at Zuccotti Thursday noon,

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) says it is betting the situation in Europe will deteriorate next year, eventually affecting the still-strong German economic engine and prompting a new wave of fears that European companies will default on their bonds.

It has been approximately two months since Missouri baby Lisa Irwin has been missing. Now the family of the Northland infant on Tuesday, asked for an end to the vigils outside their home.

World AIDS Day 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of HIV. While tremendous progress has been made, cases continue to rise worldwide, with treatment still largely unavailable to the poor. President Obama aims to combat stigma and apathy about HIV/AIDS, and increase available medication, with a joint U.S.-global initiative targeting 15 countries most affected by the deadly disease.

Kris Humphries filed to annul his 72-day marriage to Kardashian

Can't spare a few million for one of Elizabeth Taylor's world renowned rocks at the December auction of her jewelry?

Auction house Christie's sold $367 million worth of Asian and Chinese art, paintings, jewellery and watches in its just concluded Asia sales series in Hong Kong.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest computer company, rose slightly Thursday, a day after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the company’s credit two notches.

Kroger Co , the biggest U.S. supermarket chain, raised its forecast for 2011 earnings, helped by strong sales increases at established stores.

A Chinese tourism company listed in the United States wants investors to pour their money down a dark hole. Literally.

Woodford, who blew the whistle on accounting tricks at Olympus after he was sacked in October, said he was putting together a team of candidates for a new board and talking to shareholders about replacing the current leadership, hopefully by February.

To mark World AIDS Day on Thursday, New York City released a new recommendation that every person diagnosed with HIV start taking medication right away, rather than waiting until the virus progresses to AIDS and the immune system weakens.

If you can tolerate moderate-risk, Pepsi is a stock that offers that rare opportunity for a decent dividend with capital appreciation, according to one stock reviewer.

It's a dream of medical science that looks tantalizingly within reach: the artificial pancreas, a potential breakthrough treatment for the scourge of type 1 diabetes.

One of Newt Gingrich's former Republican colleagues called the current GOP presidential frontrunner an evil person on Tuesday. Do his previous policy positions and statements support that characterization?

Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) held its Cloudforce user event in New York City on Wednesday. The company formally launched its Social Marketing Cloud service and the AppExchange Mobile Site at the event.

A year after four hedge funds were raided as part of a sweeping probe into insider trading, agents are ready to arrest as many as three people who worked at the raided funds, sources familiar with the investigation told Reuters.

Paulina Gretzky , the 22-year-old daughter of the Legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky, hit the headlines after receiving criticism for her racy pictures posted on Twitter and consequently deleting her account following her father's advice. The Canadian aspiring actress had reportedly tweeted 'Having a nice sit down dinner with my dad about social media..haha' and later announced that she was taking a break from Twitter.

Is Universal and Working Title's adaptation of the Broadway hit Les Miserables finally about to get its Eponine?