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Sean Diddy Combs had an unwelcome house guest in his East Hampton mansion April 1.

During a recent trip to Colorado, jewelry designer Alicia Mohr planned another vacation from an unusual spot - a hot tub at a Starwood hotel, where she is a platinum-level preferred customer.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle paid an effective tax rate of about 20.5 percent in 2011, but would like to be paying more in order to make the U.S. tax system more fair.

This Sunday, HBO premiers the much anticipated comedy series Girls.

Warmer weather means wedding season is right around the corner. Say goodbye to dainty jewelry, because this year the bridal trend is all about statement necklaces. We talked with Richard Wubnig, the jewelry department manager for Michael C. Fina, the must stop location for every bride.

Fans of the horror genre are very difficult to please, but critics say fanboys are absolutely going to adore Cabin in the Woods, the latest film to attempt the a-group-of-friends-visit-a-cabin-in-the-woods-and-bad-things-happen formula.

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDSA) on Friday said the oil slick first reported Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico is starting to dissipate.

Failure of the satellite and rocket, launched to mark the ascendancy of Kim Jong-un and celebrate the 100th birthday of North Korea's founder, the late Kim Il-sung, sparked fears the country will pursue further launches nuclear tests.

Move over Batman, there's a new superhero in town fighting crime and his name is Snackman, the latest viral YouTube sensation who used his superpowers of casual snacking to fight bad guys on a New York City subway, an event captured on video in its entirety by an onlooker. Charles Sonder, a 24-year-old dubbed Snackman, was riding the 6 train when a fight between two strangers broke out. Sonder stepped between the pair to thwart the fight, in the process of munching on ...

The military has taken over the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, in a coup d'etat on Thursday, a few weeks before the country's presidential elections.

I am highly superstitious and I strongly believe that there are things in heaven and earth that simply cannot be explained (or denied) by modern science and technology.

Naked pictures of Bobby Petrino may soon be released.

Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., was treated and released from hospital after he suffered smoke inhalation and second-degree burns after punching through flames on Thursday, to rescue a neighbor from her burning house.

Love is in the air for the recently hooked-up reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West. While speculations about the couple's dating are yet to be confirmed, there is news all about an already full-fledged relationship between the stars.

The bank's quarterly profit totaled $5.38 billion, down from $5.56 billion a year earlier. That translated to $1.31 a share, compared with $1.28 a share as the number of shares outstanding declined.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was reportedly detained by immigration authorities for over two hours at a New York airport Thursday.

The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Thursday were: China Cord Blood Corp, Sandridge Energy, Unisys Corp, Overseas Shipholding Group, Dow Chemical, 3D Systems Corp, Sara Lee Corp, Venoco, Thompson Creek Metals and Renren Inc.

North Korea launched its long-awaited rocket Friday morning, but it fell apart within minutes, U.S. officials said.

The popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has brought new attention to the lure of erotic/romantic fiction. According to a new report by CNBC, Romance is the best-selling fiction genre.

Risky assets rose on moderate volume and moderately bad news Thursday, as investors seemed to be placing a paradoxical bet that a slowdown in economic growth would jolt the U.S. central bank into action -- inflating the prices of stocks, commodities and other assets -- while at the same time assuming the slowdown would not be so harsh as to throw the current recovery completely off track.

Bonobos, the largest clothing brand launched on the Internet in the U.S., is stepping out from the digital realm and into Nordstrom stores nationwide.