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Osama bin Laden's handwritten journal - obtained during a raid by U.S. forces last week - shows he urged followers conduct attacks in the U.S. on the scale of 9/11 - involving body counts in the thousands - in order to drive Americans from the Arab world, according to a report.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Wednesday are: Aegean Marine Petroleum, Teekay Tankers, Flotek Industries, Hovnanian Enterprises and AU Optronics Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Northstar Realty Finance, Iamgold, NetQin Mobile, Silvercorp Metals and Talisman Energy.

Search engine behemoth Google's self drive car is likely to hit street in Nevada if a pair of legislation get through the state legislature.

Oprah Winfrey will soon return to acting, nowhere else but on Broadway, and this is really going to happen.

What was discovered in bin Laden's documents.

Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels was arrested for looting $2.3 million. According to the New York Times, the charges were not immediately clear. However, New York police detectives and prosecutors have focused on what people have reported as a pattern of theft over several decades of sports memorabilia.

Boston is in a deep hole against the Heat.

Will Smith has parked his two luxury trailers on the street of lower Manhattan where he is currently filming his upcoming movie “Men in Black III,” with his $25k per month rental only a few blocks away.

Top hedge fund founder and stock trader Raj Rajaratnam was 'expressionless' in a New York federal court on Wednesday as a jury verdict was read finding him guilty of 14 charges, including insider trading.

This week's cover story of OK! Magazine dons a photo of Katie Holmes with the words Yes, I'm Pregnant loudly displayed on the page.

Wine collector robbed and beaten after responding to a craigslist ad selling rare French Bordeaux

HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HBC) said it plans to save up to £2-billion (or $3.5-billion) over the next two years. by downsizing its wealth management and retail segments

Omar, 30, said he always disagreed with his father over the violent means and had sent numerous messages denouncing them and urging him to “change his ways”. But even the U.S. forces which had killed Osama have violated the international law by killing an unarmed terrorist leader without a trial, he said in statement issued by the Bin Laden family but signed only by him. The statement was the first by the family after Osama's killing.

Led by Senator Al Franken, the Privacy and Technology Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary grilled Google and Apple on privacy.

Long Island Rail Road has been facing service disruptions, due to an Amtrak train derailment on May 8. The impact will continue at least until Wednesday, May 11.

Legendary actor Al Pacino, who has played many memorable gangsters over his career, will join the cast of the upcoming film Gotti: Three Generations, according to various reports.

A new emergency system that sends alerts to cellphones will be launched in New York City and Washington D.C. by major mobile device companies.

Parsons The New School for Design presented 43 collections to a full house yesterday afternoon as part of the Parsons Festival event.

Famous artists such as Da Vinci, Monet, Picasso and Warhol are common household names. Art & Design takes a look at a four of the most influential and famous artists to have shaped the world of art.

The New York Drama Critic's Circle named the winners; Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire as the best play of the season, Jerisalem by Jez Butterworth as the best foreign play, and The Book of Mormon as the best musical.

Alexander McQueen's Savage Beauty saw more visitors than any other costume show in the history of the Met. Roughly 5,100 visitors attended the exhibition on its opening day proving the show to be a success.