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The funeral for Officer Peter Figoski was held Monday morning as thousands of police officers showed their support for his family and friends.

At least in one region of the county at dinner parties, it's the question that's on the lips of prospective home buyers: will home mortgage interest rates fall more? The average fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage for borrowers with good credit has declined to 3.92 percent,

After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.

Jennifer Hudson who has lost 80 pounds through Weight Watchers, a program she is now a spokeswoman for, walked the red carpet for the VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul on Sunday in New York, looking thinner than she did after her recent weight loss.

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's pending divorce to wife Vanessa Bryant grabbed headlines last Friday, but it is the cheating allegations that could continue to linger and plague the Los Angeles Lakers guard.

A British venture called Odyssey Airlines hopes to start nonstop all-business class flights from London to New York and other locations using 10 newly-ordered Bombardier CSeries passenger jets.

Skype will offer free Wi-Fi at over 50 airports across the U.S. this holiday season.

From Hollywood hipsters to New York subterraneans, the watch has become the thing. Or, at least so the major newspapers would have you believe.

Two FDNY firefighters were burned while responding to a fire in Brooklyn, which was caught on video, and are in serious condition.

If ever there was a sale that begged a buyer beware disclaimer, it may be last week's auction of Elizabeth Taylor jewelry, gowns and art that fetched more than 400 times experts' estimate for at least one item.

At the start of the 20th century, inventors Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla clashed in the "war of the currents." To highlight the dangers of his rival's system, Edison even electrocuted an elephant. The animal died in vain; it was Tesla's system and not Edison's that took off. But today, helped by technological advances and the need to conserve energy, Edison may finally get his revenge.

The latest Mission: Impossible flick is now playing in theaters.

Patients want easy access to any notes their doctor has recorded about them, and they want the right to let others view their medical information, according to a pair of U.S. studies.

Women who use lotions and gels to produce a fake suntan tend to cut back on outdoor sunbathing and use of tanning beds, with close to 40 percent who use such products saying they limited their time in the sun, U.S. researchers said.

Ekaterina Rybolovleva is a mere 22-years-old but she just dropped $88 million on a 6,744-square foot apartment at 15 Central Park West. The apartment boasts 10 rooms, including four bedrooms, a wrap-around terrace and two wood-burning fireplaces.

Ron Paul's has emerged as the new GOP frontrunner in Iowa with a not-Mitt tag. But political pundits and voters should pay greater heed to his sudden rise. The anyone but Romney title downplays Paul's emergence, writing him off as just the latest in a string of candidates-du-jour. But Ron Paul is more than a fling.

Following the success of its collaboration with H&M, luxury brand Versace has added yet another feather to its crown with the launch of its first children store in Milan.

The secrecy shrouding the death of Kim Jong-il doesn't seem to surprise many, given the adamantly reclusive politics played by this cult leader of North Korea. However, the troubled Asian nation, has achieved what is considered almost impossible under the watchful eyes of neighboring South Korea and the U.S. Until the North Korean Central News Agency decided to announce the death of Kim, the South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials had absolutely no clue that something rather critical was...

Rats are the grinches of this holiday season at one midtown Manhattan post office. They didn't quite steal Christmas, but they've eaten their way through a number of care packages, according to the New York Times.

The Miami Heat have a good chance of winning the title.

The upstart wireless company that is being bankrolled by Philip Falcone's $5 billion Harbinger Capital Partners hedge fund could run out of money during the second quarter of 2012, according to the company's financial statement.