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Delays continue after a power outage Thursday morning left nearly 1,500 NJ Transit passengers stuck in a tunnel between New Jersey and New York City.

Will the possible release of the iPhone 5 to Sprint (S) in October spark a renaissance in the wireless sector, including for longstanding iPhone carrier Verizon (VZ)?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted in Thursday trading, dropping more than 3 percent at certain times after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke introduced Operation Twist to jump-start the slumping economy.

Tabloid rumors are being taken more seriously than usual

Daphne Guinness secret to staying stick thin is out. The haute couture addict told the New York that she would not eat until she was dead.

Daphne Guinness secret to staying stick thin is out. The haute couture addict told the New York that she would not eat until she was dead.

South Africa's rand briefly hit a new 26-month low against the dollar on Thursday, and bonds trimmed losses, after a central bank statement was largely viewed as dovish but the currency stabilised in late trade after two days of hefty losses.

Whitman, who failed to become Republican Governor of California last year after spending tens of millions of dollars in the campaign, is a highly controversial choice to lead the troubled HP.

An Amtrak power problem has left some New Jersey Transit commuters stranded Thursday on the rail line that runs between New York City and New Jersey.

While New York City as a whole has endured the recession better than the rest of the country, it has also seen a surge in poverty that outpaced the rest of the nation, according to U.S. Census data.

The 21-year-old claims the former governor of Alaska had a cougar crush on him.

A multi-state outbreak of food-borne bacteria, listeria, that arose in early September took another life in Maryland after a person died from eating contaminated produce, leaving the death toll at eight.

Former gay porn star beat his ex-girlfriend with a toilet tank lid

Not everyone is convinced that Perry will actually come out ahead at the end of this long race.

A judge received a seven-page letter from Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke asking for leniency after pleading guilty to racketeering and assault charges in August.

A former Giants linebacker told a radio station on Wednesday that New York Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell coaches his players to fake injuries.

R.E.M. bid adieu to its fans after three decades of delivering extraordinary music.

David Freese's hot bat boosted the St Louis's playoff hopes as his five RBIs led the Cardinals to a 6-5 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday.

The New York Yankees clinched the American League East to enter Major League Baseball's postseason for the 16th time in the last 17 years with a doubleheader sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.

New York Giants Pro Bowl defensive end Justin Tuck said he was haunted by a nightmarish loss last year to the Philadelphia Eagles and yearns to make amends in their National Football League rematch this Sunday.

Talk is cheap that the U.S. is merely in slow-growth mode more than two years after the official end to the recession, says Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the collapse of the U.S. housing market and predicted the 2008 recession.