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Brent crude for September fell 26 cents to $109.65 by 3:57 a.m. GMT, after falling to as low as $109.23 earlier. U.S. crude was down 34 cents at $87.54 a barrel.

The Rev. Zachery Tims, 42, was found dead in a New York hotel on Friday and police suspect that drugs may have been involved.

Small-town Americans probably don't make as much money as Warren Buffett, but they pay more of their income in taxes, President Barack Obama said on Monday, citing the billionaire investor to argue that the government needs more revenues to balance the budget.

Zachery Tims may have died because of a suspected drug overdose, a police source told the New York Daily News.

Tims, 42, was found dead at the W Hotel in Times Square, New York City, on Friday. A housekeeper found him unresponsive on the floor of the hotel room and he was pronounced dead at the scene, CNN reported. Grace Brugess, spokeswoman for the New York Medical Examiner's Office, told CNN that more tests will be needed to determine a cause of death and that could take a few weeks.

For weeks during the rancorous debate over the debt ceiling limit, Americans were treated to the widely televised spectacle of their lawmakers drubbing each other in a bruising partisan jousting match.

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a sleeping passenger during a May 2010 flight from Hong Kong to Newark.

Hundreds of Verizon workers in red shirts interrupted a nine-day-old strike to place a wreath at a site in suburban New York on Monday morning, where a colleague was fatally injured on a picket line 22 years ago. The union workers began reportedly one of the biggest labor strikes in recent U.S. history on Aug. 7.

Despite some exterior changes, reported photos hint that the inside of at least one out of 22 imposter Apple stores with familiar wooden tables and Apple-like signage, remain unchanged. A blog that gained international attention for calling out the bogus stores led to the closure of two fake Apple stores by Chinese officials in July.

Tims found dead and alone in his Times Square hotel room.

The stock market made it three up days in a row Monday, thanks to slew of acquisitions that has observers wondering if Wall Street is getting back its Mojo.

Luxury department store Barneys is teaming up with flamboyant pop singer Lady Gaga for a Christmas holiday campaign and window display called "Gaga's Workshop."

Warren Buffett has touched a national nerve.

Building him up only to tear him right back down, former President Bill Clinton called Texas. Gov. Rick Perry a "good-looking rascal" before slamming his anti-Washington rhetoric as "crazy" at a New York appearance Monday.

The Maroon 5 front man revealed to Out magazine that being naked isn't so bad.

The astronauts will take part in a series of public events. On Aug. 16, the crew will visit the American Museum of Natural History where they will answer questions from children in attendance at the event that is free with museum admission. They will also appear on The Colbert Report later that night, according to the SPACE.com article.

As searchers scoured the Niagara Falls Basin for the body of a 19-year-old female student who was swept over the falls on Sunday, they found the body of an unidentified man instead.

NYC got eight inches of rain on Sunday

The Verizon strike of 45,000 landline employees has hit its ninth day and doesn't show any signs of stopping anytime soon, as the two sides continue to stand far apart on many issues.

Three people who had their fingers injured and cut off by Martha Stewart chairs reached a settlement.

Warren Buffett is urging Congress to stop coddling America's rich people with tax loopholes.