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This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No.

A copy of the settlement was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. It awards a 10-year contract to the Bank of New York and promises to give the bank and its affiliate as much business as possible for a decade.

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with one of the eight anti-gay attacks that have struck New York in recent weeks.

In the East Room on Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old singer-songwriter with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009.

New York's Museum of the Moving Image saw its attendance spike when it hosted the travelling exhibit Jim Henson's Fantastic World.

By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease... By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a ... (more)

Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, left. The company is considering spinning off parts of its finance unit through an initial public offering as Immelt works to shrink the business.

In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, Police Chief John Martin demonstrates a Taser in Brattleboro, Vt.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled a bill on Wednesday that would force the Department of Justice to get a federal court's approval before seizing records from journalists.

The president has a base of loyalists that won't quit and, at least for now, there's no evidence he was involved in any scandals.

What one Bellevue-based gun rights group today suggested is a symptom of an administration "out of control" is expanding almost by the hour as revelations of Obama administration snooping on reporters have grabbed the media's attention and turned journalists, at least temporarily, against a White House many thought to be exempt from their ... (more)

Former "X Factor" U.S. co-host Khloe Kardashian has been warned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that a T-shirt in her Rich Soil fashion line may be in violation of copyright law.

The Associated Press in the United States has picked up on a media story from the United Kingdom that blames Dr.

Catherine Zeta-Jones attends the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 40th Annual Chaplin Award Gala honoring Barbra Streisand in New York.

Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

Dozens of people - including children - were killed when a massive tornado Monday afternoon ripped through the town of Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City, according to the Associated Press .

The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand featuring some of the Puerto Rican singer's hits.

Here's another thread to keep up on events in Moore, Oklahoma, with some sad news from the Associated Press: This is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet.

It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.