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In the NFL's annual Thanksgiving classic, three games will be played, which has been a staple since 2006, with the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys hosting the first two games as always. The slate is Packers vs. Lions, Dolphins vs. Cowboys and 49ers vs. Ravens.

Big-box electronics retailer Best Buy has no regrets about stocking Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet, despite the product's poor reception and subsequent sharp discounting.

U.S. consumer spending growth slowed in October and business capital investment plans were weak, raising questions about expectations for solid economic performance in the fourth quarter.

As the Occupy Wall Street movement moves into a new phase following the Nov. 17 international Day of Action, a host of new groups and old voices are cropping up to protest the protesters.

The Austrian banking system is on fire: getting singed not only by the heat of the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, but also by the immolation of an Eastern European asset bubble the banks had been underwriting for a decade. Stumbling, contradictory guidance from the management of several banks has not helped either. And a stalling Austrian economy is only likely to make things worse

Lady Gaga, known for her unique style appeared at the launch of holiday Lady Gaga Workshop at Barneys New York.

Lady Gaga, known for her unique style appeared at the launch of holiday Lady Gaga Workshop at Barneys New York.

Grammy-winning singer Rihanna may soon be headed to the top of the album charts after her latest record, Talk That Talk reached No. 1 on iTunes on Tuesday, one day after its release.

Parts of Jennifer Lopez's Fiat commercial were indeed filmed in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the singer has confirmed.

A deranged 76-year-old man shot and killed his ex-wife on a Brooklyn street, than rode away on an undersized girl's bike. Video surveillance shows the suspect struggling to gain control of the bicycle just before the cold-blooded murder.

Forty individuals have been implicated in an SAT cheating scandal plaguing Long Island suburbs.

Claudia Tillery, a 42-year-old New York City school teacher, is charged with having plied the boy with drugs and alcohol during two-year affair.

Wal-Mart had already heard from its customers about the successful reintroduction of its layaway program. Last week, it heard from its rival.

South Africa's rand tumbled to its weakest level since May 2009 against the dollar on Wednesday, with market players seeing further losses as investors dump risky assets on worries that euro zone leaders are not getting to grips with the debt crisis in their region.

Sharon Tate's engagement ring, which was supposedly on her finger the night she was murdered, will still be up for auction by Gotta Have It! Collectibles.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he stepped down from 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Wednesday he was happy for Libya to try Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam instead of sending him to the Hague, and cast doubt on whether the country's former intelligence chief had been caught.

Kris Humphries, NBA star and soon to be ex-husband of Kim Kardashian, has been labelled Husband from Hell by Us Weekly magazine for calling the reality TV star fat ass and ordering her to stop acting like a wife.

Analysts predict natural gas harvesting from shale deposits will constitute at least half of the country's natural gas production by 2030.

ESPN commentator Urban Meyer is expected to be named Ohio State's football coach next week, according to a report.

Uma Thurman's stalker is a free man, so long as he adheres to the prescribed therapy sessions five days a week.