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Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home yesterday afternoon: a death caused by ecstasy and alcohol sources say.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home yesterday afternoon after what police say is drug related, capping the end to a short life and even shorter career.

BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink urges President Obama and John Boehner to come to an agreement.

Ford's near-term success is riding on getting a new UAW contract that controls labor costs for the next four years. If Ford is successful, the company's costs paid for debt will improve with a credit rating upgrade.

A massive bloom of algae has spread to a size of almost 20,000 square kilometers in the waters off of China?s eastern coast, according to a report by the country?s state-controlled Xinhua news agency.

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse may slash up to 2,000 jobs to reduce costs, according to a Swiss newspaper.

Home prices in 20 major U.S. cities rose 1.0 percent in May, Case-Shiller announced Tuesday, as the sector benefited from the arrival of the warmer months -- historically a period when home sales rise. Still, the housing sector remains sluggish, and several more monthly rises will be necessary to conclude that a recovery is underway.

She seemed out of it, Janis said, according to Us Weekly. But her passing so suddenly still hasn't hit me.

Here are some photos of Katy Perry's latest photoshoot with her new blond hair.

A day after hundreds of gay couples wedded, the first lawsuit was filed against the New York state measure, challenging politicians who allegedly violated open meeting laws as well as Senate rules on debate.

Wal-Mart is moving its streaming video service Vudu to its main Web site, in a move to challenge Netflix.

Ending a decade-long civil rights battle, the legal bars on the gay marriage have been removed in the New York City. To exchange vows legally for the first time, gay couples flocked clerk's offices across the state on Sunday.

New York City issued 659 marriage licenses yesterday and volunteer judges married 484 couples, gay and straight, according to a news release from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office. "Today, surrounded by family and friends, you are making history," Bloomberg said as he presided over the wedding of two aides at Gracie Mansion, his official residence. The marriage-rights victory, which Governor Andrew Cuomo orchestrated and which and made headlines worldwide, more than doubled the number of...

Robert Ettinger, the founding father of the cryonics movement dies at 92.

"Glee" star Darren Criss is in talks to take Daniel Radcliffe's place in the Broadway reproduction of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" in January, TheWrap has learned.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home yesterday afternoon: a death caused by a binge of ecstasy and alcohol sources say.

Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday, bouncing back from a slide the previous day, after U.S. stocks posted only modest losses in reaction to the worsening deadlock in Washington over raising the debt limit and avoiding a technical bond default.

The head of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group on Monday condemned state laws requiring photo identification of voters as an attempt to disenfranchise minorities through some "of the last existing legal pillars of Jim Crow."

Texas Instruments Inc gave a lukewarm outlook for the current quarter, suggesting that back-to-school sales of computers and other consumer electronics would be weaker than normal.

The New York Public Library will waive the outstanding fines of up to 143,000 city children currently barred from borrowing new items on the condition they do one thing: read.

The Washington Redskins may be targeting one of the best free agent wide receivers on the market in New York Jets' Santonio Holmes.