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Brooklyn Navy Yard Opens to Public After 200 Years with New Visitors Center

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the festivities at the grand opening celebration of the new $25 million facility, educating attendees about the rich history of the Navy Yard along the way. The event was also a chance for the mayor to showcase the launch of a new employment center there that will help place 300 local residents, veterans and other workers in industrial and tech jobs at the yard.
Private equity takes two approaches to Yahoo: sources

Private equity takes two approaches to Yahoo: sources

Private equity firms including KKR and TPG Capital are looking to potentially buy minority stakes of up to 20 percent in Yahoo Inc with an eye to eventually taking over the whole company, people with knowledge of the situation said.
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FBI: Major Internet Fraud Gang is Busted

Following a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement agencies in Estonia and the Netherlands, an international gang who stole $14 million after hacking into at least 4 million computers in an online advertising scam has been arrested
Lisa Irwin and Unrelated Stabbing Incident

Missing Baby Lisa Irwin's Half-Brothers Interviewed a Day Before Her 1st Birthday

Over one month has passed since parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin reported their daughter, baby Lisa Irwin, missing from her crib in the middle of the night on Oct. 4. The missing 11-month-old will celebrate her first birthday Friday, but she is still nowhere to be found. Bradley and Irwin allowed missing baby Lisa's half-brothers to be interviewed Thursday afternoon for the first time since an initial conversation occurred with police the day after Lisa went missing f...
Another of Joe Paterno's nominations for the Presidential Medal of Freedom has been withdrawn, this time by Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), the third of three Congressional members from Pennsylvania to withdraw.

Senators Withdraw Joe Paterno Bid for Presidential Medal of Freedom

As if things couldn't get any worse for Joe Paterno, senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.)have rescinded their nomination of Paterno for the Presidential Medal of Freedom less than 24 hours after Paterno was fired as head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions, according to the New York Daily News.
Not only has Kris Humphries' father announced that his family's standing by him while he recovers in his Minnesota hometown after his divorce from Kim Kardashian, but William Humphries claimed in an interview that appeared in Life & Style Wednesday that t

Kris Humphries’ Dad Says His Son is 'Hurting,' was Blindsided by Divorce: Report

Not only has Kris Humphries' father announced that his family's standing by him while he recovers in his Minnesota hometown after his divorce from Kim Kardashian, but William Humphries claimed in an interview that appeared in Life & Style Wednesday that the basketball star was among the last to know about her splitting up with him.
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Oliver Platt, Edie Falco to host Gotham Awards

This year's Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the two major awards shows devoted to indie film, will be hosted by actors Oliver Platt and Edie Falco, the Independent Feature Project (IFP) announced on Wednesday.
Actor Bill Murray (L) presents The Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence to David Letterman (R) at ''The Comedy Awards'' in New York City

Comedy Awards returning to New York City

Comedy elite like David Letterman, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Will Ferrell, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Louis C.K. turned out for last year's inaugural Comedy Central Comedy Awards, and the network has announced the show will return to New York in 2012.
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Anderson renewed for second season

Anderson Cooper's syndicated daytime talk-show, Anderson, has been renewed for a second season by Fox Television Stations, distributor Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution announced.

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