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Justin Verlander has always had an electrifying arm but it took time for the 28-year-old right-hander to graduate to the ranks of mature mound ace, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said on Thursday.

The New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens clash in Week Four of the National Football League (NFL) season and while the teams have much in common there is a sense of rivalry fired by Jets head coach, and former Raven, Rex Ryan.

Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme might recover as much as $6.2 billion less than previously estimated if a recent court decision involving owners of New York Mets baseball team remains the law.

Occupy Wall Street protests are nothing new for NYPD.

There is no Long Island Railroad service between Penn Station and Jamaica Station

Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester purchased a home in Encino, a less glamorous neighborhood outside of Los Angeles, for a reported $1.5 million.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's 80-year-old definition of forcible rape excludes several examples of sexual assault that are typically considered rape by police departments across the country. Critics say it is an extremely narrow and archaic definition of rape that results in an under-reporting of the crime.

Listeria-based illnesses that first spread in early September linked to tainted cantaloupes are already being called the deadliest outbreak in over ten years will likely rise higher in the next month, health officials said on Wednesday.

Stocks mostly rose in a volatile session on Thursday as stronger-than-expected economic data and German approval of a beefed-up Eurozone crisis fund relieved two of the worst fears hanging over the market.

Ashton Kutcher sort of challenges the rumors he cheated on Demi Moore.

High-end retailer Neiman Marcus is teaming up with Foursquare for a special scavenger hunt on Saturday, Oct. 1. The company will hide 15 Nancy Gonzalez clutches at 15 of its 41 stores, and the first people who find them can keep them.

There have long been suspicions that Chinese companies which are listed on U.S. bourses do not adhere to strict accounting standards

Executives continue to leave BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Tyler Lessard, the company's vice president for global alliances and developer relations, is the latest to leave the smartphone maker.

Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has been accused of plagiarism for a series of paintings in his New York exhibit, suspected to have been copied from well-known photographs rather than inspired from his travels.

Michael Jackson's doctor delayed calling 911 so he could hide certain medical supplies first, a witness testified Thursday in the trial of Conrad Murray, who is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the singer's 2009 death.

With the urging of George W. Bush, Henry Kissinger and Nancy Reagan, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in what is beginning to feel a smidge like Groundhog Day, is said to be giving serious thought to jumping into the GOP presidential ring, the New York Post reported.

A donation of $3 or more gives you a chance to have dinner with the President.

Workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde mine in Peru went on strike for better pay on Thursday, but the company said there was no disruption from the mine that supplies 2 percent of the world's copper.

If History holds, Mitt Romney's healthy ways might prevent him from being the party's champion.

People worldwide wake up happy, get grumpier as the workday drags on, but then reach a second wind of euphoria by day's end, researchers said Thursday.

In recent weeks, two separate clauses have been proposed as additions to the Americans with Disabilities Act - obesity and ugliness. Do these attributes merit government assistance?