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The top after-market NYSE gainers on Wednesday were: HNI Corp, Swift Transportation, Campus Crest Communities, Commercial Metals and WESCO International. The top after-market NYSE losers were: Astoria Financial Corp, Western Digital Corp, Fidelity National Financial, Fidelity National Financial and Alcatel Lucent.

The New York Film Critics Circle announced on Wednesday that it will move its year-end vote for the best films of 2011 from mid-December to November 28, making it the first critics' group to announce its winners.

Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest on Wednesday to grand theft auto charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.

It’s hard to believe but there are rumors that newlywed couple Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries marriage is on a brink to split.

Naomi Wolf, the feminist activist and author, was arrested outside the 2011 Huffington Post Game Changers Awards on Tuesday as she defended Occupy Wall Street protestors.

Australian supermodel, Miranda Kerr arrived in New York on Wednesday for an exclusive display of the $2.5 million Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra that she will be wearing for this year's fashion event.

Big East commissioner John Marinatto reiterated Wednesday that the conference will not allow Syracuse and Pittsburgh to move to the ACC before their 27-month waiting periods expire.

Christopher Nolan will film scenes for the third Batman movie in NYC this month, and as new teasers for locations near Occupy Wall Street, photos from recent fight scenes, and casting calls for law enforcement training add fuel to rumors, it looks like OWS may be a backdrop for the film.

Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.

Unconventional times require unconventional measures. It is time for the American people to start a public, federal bank?

Jersey Shore's Ronnie and Sammi have broken up again, guys, and this time it's totally for real. Like that other time. And that other time. And...

You might think the capital city of a U.S. state would tap a high-powered, national law firm to handle its bankruptcy case. But when Harrisburg, Pennsylvania filed for bankruptcy last week, it hired a one-lawyer, local shop with no bankruptcy experience.

Occupy Wall Street protesters may get a new platform to voice their opinions after MTV's The Real World reality TV show posted a casting call reaching out to supporters of the movement.

Mediation talks between National Basketball Association (NBA) owners and players continued unexpectedly Wednesday for a second straight day in New York in a bid to resolve the bitter labor dispute.

Rapper and entrepreneur Shawn Carter a.k.a. Jay-Z has invested in part of the New Jersey Nets, and now, actor Will Smith has become part owner of his hometown team: the Philadelphia 76ers.

Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.

A New York City policeman has been docked more than a third of his vacation time after he used pepper spray on anti-Wall Street protesters corralled by police on a sidewalk during a rally against economic inequality.

The full cast of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice 5 outed themselves in New York Tuesday, as the new assemblage of competitors hit the mean streets to test their sandwich-making skills in what appeared to be a one of the show's competitions, Reality Blurred reported.

Grammy-winning gothic rock band Evanescence topped the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday with their latest self-titled album, Evanescence.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino thinks that Pittsburgh and Syracuse acted too quickly in deciding to leave the Big East for the ACC after a long history with the conference.

The U.S. economic outlook grew dimmer in September, leading businesses to be wary of spending and of building up inventories ahead of the holiday sales season, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.