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A screen shot of Warren Buffett making a YouTube pitch for Empire State Development, which promotes economic growth in New York.

A top White House adviser staked out a defiant defense Sunday on a series of scandals that have hit the Obama administration, going so far as to say it was an "irrelevant fact" where the president was the night of the Benghazi terror attacks and saying the Obama administration wouldn't cooperate in "partisan fishing expeditions" over IRS officials ... (more)

Well-designed gardens need not be confined to ground level. Erin Moriarty of "48 Hours" lifts our sights: In cities like New York, where skyscrapers dominate the landscape, people have to go to great lengths -- or great HEIGHTS -- to create gardens.

After analyzing forensic evidence, Nassau County Police in New York said on Saturday that it was a shot fired by an officer that killed 21-year-old Andrea Rebello.

The Metro-North train crash cleanup begins, but what does this mean for commuters who take this train into NYC from Connecticut this week? The Metro-North reports that the clean-up and repairs of the rail will take a better part of this upcoming week, according to Yahoo News on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

May, 1963 -- Demonstrators are met by fire fighters along the march route in key areas in downtown Birmingham.

BEIJING: Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused flight delays or diversions to Shanghai, reports said yesterday.

In this Feb. 24, 2009, photo, first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden, stand with Philadelphia police officer Richard DeCoatsworth during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress.

Bollywood actor-singer Ali Zafar turned 33 years today. The Pakistani musician, composer, singer, song writer, painter and actor started his career with the song 'Jugnuon Se Bhar Le Aanchal' in the film SHARARAT , directed by Pakistani actress and director Samina Peerzada.

Nothing draws a crowd of lawyers like the chance to listen to judges, especially when the agenda includes the likes of United States District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin and Magistrate Judge James Francis IV , both of the Second District of New York, and Circuit Judge Peter Flynn, Circuit Court of Cooke County, Chancery Division, Illinois State ... (more)

As the countdown ticks on to Saturday night's record Powerball drawing, the jackpot has swollen to over $600 million, largely due to California's participation in the game, lottery officials said.

Police believe a Washington woman used her toddler to steal an antique violin from a teenager Wednesday afternoon at a local restaurant.

Yahoo has been working hard for a revival ever since the Facebook social networking revolution generated more interest in the Internet worldwide than ever before.

Multiple sources confirmed the pregnancy to E! News on Friday after the New York Post went public Monday with sourced rumors of a second pregnancy.

The 23-year-old singer is set to release her debut album, Music Speaks , this summer.

The Beyonce pregnant rumors are true. The singer is pregnant with her second child with Jay-Z . According to a May 17, 2013 article in Los Angeles Times, the rumors of her pregnancy have been confirmed by more than one source.

What is it? Digital ad and security provider Solve Media publishes Bot or Not, a children's book treatment of the computer hacker threat.

A 17-year-old Troy girl charged with killing her father last year has now been released from jail after the county dropped the indictment.

'I'm doing it because it's an honor to give Pete what he deserves,' says Danialle Karmanos, who vows to pay for the Compuware founder's retirement gala.

According to our news partners at the Palm Beach Daily News , the radio shock-talk personality and self-proclaimed "King of All Media" recently purchased a $52-million oceanfront mansion on the the island.