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New York City increased marriage slots for Sunday, July 24, a historical day when the state's same-sex marriage law takes effect. All the 823 couples who registered for a lottery will be accommodated.

Eminent British painter Lucian Freud, known for his masterpieces of the human form, died at his home on July 20, 2011, at the age of 88.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are: Advanced Micro Devices, Radian Group, Gardner Denver, Western Digital, Dupont Fabros Technology, NCR Corp, HealthSouth, Eastman Kodak and Red Hat.

Thierry Henry, who spent eight years with the Gunners while scoring 174 goals in 254 appearances, is set to face his old side again when New York Red Bulls take on Arsenal in the pre-season Emirates Cup.

James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and News Corps' boss in Europe and Asia, has been accused of misleading British Parliament during a high-profile testimony conducted earlier this week. Former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former News International legal manager Tom Crone said they had informed Murdoch about an email that suggested phone hacking was widespread.

New York Mets' reliever Jason Isringhausen may be on the market and the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, and Arizona Diamondbacks are interested according to Fox Sports.

The influential realist painter Lucian Freud has died at the age of 88, his New York-based art dealer announced.Freud was best known for stark, realistic and often nude paintings; his subjects were often personal friends or family members.He was the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.He died of a brief, unspecified illness in his London home.The New York Times described Freud as a bohemian of the old school.Towards the end of his career, Freud's painting began...

Scarlett Johansson could be on her way back to the dating scene less than a year after her divorce with Ryan Reynolds after witnesses saw her getting cozy with Justin Bartha from The Hangover.

The painter died at the age of 88.

New York City subways undoubtedly feature a wide variety of fights, but none may match-up to this catfight caught on tape.

The New York Post's Page Six has revealed that Johansson has been spotted cozying up to the hunk.

Drugs used to slow down multiple sclerosis may help patients but are unreasonably expensive, said a study Wednesday. The medications, disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) have been on the market since the 1990s and include beta interferons, glatiramer, and natalizumab.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian may be a Mrs. pretty soon. The 'wedding of the year' is rumored to take place next month between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. The two became engaged back in May, when Kris was said to have presented Kim with at 20.5 carat diamond ring. It was speculated from the beginning that the alleged Kim Kardashian wedding date is set for August 20, 2011.

HIV-positive men who have sex with other men are at a high risk of contracting the Hepatitis C virus through sex, according to a new study of men in New York City.

Many of the amateur fundraisers who helped finance President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign will not return for the 2012 push, disillusioned by a perception that what was once a grassroots, outsider campaign has morphed into a big-money operation, Politico reported.

Levi Aron charged with two counts of first degree murder

Two members of the U.S. Women's World Cup team, Hope Solo and Alex Morgan, traded jerseys for dresses at the New York premiere of HBO's Entourage.

Rupert Murdoch's wife has received acclaim for standing by her man.

Richard Marles, the Australian government's Parliamentary Secretary for the Pacific, warned the United Nations Wednesday of rising sea levels and their impact on low-lying islands and asked them to include climate change as a global security issue.

Here's a list of movies that do an excellent job of capturing that sultry suspension of reality.

Apple's latest operating system Mac OS X Lion debuted yesterday, and is now available for download from the Mac App Store. If you have a really slow connection, you can come back August and pick up a flash drive from an Apple store for $69.99. It has more than 250 new features, including FaceTime video chatting, AirDrop wireless transfer, multi-touch gesture and autosave. Here are some reviews from around the web.