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The public relations campaign at end of year 2010 is proving to be a hard one for U.S. oil giant Chevron Corporation. Faced with an oil leak, the suspension of its drilling rights and severe public backlash all in Brazil, the company has now been labeled the most toxic energy company.

Tom Wicker, the New York Times reporter who covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy for the paper before moving on to become the Times' Washington bureau chief and a columnist for 25 years, died at his Rochester, Vermont, home on Friday, the Times reports.

Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, has been accused of flip-flopping on a number of issues. So what are his political positions?

The medicinal value of cannabis is a controversial topic. The debate centering on the legality of its use in certain situations has been unresolved for decades now, fueled, to some extent, by the U.S. federal authorities refusal to accept its possible medicinal uses. That refusal has hit the billion dollar marijuana industry hard in recent times.

ESPN commentator Urban Meyer is expected to be named Ohio State's football coach next week, according to a report.

On Tuesday, a City Council committee debated the proposed living wage bill, a controversial legislation that would require companies subsidized by the city to pay employees a minimum of $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 without benefits.

Groupon Inc stock slumped 15 percent on Tuesday on concern about increased competition, leaving shares of the largest daily deal company close to their $20 initial public offering price.

Twenty current and former students in Long Island have been implicated for cheating on college entrance examinations.

Revelations that Donald Trump's brand value is $3 billion of his total net worth of around $7 billion underscored the mogul's shift away from real estate.

Sidney Crosby made his hotly anticipated return to the NHL Monday night, netting two goals and adding two assists in a game that is sure to go down as one of the biggest in Crosby lore when all is said and done.

Good news, Andy Cohen fans: Cohen's high-pitched talk show Watch What Happens: Live is growing to more than twice its current size.

Christoph Niemann is the illustrator behind The New Yorker's Thanksgiving cover, Promised Land.

Fox News viewers are less informed on current events than people who don't follow the news at all, according to a new study from Fairleigh Dickinson University. MSNBC viewers fared poorly as well, while people who got their news from Sunday morning news shows and NPR were the most informed overall.

Over a dozen CUNY students were arrested, some knocked to the ground, late Monday night at Baruch College after a scuffle with police and campus security.

Taken the High Line Park? Now you can try the undergound Low Line, at least if a NASA and Google pair get their way.

Thirteen news organizations in New York City formally complained Monday to Mayor Mike's administration. What is this, they asked, more or less, some totalitarion foreign land that represses free speech?

It was not recommended that charges be filed against the special prosecutor who was investigating the late Senator from Alaska Ted Stevens.

Teddy Forstmann, the 71-year-old beau of Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, died of brain cancer on Sunday.

Believed to be Obama’s first ever national appearance, a 1991 commercial for TBS’ “Black History Minute, featuring the then-29-year-old, deep-voiced Harvard Law Review graduating editor in chief (before he became commander in chief), has gone viral since its discovery.

A man has been arrested within the past 24 hours on allegations that he planned to build and explode a bomb in New York City, the New York Times reports.

Clashes among police, military and demonstrators erupted at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, injuring many hundreds and killing at least two demonstrators. In the clash's aftermath (see photos from protests here), the upcoming elections have become a source of anxiety and hope for an Egypt beyond SCAF control.

LivingSocial, an online-deals provider, is looking to raise nearly $200 million from new and old investors, The New York Times reported Friday.

On top of fundraising, the daily-deals company is discussing plans for a credit facility of $100 million.

Citigroup, BNP Paribas and UBS all announced job reductions in this week.

Kris Humphries pulled a Kim Kardashian and signed a $150,000 endorsement deal with Sector watches.

The son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is being held by Zintani rebels, authorities confirm, and will face trial for crimes against humanity. But will Saif al-Islam be tried in Libya, or by the International Criminal Court? And what role did al-Islam, once a Western-styled reformer, play in the brutal repression of the February uprisings?

As attention in the Olympus accounting scandal turns to whether funds used to cover up losses were funneled to criminal groups, scrutiny is set to increase on deals not yet in the spotlight, including an ill-fated $780 million investment in technology firm ITX.

The Pennsylvania charity, Second Mile, founded by former Penn State defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, has decided to fold, following the Penn State sex scandal.

The FDA announced on Friday it has revoked approval of the cancer drug Avastin for breast cancer patients, citing multiple studies that concluded it does not prolong the life of women suffering from metastatic breast cancer.