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The International Quidditch Association hosted the fifth annual Quidditch World Cup at Randall's Island in NYC from Nov. 11-13, 2011. Middlebury College won the Harry Potter-inspired tournament Cup after 22 hours of play, featuring almost 100 teams, over 2,000 players, and five different countries. Watch highlights from the finals, learn about the tournament and hear from players.

AT&T is the leading Internet Service Provider among businesses in the United States, handily beating out rival Verizon.

Diaspora, the open-source alternative to Facebook, has lost one of its co-founders, Ilya Zhitomirskiy. He died Saturday at the age of 22, and police now say the cause of death was suicide.

If you thought Marty McFly rocked the 1950's Hill Valley High School dance in Back to the Future, then you should see the actual Michael J. Fox wail for real.

There are about 900,000 buildings in the five boroughs of New York City, the city Department of Buildings predicts, and a lone Brooklyn artist is attempting to draw them all.

New York socialite Cornelia Guest is the latest celebrity to go naked for PETA's new anti-fur ad. Cornelia Guest is the 47-year-old socialite daughter of late American actress and socialite C.Z. Guest.

Even after Bank of America backed off its $5 monthly debit card fee, banks are still raising existing fees and tacking on new fees in order to garner additional revenue.

Members of Congress' super committee responsible for slicing $1.2 trillion from the deficit have faced an intense lobbying push since being appointed to the 12-member panel, but they all have long histories of accepting money from the industries and special interest groups clamoring for a seat at the table.

Young Woo & Associates has sold the retail space at 72 Wall St. in Lower Manhattan for $14.5 million, according to New York City records.

A former New York City police officer, Kevin Hiltunen, removed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator and dragged him out of Rep. Bob Turner's official swearing-in ceremony.

Only Lady Gaga could upstage Santa. For Barneys New York's Holiday 2011 campaign, the luxury New York-based department store announced the launch of Gaga's Workshop.

CBS' CSI: Miami rebounded from last week's series low on Sunday, while ABC's Desperate Housewives and Pan Am showed modest gains and NFL took a predictable win with Sunday Night Football, according to preliminary numbers.

A child protection group is launching a television service that it hopes will help prevent sex abuse scandals like the one engulfing Penn State University's football team.

The leak of Give me All Your love, the debut track from Madonna's first album release with Live Nation on the Internet has made the Queen of Pop furious.

In the aftermath of a sex abuse scandal involving former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and its fallout - including the firing of legendary head coach Joe Paterno - ticket prices for the team's football game Saturday vs. Nebraska fluctuated drastically.

The daughter of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton will be a special correspondent for NBC, the network announced on Monday.

The 2011 flooding in Bangkok has forced several popular tourist destinations to close, however the vast majority remain open for business.

Fans of Elizabeth Taylor will have a chance to buy an item from the vast collection of the Hollywood actress when Christie's sells nearly 1,000 lower-priced pieces in a special online auction.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick suffered broken ribs in the team's 21-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Equatorial Guinea's proposed constitutional changes are on course to be approved after virtually all the results from 60 percent of the polling stations were in favour, according to a government statement on Monday.

Is now a good time to consider the shares of American International Group (AIG)? And what, if anything, does AIG's stock price say about the U.S. economy?