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New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is investigating whether the National Football League violated antitrust laws with its current labor lockout.

ESPN reports that the deal to sell a minority share in the New York Mets to hedge fund manager David Einhorn will likely not close until August. Both sides are confident that the deal will get done, but the details are dragging out the process.

Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday it had opened a preliminary inquiry into a complaint filed by French writer Tristane Banon

A not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony sentencing has resulted into four states drafting legislation affectionately known as Caylee's Law to create tight requirements for the reporting missing or dead people.

Despite speculation that the French presidential race might have an intriguing new entrant, a poll taken in the country that Dominique Strauss-Kahn should rule out running in the election.

Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 and held by a Salt Lake City preacher for nine months in 2002 and 2003, has joined ABC News as a paid contributor.

They're getting there. That, in a few words, perhaps best characterizes the state of the nation's debt ceiling talks. President Barack Obama said Thursday Congressional Democrats and Republicans are making progress toward deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling, but big gaps remain.

Queens Democratic leaders on Thursday announced their nomination of State Assemblyman David I. Weprin to fill Anthony D. Weiner's position.

The New York Knicks will search the free agent market when the lockout ends.

Mets ownership will need to walk a tightrope in the next few weeks, as the team teeters on contending for a wild card berth and payroll continues to loom large for the financially strapped franchise.

Casey Anthony could possibly taste freedom in late July or early August. Will her freedom lead to heaven or hell? The life ahead of Casey Anthony is surrounded by countless speculations.

President Barack Obama has shifted his strategy in debt talks with Republicans, offering a substantially larger deficit reduction package that would include cuts to Medicare and Social Security in exchange for eliminating tax breaks.

The British public is demanding justice after popular tabloid magazine News of the World was found hacking the cell phones of the dead.

Medicaid helps improve physical and financial stability for low-income Americans, according to a study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

There are some procedural delays to the rapper's release from prison

Egyptians are protesting military trials this week, with the largest protest slated to erupt Friday.

New York City's Department of Parks and Recreation is attempting to answer that question this summer, as it conducts a weathering study of Cleopatra's Needle, which was gifted to the United States government by Egypt as a token to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal. The obelisk has stood in Central Park since 1881, the New York Times reported.

According to the National Retail Federation, certain mainstays in the technology industry experienced the largest growth among all retailers in 2010.

Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer's run as the host of a political show on CNN lasted only nine months, as the cable network eliminated the In the Arena program from its evening lineup.

The fashion industry's most famous celebrities, including Karl Lagerfeld and Giorgio Armani, showcased their talent at the ongoing during Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2011/2012 fashion show in Paris this week.

A federal appeals court initiated an order Wednesday blocking the don't ask, don't tell policy in the military today. The 9th U.S. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that the process of repealing the policy is well underway, and the preponderance of the armed forces are expected to have been trained by mid-summer on new procedures.