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New York Banks Put on Security Alert; Package Bomb Targets Deutsche Bank

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Yet the New York Police Department has warned all banks in the city to beef up mailroom security in light of the episode. The package in Germany was made of explosives and shrapnel, and it was discovered in the mailroom at Deutsche Bank's headquarters. The package was detected by X-ray technology, police said. It did not detonate.
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J.C. Penney Co Inc took a stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc and plans to open Martha Stewart shops within its stores, in the first big deal announced by its new chief executive as he tries to turn the department store chain around.
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Harry Morgan Dies at 96: Beloved 'MASH' Colonel Passes Away [VIDEOS]

Morgan, best known for playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter on long-running TV classic M*A*S*H, died Wednesday at age 96, possibly from pneumonia. Look back on the prolific character actor's five-decade career, and watch Morgan's interview with the Television Academy Foundation in 2004 and classic M*A*S*H moments with his Col. Potter.
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Penney CEO calls Martha Stewart deal a centerpiece

J.C. Penney Co Inc bought a 16.6 percent stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc and will build mini-stores under that brand in a deal new Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson called a key centerpiece in the company's transformation.
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Fame Vs. Celebrity: A New York Story

I have seen or run into literally hundreds of celebrities -- ranging from global icons to the Andy Warhol ‘fifteen-minute’ variety -- in Manhattan over the past two decades.
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BCS Bowl Games 2011 Gifts List

The BCS bowl game schedule has been released and led to what will likely be weeks of arguments about the national championship game rematch and other apparent mishaps.
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Rising Oil Prices: The Next Big U.S. Economic Concern

Of paramount concern is the fact that oil prices have jumped so high with the global economy in such doldrums. That means if the economy gets moving, oil prices will only go higher. And if the U.S. economy continues to slowly and steadily improve as it has recently, demand will slowly and steadily increase.
Raj Rajaratnam at sentencing

Hedge Funds Getting It From All Sides... Or Not

To hear it from one side, private equity and hedge fund managers are under a veritable siege: under attack from politicians, regulators, an ornery market and uneasy clients. But the hedge fund managers themselves seem to be saying all is good in Greenwich.
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Was Model Lauren Scruggs' Tragic Accident the Pilot’s Fault?

Model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs, 23, is responsive and making a slow recovery after suffering severe injuries to her face, shoulder and left hand caused by accidentally walking into a small airplane propeller. Aviation Consultant John Nance thinks, Kurt Richmond, the pilot may have been at fault.

What Does New York's Medicare-Medicaid Integration Mean for MCOs?

New York State's Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) recently published its final recommendations to the New York State Dept. of Health, proposing a model that would fully integrate Medicaid and Medicare services for those eligible for both programs (dual eligibility).

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