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The Amazing Spider-Man won't hit theaters until July 3, but the film has already launched an interactive viral campaign. The movie stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, and Denis Leary as Captain George Stacy. A mock TV news segment was released on Webbedmenace.com, featuring Leary in character. We have a masked criminal roaming the streets of our city posing as some kind of a hero, says Captain Stacy.

A new Griffin's leaf-nosed bat species was recently found in Vietnam, according to a new study.

Beyonce and Michelle Obama make it a girl's night!

Deutsche Börse AG, the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange, announced Tuesday that it will appeal the decision by European antitrust regulators to block its planned merger with NYSE Euronext, the New York Times said.

Police have ruled the tragic deaths of 37-year-old Christine Adewunmi and her three children, Laura, 8, Samantha, 6, and Kate 3, as a murder suicide. We're pretty confident that this was a murder suicide, Crawford County Sheriff Randy E. Martin said in a statement on Monday. We're not looking for anybody else right now.

Now that the Jennifer Aniston pregnancy rumors have died down, it seems there are new speculations about the classic sitcom-gone-screen star. According to CelebsGather, the 43-year-old actress was seen with a “big rock” on her finger, leaving fans wondering if beau Justin Theroux finally popped the question.

Spring has sprung, and a little bit earlier than usual - in fact, it's the earliest vernal equinox in over a century.

Even though the app is only five weeks old, the turn-based Pictionary-style game called Draw Something, created and developed by New York-based gaming company OMGPOP, has risen to the top of the iOS and Android App Stores. The addictive drawing and guessing game boasts 25 million registered users, 10 million active daily users, and almost 1 billion paid ad impressions per day.

The presenters for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 induction ceremony have been announced.

Jeremy Lin, despite the dissipating Linsanity, is still attracting major corporations beyond Nike for endorsements. Monday, Volvo announced a two-year deal with the New York Knicks sensation.

Despite the many conflicting reports about Jason Russell's naked breakdown in the middle of a busy San Diego intersection, the Kony 2012 director was not arrested last Thursday. Instead, he was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold. Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey recorded a video message in response to Russell's breakdown, saying that the 33-year-old director felt intense pressure.

A U.S. law requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising does not violate the free speech rights of tobacco companies, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

Russia, a staunch ally of Syria, has vetoed two U.N. resolutions that condemned President Bashar al-Assad. It now appears Russian officials may have grown impatient with Assad as his crackdown on dissidents continues to escalate.

According to a new report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a serious safety violation has occurred at the Second Avenue subway. Construction at the Second Avenue subway has over three times the permitted amount of toxic dust levels. Testing done Nov. 9 at East 69th and Second Avenue found the high levels of silica, hazardous dust particles that are a result of the drilling construction. The latest information was released last week by Assemblyman Micah Kellner...

U.S. officials believe that an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will draw U.S. military action and leave hundreds of American soldiers dead, the New York Times said.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc has started reducing employees in the trading and investment banking divisions, it has been reported.

Gwyneth Paltrow has recently come under fire over reports that her cookbook My Father's Daughter was not actually written by the actress. Last week a report surfaced in the New York Times alleging that a Cookbook Ghostwriter penned the popular lifestyle guide.

Free agent cornerback and former Washington Redskin LaRon Landry reportedly signed a one-year, $4 million contract Monday with the New York Jets, and it's a move applauded by Jets fans on Twitter.

A military unit from Russia, President Bashar al-Assad's best and last friend, has arrived in Syria, Russian media reported Monday.

Privately held Zayo Group LLC agreed to buy rival AboveNet Inc, a provider of broadband connections to big companies and carriers, for about $2.2 billion to tap into the galloping demand for fast data services.

Although there is no known specific threat against New York City, the NYPD has taken the precaution of stepping up coverage of Jewish neighborhoods and institutions in the city, said a spokesman.