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India has announced its support of a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed against Syria.

Louise Neathway allegedly extorted $6,000 from Cashman and failed to get an additional $15,000.

The New York Knicks now seem more interested in signing J.R. Smith than Kenyon Martin.

Luis Ortiz, the man who allegedly shot NYPD Officer Kevin Brennan in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder.

Outrage over the Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has spurred talk about its abortion services--a politically controversial part of its program that only accounts for 3 percent of its patient care.

Treasure hunter Greg Brooks claimed he has located the wreck of a World War II British merchant ship that was carrying a load of platinum now worth $3 billion. The ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II and should Brooks' location of the ship proves accurate, he will find one of the richest sunken treasures ever discovered.

Apple's current CEO Tim Cook and his creative predecessor Steve Jobs are in stark contrast in terms of philanthropy.

Frank Delaney knows a surefire way to capture a person's attention. In fact, the New York Times bestselling author and former BBC broadcaster claims he can do it with only eight words.

Billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged to give $250,000 to Planned Parenthood to offset the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to cut funds to the health center for breast cancer screenings, a decision that some say was based on a rule put in place for the express purpose of catering to pro-life opposition to the sexual and reproductive health organization.

It’s a busy time for fans of the superhero genre--DC Comics announced yesterday that they are releasing a new prequel series based on the Watchmen graphic novel. While skeptics wonder if the series will succeed, another DC icon is picking up some heat: Batman.

How did Don Cornelius die? The L.A. County Department of Coroner said in a Thursday e-mail that it is investigating what caused the Soul Train creator's sudden death on Wednesday.

The New York Times Co, which is grappling with sinking advertising revenue and a recent change in the top management, said it continued to add subscribers for its digital products in the fourth quarter.

As soon as news broke that Facebook was filing for its IPO, rumors spread that the public offering would create 1,000 overnight millionaires.

Wislawa Szymborska, winter of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, died of lung cancer on Wednesday in Krakow, Poland. She was 88.

Egyptian activists and politicians are blaming Egyptian security for the chaotic riot at a soccer stadium in Port Said that killed 74 people and injured hundreds of others Wednesday night.

There are now more than 26,000 prisoners above age 65. There are more than 124,000 prisoners age 55 or older.

Facebook unveiled plans for the biggest ever Internet IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion, but made it clear CEO Mark Zuckerberg will exercise almost complete control over the company, leaving investors with little say.

A former unpaid intern for Harper's Bazaar has filed a lawsuit contending that the magazine's parent company illegally employed her full time without providing any compensation.

The French aviation company, Dassault, defeated Eurofighter in India's $10.4 billion bid. Negotiations are now in the works for Dassault to sell 126 Rafale combat aircrafts to the Indian Air Force.

DC Entertainment announced Wednesday that it will publish a prequel series of comic-books that precede the Watchmen stories written by Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, and now compiled as a graphic novel.

Wealthy Republican businessman Marc Cenedella, criticized for lascivious blog posts he published about sex and drugs, announced he was not going to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand for her New York Senate seat.

DC Comics is going back into the past by launching a prequel series to their popular Watchmen series.

Some Apple users are unhappy with the way their gadgets are produced, and are calling on Apple to overhaul their production line ahead of the iPhone 5 release and make it the first ethical phone.

The protests against Apple's worker mistreatment practice are surging wave upon wave. A recent online petition demands the tech giant to take further steps in protecting workers and make its next iPhone the first ethical iPhone.

Scotty Bowers, a former Marine who claims to have run a gay and bisexual prostitution ring for some of Hollywood's biggest names beginning in the 1940s, is about to spill the details in a tell-all book.

Actress Cynthia Nixon recently released a statement to calm the controversy surrounding her comments to The New York Times about her sexual orientation.

President Barack Obama pushed into second-gear at the Washington Auto Show on Tuesday, taking a swipe at potential challenger Mitt Romney as the Republican primaries in Florida were underway.

Liturgy is the sexless hive-geek counterpart to Lana Del Rey, 2011's most polarizing and polarized artist. Her just-dropped album Born to Die, has landed number 1, despite global critical condemnation. The Brooklyn black metallers (Liturgy) generated what seemed a comparable amount of criticism to the manufactured pseudo-pop darling (Del Rey) in 2011. Liturgy sold far fewer albums, proving that artistic merit and integrity do not always win out.

Elections may be the bedrock of democracy, but counting votes is a complicated process. As Floridians head to the polls Tuesday to vote for a Republican candidate to go up against President Barack Obama, notorious past controversies from the Sunshine State come to mind.