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West Texas Intermediate crude dropped for the fourth time in five days as economic data may signal slowing growth in the U.S., the world's biggest oil consumer.

THIS DAY IN 1987: The Beatles sued Nike and Capitol Records over the use of the song "Revolution" in shoe commercials.

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, wader, Man Oh Man, rfall, and JML9999.

Tom Apple will soon be leaving his position as University of Hawaii at Manoa chancellor after just over two years on the job, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The new 50-page assessment, a copy of which was obtained by The Detroit News on Saturday, was prepared in just two weeks by appraiser Victor Wiener of New York's Victor Wiener Associates .

Huff graduated from Florida State in 1982 and was the meteorologist for TODAY on the weekends for 16 years before leaving the show in 2012.

Aretha Franklin performing at DTE Energy Music Theater in Clarkston on July 12. - Aretha Franklin has some harsh words for a New York server who showed D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T by telling the Queen of Soul she wasn't allowed to eat her takeout inside the restaurant.

A monthly New York newspaper, The WestView News, uses an objectionable headline on a piece in its July edition, which argues that much of the shrill hatred toward President Obama is rooted in racism.

Celebrity stalking isn't unheard of, but it is nonetheless terrifying. A homeless man was arrested for stalking and harassing Rihanna, even delivering letters to her apartment in New York.

It's been two years since a major fire ripped through a building in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and tenants say they are still not back in their homes.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis says the city has more important priorities than helping the migrant children streaming across the U.S. border.

FedEx Corp., the latest shipper to be accused in a federal probe involving illegal online pharmacies, says it will fight the charges that it knowingly shipped drugs to people who lack valid prescriptions.

Hotel-Online >> News >> LE Reports U.S. Selling Price Per Room Soars in 1H 2014; Competition Intense For High-End Assets Average Selling Price Per Room Year-Over-Year catapulted 28% to $150,223 per room in 1H 2014, compared to $117,300 in 1H 13. Prices in 1H 14 are also up 17% over the year-end 2013 total of $128,352.

Alan "Ace" Greenberg, the executive who helped turn Bear Stearns Cos. into one of the world's biggest-and riskiest-securities firms, died of complications from cancer in New York on Friday at the age of 86. Mr. Greenberg began his career at Bear Stearns in 1949 and rose through the ranks over many decades, taking over as chief executive in 1978 and ... (more)

THR reports that the R&B legend is the latest signee to Capitol Records, an associate of Capitol Music Group .

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The pesticides you use on your lawn to get rid of weeds and insects are part of a $10 billion-a-year industry.

Pope Francis accepted the invitation of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, the Catholic News Service reported Friday.

The mother of a 20-year-old student who died in mysterious circumstances in 1997 has told ITV News that being told a secret police unit was keeping information on her was like "a bomb exploding in my head".

The Marian Anderson Award is given in Philadelphia to "critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way."