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Today is a huge shopping day, as you can tell by the throngs at Walmarts, Sam's, Costco, Macy's, Target and the like. Even considering that the Mayans say the world is supposed to end on Dec. 21, 2012, I still need the perfect day-planner.

Lady Gaga performed on New Year's Eve in New York City's Times Square Performance.

Negotiations between MSG Network and Time Warner Cable didn't yield a last minute result and as the clock struck midnight on New Year's eve a blackout began for MSG and MSG Plus channels on Time Warner Cable in New York City.

Rodman heard that Rick's Cabaret was launching a topless basketball league with Spud Webb, a former NBA star with the Atlanta Hawks. Currently, Webb is in charge of the NBA Development League team the Texas Legends. Rodman hopes his topless team and face Rick's Cabaret's team in a charity game, according to MSNBC.com.

The United States will continue to be the top choice of most global commercial real-estate investors in 2012, but the country has lost ground to Brazil, which ranked No. 2 this year, according to a survey released Sunday.

Throngs of revelers in and around New York's Times Square gave a boisterous welcome to 2012 on Sunday amid tight security, sending off a year marked by the grim 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the city.

A magnitude-4.0 earthquake shook eastern Ohio at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The recent quake was the 11th during the last eight months in Mahoning County.

Celebrities may resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year, after famous people tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011.

So, why would Philadelphia's story be so much worse than other similarly troubled metropolises?

French architect Christian de Portzamparc's One57 is set to become the tallest residential building in New York -- and the United States.

If you can't make it to New York for New Year's Eve 2012, here's where to find live streaming of the event of your computer, when to catch Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on TV, and even how to download an app that gives you commercial-less live feed and photos. If you're determined to see the Times Square Ball Drop in person, meanwhile, here are the entrance points around the city.

If you are celebrating New Year's Eve in New York City but do not feel like venturing to Times Square, there are other options around the island as well - ones that include fireworks.

The 2012 presidential campaign has been one of the most volatile in recent memory, and it isn't even 2012 yet. Take a look back at the highlights and lowlights of the battle for the Republican nomination so far.

Beyonce Names her Baby Girl Tiana-May Carter: Has She Become a Mommy or is it All a Rumor?

The third director in a week has resigned from the Eastman Kodak Co. as the former film giant struggles to survive the dominance of digital photography.

Celebrities have continued to grab our attention this year, some with uninformed, melodramatic tweets and others with wit and groundbreaking news. Needless to say many of them have been entertaining. Here's a look back at some of the funniest tweets of 2011, ahead of the New Year.

Jaromir Jagr scored on his return to Pittsburgh Thursday, sparking the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 victory and snapping the Penguins' four-game win streak.

Fashion blogger and model Lauren Scruggs, 23, is slowly recovering after suffering serious injuries from a near-fatal accident with a plane propeller. Scruggs' mother, Cheryl, shed light on her daughter's recovery on the website CaringBridge.com late Wednesday.

Standard & Poor’s has cut the rating on $695.4 million on bonds issued to built Citi Field for the New York Mets to negative, or BB+, one level below investment grade.

Shares of Verizon Communications, majority owner of Verizon Wireless, rose after the company squelched a day-old plan to charge customers a $2 “convenience fee” to pay their bills.

Security information concerning Times Square and your favorite bar on New Year's Eve.