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Nicki Minaj isn't getting any love as the hate-fest continues in the wake of her label's decision to have her back out of Hot 97's Summer Jam concert on Sunday. Funkmaster Flex turned up the heat on the popular artist late Sunday with a series of harsh disses aimed at the starlet and the Young Money label.

Olivia Culpo might have once described herself as a short, chubby nerd, but the beautiful Miss Rhode Island's beauty won her the title of Miss USA 2012 on Sunday night.

The euro zone avoided recession with zero growth in the first quarter, but it seems to have run out of luck. Recent data out of the single currency bloc has led economists to conclude with confidence that a recession is looming and the European Central Bank may not act Wednesday.

Groups concerned that overuse of antibiotics in animal feed is endangering human health by creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs scored a small legal victory Monday when a federal judge told the FDA to take a second look at its decision to reject citizen petitions on the issue.

Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), the No. 1 database developer, said it had agreed to acquire private Collective Intellect to bolster its Cloud capabilities for software-as-a-service functions.

When California voters head to the polls for their primary on Tuesday, they will also find a proposal to raise taxes on cigarettes -- in a state that's already among the most anti-smoking. But the money the tax might raise won't fix California's troubled finances.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced legislation to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view. More than 80 percent of those arrested in New York state for marijuana possession are black or Hispanic.

The first round results of the 2012 MLB Draft.

Bernard Thibault, the secretary of the Communist-backed Confédération Générale du Travail, one of France's largest unions, warned that at least 45,000 jobs (and maybe as many as 90,000) will be jettisoned by some 46 companies.

Crude oil futures hovered below $84 a barrel Tuesday as concerns over the euro zone debt crisis continued to weigh on the sentiment.

Tensions flared in northwestern Myanmar after 10 Muslims were beaten to death by a mob of Buddhist vigilantes Sunday in retaliation to the rape and murder of a girl allegedly by Muslim men.

Gold edged up Tuesday as oil and equities gained ahead of emergency talks by the Group of Seven leading industrialized powers, which will discuss the deepening problems in the euro zone that threaten to spur a global economic meltdown.

The P180 Avanti II is striking. Even stationary on the tarmac, the plane from Italian aerospace company Piaggio Aero looks like it will rise into the air with the slightest breath of breeze, a magnificent Roc ready to take to the skies and transport its travelers to wondrous lands, or the Essex County Airport in Caldwell, New Jersey, in other circumstances.

The Ol' Dirty Bastard movie Dirty White Boy will reportedly star Wu-Tang Clan members as themselves, while Michael K. Williams (aka Omar from The Wire) will play the ODB himself.

Janice Poppo DiBello never got the chance to know her father, Ronald Poppo, who abandoned her when she was just two-years-old. But on Thursday, the New Jersey native discovered that her father was the victim of the bizarre and brutal Miami zombie attack.

Shares of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), the No. 7 website, traded near their 52-week high Monday after activist investors Starboard Value Management won crucial backing to win seats on the board of directors.

A 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN houses tens of thousands of people from all over for the Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival. From Thursday, June 7 to Sunday, June 10 people will camp out and stay up till all hours of the night taking in 125 live performances, over 20 comedy acts and 75 different food options. Among these food options are three standout New York restaurants.

Emmy-award winning actress Kathryn Joosten, who played Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives, died Saturday after a battle with lung cancer. She was 72.

A famous funny-man decided to buy a small stake in the New York Mets.

On Monday, Hawaiian Airlines will fly into its first major market on the East Coast, New York City, expanding its reach across the United States.

Mike Tyson's wild, one-man show could be in a Broadway theater by this summer.