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The New York Yankees' trade for 10-time All-Star Ichiro Suzuki should help baseball's most popular team both on and off the field.

With her website drowning in hot pink, tiger print and sparkles, New York State Senate candidate Mindy Meyer, a Republican, is living up to her self-proclaimed Diva Of The District moniker.

Wal-Mart, in a bid to protect consumers, said it was not happy with the proposed $7.25 billion retailers' settlement with Visa Inc., and MasterCard Inc., over interchange and processing fees to cover credit and debit card payments.

It's long been rumored that the iPad Mini and the new iPhone -- the 5, as many call it -- would launch around the same time -- around the end of September and beginning of October -- but a new report says Apple may release the new iPhone and iPad sooner rather than later.

While there is public outcry for a discussion on gun control, residents in Colorado have begun seeking background checks needed to buy guns. A local paper reported there has been an increasing number of people showing interest in carry-permit training.

The Yankees might not be done making moves after trading for Ichiro Suzuki.

The Yankees traded pitchers D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar to the Mariners for Ichiro Suzuki.

The New York Knicks bolstered their backcourt Tuesday after agreeing to terms with former Chicago Bulls swingman Ronnie Brewer on a one-year deal.

On Tuesday, the New York City Board of Health will hold a public hearing for supporters and opponents of Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban on big sodas.

Traders piled into a frothy rally in the natural gas markets Tuesday, sending the price of the energy commodity to 2012 highs and seemingly hoping to turn a quick profit with a highly volatile trade before the market's momentum shifts.

New research found that people having joint surgery had up to 31 times higher risk of a heart attack shortly afterward.

All eight are accused of conspiring to intercept communications between 13 October 2001 and 9 August 2006, including the alleged hacking of the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.

Crude oil futures advanced Tuesday as fears over a sharp growth slowdown in the world’s second largest economy slightly eased after a report showed that Chinese factory activity in July grew at its fastest pace in five months.

For the last three years, the consensus has been that a robust and self-sustaining recovery for the U.S. economy is on the cards, but economist Nouriel Roubini, dubbed Dr. Doom, thinks that it's not likely to happen, rather he expects below trend growth for many years to come.

The New York Yankees traded two pitchers for long-time Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki on Monday in a deal that puts Suzuki on a team in a much better position to play deep into October.

Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) is expected to report second quarter 2012 earnings sharply lower than the previous year as the company waits for revenue from the recently launched Model S and from a new partnership with Mercedes-Benz to have a positive impact later in the year.

Russian baritone Evgeny Nikitin has decided not to perform at the Bayreuth festival in Germany after it was discovered that he once had a swastika tattoo.

Roberto Di Matteo appears intent on bolstering the Chelsea squad this summer, as the Blues attempt to build off their Champions League and FA Cup titles in a very busy summer transfer period.

New York-based rapper Khalif Diouf, who has recently gained attention as a pillar of New York's queer rap community as Le1f, premieres his new music video for the song Wut from his mixtape Dark York.

In light of the horrific shootings in Aurora, Colo., last Friday during the midnight release of “The Dark Knight Rises,” Warner Brothers is apparently kicking around the idea of re-editing their upcoming Ryan Gosling/Sean Penn film “Gangster Squad”.

Need a place to crash in Berlin this summer? Strapped for cash? Here’s an idea: Stay in the “smallest house in the world,” One-Sqm-House, for just 1 euro per night.