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Bookseller Barnes & Noble has announced that the chain will stop selling books in its stores published by Amazon.com.

The 2012 Super Bowl, which will be held on Feb. 5, promises to be an epic showdown between two teams -- the New York Giants and the New England Patriots -- and NBC is making sure that no one misses it. NBC will not only be showing the game on television, but is also making sure the battle can be viewed online via live stream and on Verizon smartphones and tablets.

The Weinstein Company has made its first acquisition of this year's Sundance Film Festival, acquiring Lay the Favorite. The movie, by British director Stephen Frears, sold for more than $2 million.

Scotty Bowers, a former Marine who claims to have run a gay and bisexual prostitution ring for some of Hollywood's biggest names beginning in the 1940s, is about to spill the details in a tell-all book.

Hotel companies and real estate firms are optimistic that U.S. deal transactions will pick up this year despite concerns about Europe's economy and challenges in obtaining debt financing.

Break into a chicken dance: Arrested Development writer Dean Lorey has confirmed he and the show's writing staff are already at work on the new episodes of the show that will premiere on Netflix in 2013.

Actress Cynthia Nixon recently released a statement to calm the controversy surrounding her comments to The New York Times about her sexual orientation.

Madonna Badger's children got a scholarship fund set up in their names courtesy of the school they attended before they were killed in a Christmas Day house fire at their Connecticut home.

Pink slime is a term dubbed from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver for spare beef trimmings washed in ammonium hydroxide to kill bacteria. Oliver decried the fatty, rejected meat on his show, Food Revolution last year.

President Barack Obama pushed into second-gear at the Washington Auto Show on Tuesday, taking a swipe at potential challenger Mitt Romney as the Republican primaries in Florida were underway.

Liturgy is the sexless hive-geek counterpart to Lana Del Rey, 2011's most polarizing and polarized artist. Her just-dropped album Born to Die, has landed number 1, despite global critical condemnation. The Brooklyn black metallers (Liturgy) generated what seemed a comparable amount of criticism to the manufactured pseudo-pop darling (Del Rey) in 2011. Liturgy sold far fewer albums, proving that artistic merit and integrity do not always win out.

Michael Vick's publicist, Chris Shigas, denied claims that the quarterback has interest to attend New York Fashion Week, saying that his identity was falsely used to request invitations for 2012 collection shows.

Occupy Miami protesters have been told they will be arrested for trespassing if they do not vacate their encampment by sunset.

Guns N' Roses announced Monday that they will play a series of shows in the U.S. in February (listed below) and they have chosen a date in New York City, nestled right in the middle of New York Fashion Week 2012, as their kick-off.

Feist is ready to take on the world.

Former Massachusetts dentist Dr. Michael Clair was sentenced to one year in jail yesterday for substituting paper clips for stainless steel posts in root canals. So what exactly does substituting a paper clip for stainless steel posts in a root canal do to your mouth?

As Super Bowl XLVI odds-makers predict who will win the big game, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino are making a friendly bet that will leave one lucky family feeling even better about their team's big win.

Apple Inc has hired Dixons Chief Executive John Browett, who revived the British electronics retailer by emphasizing customer service, to lead the iPad maker's global retail expansion.

Elections may be the bedrock of democracy, but counting votes is a complicated process. As Floridians head to the polls Tuesday to vote for a Republican candidate to go up against President Barack Obama, notorious past controversies from the Sunshine State come to mind.

As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits.

The newly proposed lines for the New York State's political districts came under fire Monday, as Democrats threaten to file a lawsuit that would ask a judge to intervene.