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Qnexa, a new weight loss drug produced by Vivus, received a nod of favored approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee on Wednesday. An official approval or rejection will be announced on April 17.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has banned Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen from attending the 2012 Oscars ceremony in fear he will show up dressed as the character from his upcoming film, The Dictator.

The Linsanity continued as New York defeated Atlanta on Wednesday night to pull their season record up to an even .500, and the Knicks began to resemble serious playoff contenders. Jeremy Lin led the team again as the Knicks' starting point guard, scoring 17 points and dishing out nine assists. Carmelo Melo Anthony scored 15 points and Steve Novak sank three five pointers against the Atlanta Hawks, who were missing their lead scorer Joe Johnson.

Six years after the controversial incident in which former Playboy Playmate Stephanie Adams was brutally handled by NYPD for allegedly threatening a cab driver with a gun, a Manhattan jury awarded Adams $1.2 million for the injuries she incurred during her scuffle with the police.

A commenter on the Gothamist was arrested for making online death threats targeting Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, according to the New York Post. 49-year-old Richard Strauss posted a series of comments allegedly encouraging New Yorkers to aim their sights at Kelly with a well-placed [bullet] to his thick skull.

In an effort to spread false alarm, several Congress members were targeted with a biological attack warning through mail that containineda suspicious powder.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against the chairman and the former Chief Executive Officer of Puda Coal Inc alleging them of defrauding investors by selling stakes in the firm which they had turned into an empty shell company.

A new study has provided, for the first time, direct evidence showing that the medical procedure colonoscopy lowers the rate of cancer death by half.

U.S. central bank officials have good reason to be skeptical about the strength of the economy: excessive optimism has caught them flat-footed before.

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Jeremy Lin is New York City’s most eligible bachelor. Ever since the Linsanity started the New York Knicks point guard is not only a phenomenon on the court, but he is also making his way into a multitude of headlines. The media have started bothering his family in Taiwan; photos of his multi-million dollar apartment hit the Internet; and he has already been linked to Kim Kardashian.

Hewlett-Packard Co's earnings fell nearly 44 percent and the world's No. 1 computer maker forecast a second-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates as it struggles with weak sales of PCs and printers.

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No other Jeremy Lin rookie trading card seems to be worth more right now than a $17,000 card being sold on eBay two weeks into Lin-sanity.

Hewlett-Packard Co's earnings fell nearly 44 percent and the world's No. 1 computer maker forecast a second-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates as it struggles with weak sales of PCs and printers.

The Great Bend, Kan.-based company listed as much as $50 million in assets and debt in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.

Adele continues to ride out her success at the 54th Annual Grammy Award show. Adele enjoyed a 207 percent sales increase the week since the Grammys according to New York Daily News. It's the largest post-show boost in Grammy history. To add to her sales increase, Adele has also broken the record formerly held by the late Whitney Houston. Adele's 21 replaced The Bodyguard as the longest running No. 1 album by a woman.

Taiwan and China are engaged in a kind of “metaphysical battle” for Lin’s identity.

Gender-bending Serbian model Andrej Pejic has scored his first beauty campaign with Jean Paul Gaultier for the designer's second men's fragrance, Kokorico. But will he play Prince Charming or the femme fatale?

Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans will replace Iman Shumpert in the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest because of Shumpert's nagging knee injury.

Nike is set to release its latest limited edition sneaker, the glow-in-the-dark Foamposite Galaxy, which will go on sale Friday at stores for $220.