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New Jersey's annual bear hunt began on Monday in spite of attempts by animal-rights groups to stop it. Supporters of the hunt say it is necessary to reduce New Jersey's black bear population, while opponents say it is inhumane.

As Oracle, SAP and IBM snap up rivals in business analytics software, Information Builders will stay independent, founding CEO Gerald D. Cohen told International Business Times.

Fox's block of animated series received a major boost Sunday night, with Allen Gregory surging 60 percent, while ABC's Pan Am fell to a series low, according to preliminary numbers. NBC won the night overall.

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a state court's ruling that religious groups in New York could not use public school facilities for worship services, even outside of school hours.

Fresh from his appearance at a exclusive Tea Party event on Staten Island Saturday, from which International Business Times was barred, Newt Gingrich met with Donald Trump, seeking his support.

Cotto got revenge on Margarito on Saturday.

The furor over the New Yorker's decision to run a review of David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo more than a week before the embargo date heated up on Monday, as the review hit newsstands and an email exchange between critic David Denby and producer Scott Rudin spread around the web.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards entered rehab today, according to ETOnline.com. The report, however, didn't specifically say what she is seeking treatment for and where she is seeking it. However, signs from the show's history point to alcoholism.

The Harlem man accused of planning to bomb government buildings in New York and New Jersey will have his day in court, just not yet. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to postpone having a grand jury weigh in on the case for the time being.

The New York State Nurses associations say nearly 10,000 of its workers at three city hospitals may walk off the job.

The quarterback has been the subject of many opinions this season.

Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman will boycott the Dec. 27 GOP debates to protest Donald Trump as moderator, saying his presence is beneath the presidency and calling his politics frivolous. Trump slammed them for the move, calling Paul a clown and Huntsman inconsequential, but neither candidate is bowing to Trump's bluster.

Brookfield Properties, which owns Zuccotti Park, owes the city about $139,000 in back taxes dating back to 2006, said the Finance Department.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she will be backing a bill to crack down on corrupt gun runners and dealers.

The annual Kennedy Center Gala this year bestowed its recognition on Diamond, actress Meryl Streep, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, singer Barbara Cook and saxophonist Sonny Rollins. It's also a weekend that saw the comeback victory of Tiger Woods, the personally troubled golf great, who finally won a tournament after a two-plus-year drought, the Chevron Challenge and Sherman Oaks, held Sunday in Los Angeles. Why do we hold up athletes as role models so much more often than we do artists?

Investment firm Beacon Capital Partners has closed on an investment in 195 Broadway in Lower Manhattan as part of a $280 million recapitalization of the property, according to city records.

A well-timed insult can boost a publicity whore's profile -- but at what cost?

Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge and attorney general under President George W. Bush, said arguments for Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from the Affordable Care Act case are flimsy at best.

Sooner or later, income taxes on upper-income groups in the United States, including the uber-rich, have to be raised to balance the federal budget, and to restore tax fairness.

President Barack Obama and three 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls are all contenders for the award.

The pace of growth in the vast U.S. services sector slowed in November to the lowest level in nearly two years, according to an industry report released on Monday.