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A little extra simple sugar in your diet probably won't make you pack on the pounds -- as long as you cut down on other carbs to make up for it, a new analysis of past studies suggests.

The couple made their first public appearance together since giving birth to Blue Ivy.

Jeremy Lin, the hot New York Knicks point guard and Internet sensation finally joined Facebook with Timeline-enabled profile on Monday.

Beauty and the Beast is getting the reboot.

Bobby Brown is said to be worried about his daughter Bobbi Kristina and wants her to get professional help and get into a treatment facility. Krissy has taken her mother's death really hard, not surprisingly, and Bobby is terrified she's going to do something stupid, the source added. He wants her in a treatment center, getting professional help to get her through the grieving process without falling back on alcohol or drugs to mask her pain.

Oil traded near the highest price in nine months following expectation of increasing demand as euro zone finance ministers agreed on a rescue package for Greece.

Peter Tatchell, a prominent gay rights activist, has been in news for the past several days mostly because he said that the late singer Whitney Houston was secretly gay and that her marriage to Bobby Brown was a smokescreen.

A Chinese court has ordered a local electronics vendor to stop selling the iPad, as part of the intensifying trademark dispute, which is threatening Apple to stop the sales of the popular tablet in the country.

NYPD conducted a regional wide surveillance of Muslim student organizations from at least 16 universities in the Northeast.

Minimum wage bill sparks fear among business owners who will have to choose: customers or employees.

After learning her boyfriend had turned into a rat for the FBI, Kim Juliano requested to get out of the bond she put on the Columbian mob boss.

Pierre Casiraghi, Prince of Monaco, made headlines today for a bar fight that landed him in the hospital and his alleged assaulter in court. Stavros Niarchos III, his wealthy friend who also suffered a blow to the face, may have gotten less attention but is an equally interesting character in his own right.

Prince Pierre Casiraghi was left bloodied and was briefly hospitalized following a bar brawl in New York City. Casiraghi's attorney told The Associated Press that the young prince was treated at a hospital and released after the brawl on Saturday. Shipping heir Stavros Niarchos III was also punched in the brawl.

Western investors in Japan's disgraced Olympus have accused its banks of trying to take control of the boardroom by stealth, amid media reports that the firm's major creditors are set to install their own appointees in the top jobs.

An Ecuadorean court Monday defied an international arbitration panel's request that the country prevent plaintiffs from collecting on billions of dollars in environmental damages from Chevron Corp.

Nicolas Cage, the 48-year-old actor known for his over-the-top action roles, hasn’t been so fortunate when it comes to the box office recently. His latest film “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” was expected to dominate ticket sales on its opening weekend, but theater goers opted for other choices instead.

Lin is the California-born son of Taiwanese parents who emigrated to the United States in the 1970s.

Mariano Rivera talked to the media about his possible retirement as pitchers and catchers reported to spring training.

The sudden rise of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has stunned many inside the National Basketball Association and those who watch the league on a regular basis.

Yemeni's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is calling on his countrymen to take part in presidential elections on Tuesday.

Satellite firm Inmarsat said LightSquared, a venture struggling to build a U.S. mobile broadband service with Inmarsat's spectrum, failed to pay a $56.25 million installment to the British company.