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The New York Islanders overcame the loss of starting netminder Evgeni Nabokov in the first period to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 at Nassau Coliseum on Thursday.

Con Ed is seeking to evict the developer of the controversial Ground Zero Mosque, Sharif El-Gamal for neglecting to pay his rent.

The number of children in the United States considered poor rose by 1 million in 2010, the U.S. Census said Thursday, with more than one in five of the youngest Americans now living in poverty.

The man known as the Riverside Rapist has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. A self-proclaimed womanizer, the homeless Hugues-Denver Akassy had told his victims he was an international journalist before he raped them.

Olivia Wilde defends Kim Kardashian’s divorce.

Wall Street stocks were set to bounce back on Friday after Europe's debt crisis drove heavy market losses this week, with the S&P 500 falling through important technical levels and possibly facing another key test of strength.

Two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials involved in the recent frisking incident of former Indian president Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam at a U.S. airport have reportedly been sacked, according to an Indian national daily.

Gold inched up on Friday helped by a weaker dollar and some bargain-hunting but was still on track for its largest weekly loss since September as euro zone debt contagion worries spooked investors.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park Tuesday has forced the movement to re-evaluate its strategies. IBTimes spoke to Fordham University Sociology Professor Heather Gautney about how the movement has successfully regrouped and where it's headed.

Occupy Wall Street had spent the better part of its two-month existence an ideological Rorschach test. Amoeba-like, it would mold to whatever circumstances dictated, easily adoptable and welcoming to multiple causes. Protesters felt that changed on Thursday night.

Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) said Thursday it slipped to a loss in its third quarter on higher costs and said the losses would continue into the fourth quarter.

Shares in Swiss bank UBS rose on Friday as investors welcomed its pledge to start paying dividends again, though its plans to trim its scandal-hit investment bank failed to go as far as some had hoped.

Syracuse University placed assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine on administrative leave Thursday following accusations of molesting ball boys decades ago.

A San Jose, California, man faces charges of tax evasion after failing to report $1.3 million in interest income from HSBC Holdings Plc's India unit, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

Throngs of anti-Wall Street demonstrators snarled traffic by blocking a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, and later pitched tents outside a bank tower before police advanced to make arrests.

The latest movie in the Twilight vampire romance series could take in about $140 million on its opening weekend in North America, box office watchers said, despite some blood-curdlingly bad reviews.

The stage comedy Seminar is nearing its Broadway premiere Sunday with Alan Rickman, who's already made history for how he handled a preview performance Thursday -- he cancelled it.

Gym Class Heroes has graduated from party life to adulthood on their latest album, The Papercut Chronicles II, a follow-up to their first CD after three records of anthems to youth, rebellion and just plain having fun.

Activist investor Ralph Whitworth is joining Hewlett Packard Co's board after taking a small stake in the Silicon Valley behemoth, a move that may cheer many on Wall Street frustrated by the company's recent decisions.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc said late on Thursday that its stockholders approved the $12.5 billion deal to be acquired by the search giant Google Inc.

Protesters gathered outside People Magazine's New York headquarters Thursday wearing masks of Ryan Gosling's face with the eyes poked out. Fans held up signs in support for Ryan Gosling and lambasted People for choosing Bradley Cooper as 2011's Sexiest Man Alive.