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Jeremy Lin vs. LeBron James: Star-Studded NBA Showcase as Knicks Battle Heat

Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks will face off against LeBron James and the Miami Heat tonight in a star-studded showcase of some of the NBA's best players, including Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Amar'e Stoudemire, among others. But despite the amount of star talent on both teams, most eyes will be focused squarely on Lin and James on Thursday night.
Plaza Hotel

Plaza Hotel's $33.5 Million, $8.3 Million Condos Sold [PHOTOS]

Manhattan's venerable Plaza Hotel, site of a $48 million sale in 2011, has seen two more big deals to start off 2012. One of the building's penthouses, #PH2009, has been sold, according to StreetEasy. The deal hasn't closed yet, but the last asking price was $33.5 million.
Oscar Nominations 2012: 5 Reasons To Watch Nominees For Best Foreign Film

Oscar Nominations 2012: 5 Reasons to Watch Best Foreign Film Nominees

This year, the 2012 Oscars offer films from Iran, Belgium, Israel, Poland and Canada, all of them stunning portraits of what a movie can convey of human brutality, beauty, dignity, fragility and suffering. From a tale of backbiting and redemption between a father and son in Israel, to a gritty domestic drama of two families unraveling in Iranian film A Separation, here are brief introductions to the five nominations for Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars 2012, and five reasons (to star...
38 Witnesses

Eerie New French Film Portrays Horrific American Murder

French cinema is known for using gritty and raw techniques to convey a story. So it's no surprise that the country's latest film was inspired by one of the most unsettling murders in American history. On March 13, 1964 a woman named Kitty Genovese was mercilessly stabbed to death outside of her apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens.
Republican Debate: It was a ‘Surging Santorum vs. Raving Romney’ Show

Auto Bailout Sparks Discussion at GOP Debate

Republican presidential candidates revved up discussion Wednesday night of the 2008 and 2009 auto bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC during the 20th, and perhaps final, Republican debate in Arizona.
View of New York Federal Reserve Bank from Maiden Lane

Fed To Sell Rest of Toxic Waste Bonds From Bailout: Bloomberg

At least one large financial institution has approached the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with an offer to buy out the remaining mortgage-backed toxic waste bonds it received from AIG as collateral for a $19.5 billion bailout in 2008, according to Bloomberg News, as banks are looking to profit from what many see as an incipient turnaround in the U.S. housing market.
The New Google Goggles Will Look like Oakley Thumps

Google Goggles: Heads Up Display (HUD) Reality Augmenting Smart-Glasses May Be Available This Year

Deep in Google's top secret X offices at an undisclosed location the internet companies are working on several secret projects including robots and space elevators, but one project may soon be on the market and available for consumers. Google Goggles, as they're being called by the media though Google has yet to release their newest product's name, may be coming to stores as soon as Christmas 2012. The reality augmenting glasses will have GPS, cameras constantly photographing th...
Afghanistan

Afghanistan Koran Burning Protests: Obama Apologizes to Karzai

President Barack Obama has issued a letter of apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in response to the burning of copies of Koran at NATO's Bagram airbase, which provoked violent protests beginning Wednesday that have resulted in several deaths, including two coalition soldiers, believed to be Americans, shot dead by a man in an Afghan Army uniform.

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