THE NEW YORK TIMES

A four-year-old patent dispute ended in Microsoft's defeat. The international tech giant now owes $290 million to a small Canadian firm.

A teenage girl was killed and four men wounded at Brooklyn's Brighton Beach boardwalk on Thursday after two men on the beach fired into a crowd of thousands who had flocked to spend a school holiday.

While Representative Anthony Weiner continues to refuse resigning his post, despite being entangled in scandal because of sexually explicit text messages he said he exchanged with women over the past three years, the research side of Congress has circulated a report on some of the detriments of text messaging, including a primer on sexting, the New York Times reported.

In the past few months, hackers have enjoyed a swelling of fame while their hits have suffered hurt customer credibility and financial loss. Now it's Citibank's turn.

CIA director Leon Panetta said Thursday that American troops will likely remain in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline and parried questions about Afghanistan during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense today.

Practice Safe Policy launched condoms featuring the image of embattled Congressman

The New York Times is reporting, two days after Weinder admitted to sending an inappropriate photo of himself and engaging in online conversations, that his wife is pregnant with their first child.

Weiner's wife reported pregnant the same day more scandalous photos come out.

Gennette Cordova, a 21-year-old college student in north western Washington state says, she did not believe at first, the photo was real.

Representative Anthony Weiner has tied himself up in inner ware fabric, as if it were. His remarkable fall from grace has been the top story for days on end and compromising content about him, both text and images, is mushrooming on the Internet.

Reports say Huma Abedin is expecting.

Reports of a pregnancy adds a new twist to Weinergate

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY and his wife, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, are expecting their first child, according to a report.

UBS is allegedly planning to migrate its Stamford staff back to Manhattan, and the move is expected by 2015.

New York Times reports on a troubling (and expensive) phenomenon

The third race in thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, seems to be Animal Kingdom's race. But several spoilers will be running the 1 1/2-mile race against him on Saturday, including Preakness winner Shackleford.

Gold Prices go up when cash and bonds fail to beat inflation. It was true in the 1970s, and it's been true again in the last decade. But now, from here, what will Gold Prices do?

The state's House of Representatives passed legislation would make possession of a half ounce or less of marijuana subject to a fine, rather than criminal charges.

A famous letter about Jews written by a young Adolf Hitler has been put on display in New York’s Museum of Tolerance.

Representative Anthony Weiner refused to step down on Tuesday even as friends deserted him and political foes bayed for his blood. Responding to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s statement that Weiner should quit, the disgraced politician said: “He’s (Cantor) entitled to his viewpoint ... I’m not resigning, no.” But how long can he hang on to the public office after he squandered away people's trust by denying that he sent the lewd photograph to a woman's Twitter account?

Actress settles claim with Murdoch's News Corporation tabloid