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Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to announce a digital textbook creation toolkit at its Jan. 19 event in New York City. The move could spell trouble for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).

A new report from Brookings Institute shows President Barack Obama faces more federal judicial vacancies than he can keep up with and a longer confirmation process for his choices.

Green Bay was expected to go to the Super Bowl.

NYC now has an estimated 10,000 homeless families, including 17,000 homeless on its mean streets on this freezing night that outreach struggles to shelter.

Both Terrell Owens and now Vernon Davis have caught last-minute, game-winning playoff touchdowns for the San Francisco 49ers in their careers, and ironically enough, their reactions were similar.

Beyonce's baby girl Blue Ivy Carter is absolutely gorgeous, the singer's former Destiny's Child bandmate Michelle Williams told USA Today. We were all in love, she said.

Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin turned Miss America 2012, on Saturday, publicly made a plea to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. If you're watching, Aaron Rodgers, call me. Here's why we think Rodgers should call her.

Hopefully, retailers liked 2011, because 2012 is looking like it will offer more of the same.

Despite the bankruptcy of Hostess Bakeries, the Twinkie brand still has enormous equity and could be a valuable asset to a new Hostess or an acquirer, venerable brand expert Clive Chajet told International Business Times.

The Lamartine Place Historic District, twelve historic houses in Chelsea that were essential to the Underground Railroad, were recognized in the weekend preceding Martin Luther King Day with a brand new sign that hangs on 339 W. 29th Street.

Kelsey Grammer doesn't let age get in his way. The 56-year-old actor just announced he's having twins with wife, Kayte Walsh, 32.

Six months before Christopher Nolan's final Batman film hits theaters, tickets for The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience are on sale for theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco for an early July 19 screening. Advance tickets are selling out fast, so Batman fanboys and those eager to see Anne Hathaway as Catwoman early are advised to buy up the tickets while they can.

Montreal's Max Pacioretty scored twice as the Canadiens rose to the occasion with a 4-1 victory over the NHL-leading New York Rangers on Sunday.

The three states with the highest number of beauty queens -- California, Ohio and Oklahoma – boast six winners each

On the sidewalk of any other major city in the world, you'd think you were home, with Starbucks, KFC and the like. But You'll only see Bergdorf's in New York.

On the sidewalk of any other major city in the world, you'd think you were home, with Starbucks, KFC and the like. But You'll only see Bergdorf's in New York.

Beyonce may have just given birth, but she continues to uphold her Bootylicious qualities, so-much-so, a rare Australian fly -- heralded for its beautiful back-side -- has been named after her.

A soldier faced charges on Sunday at a hearing in Afghanistan for the death of Chinatown native Pvt. Danny Chen, who committed suicide allegedly due to bullying.

Martin Luther King preached of peace and tolerance, however, as of Saturday, police are currently hunting for vandals who defaced a building in Brooklyn with ant-Semitic messages.

Politics are being mixed with just about everything nowadays, but politics + Jersey Shore? Nicole Snooki Polizzi announced her endorsement for Donald Trump for President during her press conference for Team Snooki Boxing last week, while showing off her newly svelte figure post-weight loss.

The American Museum of Natural History will introduce a Master of Arts in teaching program, where roughly 50 former science majors will spend 15 months learning to become science teachers. Applicants must have a background or career in science and be looking to transition into the educational field.