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Washington D.C. is owed $340,000

New Jersey Transit service was back on track at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday after a power failure snarled the morning commute.

A look at the light heavyweight bout in Denver.

Michelle Obama wore over $42,000 of diamond bracelets to a DNC fundraiser in New York while accompanying her husband on Tuesday night.

“Lindsay is a beautiful, highly acclaimed actress and model. We will be able to create unique images: Refined and luxurious, but also full of sensuality,” the company said in a press release.

CDC report blames bad use of insecticide on death of 65-year-old woman.

The execution, or murder as some call it, of Troy Davis that stirred controversies all over the world also appears unjust and outdated in the eyes of former President Jimmy carter, and the process should have slowed down in the eyes of former President Bill Clinton.

Big, brash new singing contest The X Factor was thumped on its U.S. TV debut, with American audiences preferring comedy Modern Family in their millions, ratings figures showed on Thursday.

The New York Police Department regularly spied on U.S. citizens and tracked their movements as part of the NYPD's vastly expanded intelligence and surveillance mission after 9/11, The Associated Press reported.

Delays continue after a power outage Thursday morning left nearly 1,500 NJ Transit passengers stuck in a tunnel between New Jersey and New York City.

Will the possible release of the iPhone 5 to Sprint (S) in October spark a renaissance in the wireless sector, including for longstanding iPhone carrier Verizon (VZ)?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted in Thursday trading, dropping more than 3 percent at certain times after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke introduced Operation Twist to jump-start the slumping economy.

Tabloid rumors are being taken more seriously than usual

Daphne Guinness secret to staying stick thin is out. The haute couture addict told the New York that she would not eat until she was dead.

Daphne Guinness secret to staying stick thin is out. The haute couture addict told the New York that she would not eat until she was dead.

South Africa's rand briefly hit a new 26-month low against the dollar on Thursday, and bonds trimmed losses, after a central bank statement was largely viewed as dovish but the currency stabilised in late trade after two days of hefty losses.

Whitman, who failed to become Republican Governor of California last year after spending tens of millions of dollars in the campaign, is a highly controversial choice to lead the troubled HP.

An Amtrak power problem has left some New Jersey Transit commuters stranded Thursday on the rail line that runs between New York City and New Jersey.

While New York City as a whole has endured the recession better than the rest of the country, it has also seen a surge in poverty that outpaced the rest of the nation, according to U.S. Census data.

The 21-year-old claims the former governor of Alaska had a cougar crush on him.

A multi-state outbreak of food-borne bacteria, listeria, that arose in early September took another life in Maryland after a person died from eating contaminated produce, leaving the death toll at eight.