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With 18 restaurants dotted around the United States and three more due to open soon award-winning chef Michael Mina says preparing memorable meals is all about balance.

The death machine used by the late Dr. Jack Kevorkian in assisted suicides will be among the items up for auction in an estate sale in late October, according to the sale's coordinator.

Taylor Swift named Billboard woman of the year

Martin Scorsese's Hugo was unveiled at the New York Film Festival on Monday night, and the reaction to his unfinished film was so enthusiastic that it left one question lingering in the air:

In what be one of the most pathetic fights seen in a long time, two cameramen duked it out following NBAPA president Derek Fisher's press conference on Monday night.

The attempted Anonymous takedown of the New York Stock Exchange Web site shows the strength and exposes the weakness of anarchist movements.

The trailer for the long-anticipated Marvel Comics superhero epic, The Avengers, has debuted set for a May 4, 2012 release with a star-studded cast who each has appeared in their own film or made a cameo.

With Apple releasing the iMessage application for its iPhone Wednesday, analysts have mixed opinions about what that will mean for text messaging.

Sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, Oct. 11 marks the 24th annual National Coming Out Day (NCOD) in celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride within the community.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y. endorsed Mitt Romney, saying Republicans need to abandon their purity test and nominate someone who can win against President Obama.

A coalition of community groups allied with Occupy Wall Street transplanted their critique from downtown Manhattan to the Upper East Side on Tuesday, rallying in front of the stately apartment buildings of billionaires that included News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch, Koch Industries vice president David Koch and New York Private Bank & Trust CEO president Howard Milstein.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case from a gay couple who tried to get listed as the fathers of their adopted son on his Louisiana birth certificate.

The two men as Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen with dual Iranian and U.S. passports, and Gholam Shakuri, reportedly a member of the Quds Force.

The 21-year-old becomes the youngest entertainer to receive the annual award.

Bethenny's story does not add up, according to the man who supposedly rescued her

Wall Street could lose up to 10,000 jobs through the end of next year, amidst a backdrop of falling corporate profits and lower tax revenue for the city and state of New York, warns State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. One in 8 jobs in New York City and 1 in 13 jobs in New York State are connected to the securities industry.

As the Occupy Wall Street movement gains momentum across the U.S., here's a look at other, major U.S. protests that have occurred within the last decade.

Occupy Wall Street protests are facing down the futuristic barrel of 'less-than-lethal' weaponry. As protests test police patience, crowds may see previously-unknown high-tech crowd control gear. What could the protesters face, as their “radical democracy of the future” meets the radical crowd control of the future?

Scientists have hypothesized that black holes, super dense masses with gravity so strong not even light escapes, can vacuum up stars and shred them to pieces and squash them to smithereens. Trouble is, proof of the ripped-up stars eluded astronomers - until now.

A new report reveals that Google+ has lost about 60 percent of its traffic gained after opening to the public in September. Can Google+ survive against Facebook?

Occupy Atlanta protesters are ignoring a police order to disperse, but no arrests had been made as of Tuesday morning.