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Michael Mele, a convicted sex offender, admitted to killing Texan dancer Laura Garza after he met her at a Manhattan nightclub three years ago. A judge agreed to sentence him to 23 year on manslaughter charges and 16 months to four years on evidence tampering.

Kim Kardashian co-hosted LIVE! With Kelly with Kelly Ripa on Monday morning and the reality diva opened up a bit about her divorce from Kris Humphries and the backlash she has faced since then. She also slammed rumors that she married for publicity.

While the FCC and Department of Justice haven't indicated opposition or concern, some people point to the wireless carrier's ability to roll out its 4G wireless network as reason that it doesn't need more spectrum.

Coach Inc., the New York-based luxury clothing and accessories retailer, is expected to report a 15 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit on strong sales of handbags and women's accessories.

Rodger Federer has swept into his 1,000th tour match in style with a straight set victory against Bernard Tomic at the Australian Open. Here's a look at some of Federer's best moments in pictures.

The actress is coming under fire for her insistence that homosexuality is a choice.

Newt Gingrich has risen like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes to become a top-tier contender for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for U.S. president. But is he too old to serve in the most demanding, elected, public office in the world?

New York City is now a little more completely Democratic.

New York is pretty good for young, single women.

Four men have reportedly died in New York due to unrelated subway mishaps less than 24 hours apart.

The Orlando center has expressed interest in leaving the team.

Throughout the nominating contest, self-avowed Tea Party backers have oscillated between different candidates as they searched for an alternative to Mitt Romney, helping to drive the rapid ascents of Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain and Rick Perry. The results in South Carolina indicate that those voters coalesced behind Gingrich.

Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan is starting a fight against hunger in New York City today.

Lana Del Rey caused a headline blitz after her horribly-reviewed Saturday Night Live performance. Criticism and critiques flew after she croaked out some shaky octaves on SNL, right before her major-label album debut, Born to Die, on Jan. 31.

Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion dropped another 7 percent in Monday trading despite replacing its co-founding CEOs, bringing in a new chairman and promising change.

The Westboro Baptist Church, known for its infamous God Hates Fags slogan and unwelcome funeral pickets, has announced that it will protest at the funeral of renowned Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno.

Stocks were little changed in early trading on Monday after equities posted their best week in a month as the euro zone debt crisis and the economy showed signs of stabilizing.

The three people killed in the Marist College house fire in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. have been identified as Eva Block, 21, Kerry Fitzsimons, 21, and Kevin Johnson, 20. But while funeral services have begun today for the victims of Saturday's horrific tragedy and friends remember the victims, police say that the cause of the fire is still under investigation, with no obvious cause. The home itself has since been razed by the local fire department.

Oil and gas producer Apache Corp will buy privately held Cordillera Energy Partners III in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.85 billion, part of a plan to expand its holdings of energy-rich reserves in the Midwestern United States.

The New York-based company will report its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens.

A full-size, complete first edition of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" sold for $7.9 million at auction on Friday in New York to a private American collector, Christie's said.