NEW JERSEY

A boy band insulted Lauryn Hill at the BET Awards and Beyonce was not pleased, so the singer changed her speech in order to honor the singer.

Add another incident to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's record of public confrontations. In a press conference Sunday night, the governor lashed out at a reporter who asked an off-topic question. Christie asked the reporter, Did I say on topic? Are you stupid? On topic, on topic. Next question.

When ?Tupac? dazzled audiences at the Coachella music festival earlier this year, it heralded the mainstream arrival of the hologram. Now, so-called virtual assistants are popping up at airports across the globe.

Thousands of miles away, a cadre of international Nobel laureates assembled to discuss global warming were having a, er, heated debate, arguing over data that the vast majority of scientists the world over say shows clear evidence of manmade climate change. But in the steaming streets of Brooklyn, the crowded public pools of Atlanta and the power outage-hit suburbs of Washington, D.C., the discussion was unanimous: It was hot.

A fierce line of thunderstorms and high winds that swept across the eastern U.S. have caused nine fatalities and have left millions without power -- and without air conditioning -- Saturday to deal with thermostat-popping temperatures. Three governors declared a state of emergency.

Longtime New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur could test the free-agent waters. There are plenty of places he could wind up.

Reports are surfacing that Martin Brodeur will test the free agent market instead of resigning with the Devils.

There are big incentives for states to participate in the Medicaid extension.

the inevitable became official as Davis was selected first overall.

The FDA has approved the first new weight-loss pill in more than a decade: Belviq, a long term anti-obesity drug produced by Arena Pharmaceuticals.

The 2012 NBA draft kicks off at 7 p.m. ET Thursday from the Prudential Center.

The Supreme Court health care decision confirming the constitutionality of the president's signature legislative achievement and expanding insurance to millions of low-income Americans under Medicaid will provide a large influx of new customers and notable revenue opportunity for Medicaid-focused managed-care organizations (MCOs).

The 2012 NBA Draft is set to get underway on Thursday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The New York City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of a bill to require some city employers to pay their workers at least $11.50 an hour, or $10 hourly with benefits. And it's likely to happen.

Diabetic mice were able to go off insulin after receiving a pancreatic stem cell transplant, which restarted the cycle in which insulin production rises or falls based on blood sugar levels.

The collection of new Saab Automobile AB 9-3, 9-4 and 9-5 cars that have been languishing in U.S. ports following the company's bankruptcy will be liquidated at auction beginning on June 28 with a lot in Newark, N.J.

Gunnar the seal, a real-life U.S. Navy seal part of the marine mammal program, died on Friday at the age of 38, the Smithsonian National Zoo announced on Tuesday.

The 54-cent decline in the average price of gasoline over the last 3 months should add approximately $54 billion of incremental income to U.S. consumers.

The expected top 14 picks on Thursday night's NBA Draft.

New Jersey woman Elizabeth Lloyd filed a lawsuit for more than $150,000 after an 11-year-old baseball player hit her with a ball during a Manchester Little League game two years ago. Lloyd was sitting at a picnic table near a bullpen which had a fence when she was hit in the face with a ball by the catcher, then 11-year-old Matthew Migliaccio. She is seeking $150,000 in damages for medical expenses and an undefined amount for pain and suffering.

The National Organization for Marriage will reportedly use $2 million to unseat the Republican lawmakers who helped make same-sex marriage legal in the New York.