The season of giving got an early start Saturday night with a Sotheby’s auction that brought in $ 26 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. Bono and his U2 bandmate the Edge were joined by presidential daughters Chelsea Clinton and Jenna and Barbara Bush, as well as Princess Eugenie of York, at a ...
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Yuliana Avalos, the lead plaintiff in a $ 1.5 billion lawsuit against Match.com, says the online dating site has allowed scammers to use her photo on numerous fake profiles. The scam just goes on, fumed a former model whose photo is being used in numerous phony accounts on dating site Match.com. “They can do facial recognition which will show that ...
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Murat Unlu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Secretary of State John Kerry announces the agreement reached on Iran’s nuclear program on Sunday. Lawmakers and diplomats across the globe wasted no time taking sides Sunday after the U.S. and five world powers struck a deal with Iran to scale back Tehran’s nuclear program. Just hours after an agreement was reached for Iran to halt ...
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Simmons, Howard/New York Daily News Giants fans brave sub-zero temperatures at MetLife Stadium for Sunday’s game vs. Dallas. MetLife Stadium has Ice Bowl potential. The future site of Super Bowl XLVIII was blustery and frigid on Sunday evening during the Giants matchup with the Cowboys. The temperature was 28 degrees at kickoff and felt like 17 with the wind chill, ...
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Over the past week, I’ve been playing with the Xbox One, and I have great news: It’s better than the PS4. The console is definitely not prettier or better designed than the PS4, and the Xbox One gamepad is slightly worse than the DualShock 4, but the Xbox One wins in every other way: Launch games, functionality, and overall polish ...
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Douglas Mason/Getty Images Willie Nelson performing at the Outside Lands Music Festival 2013 at Golden Gate Park in August. Singer Willie Nelson has suspended his tour after three members of his band were hurt when their bus plowed into a bridge pillar in East Texas during rainy conditions. The Texas Department of Public Safety says Nelson was not aboard in ...
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THE SPECIALIST: Dr. David Lam An instructor of medicine at Mount Sinai, Dr. David Lam is an endocrinologist who specializes in treating patients with diabetes. Half of his practice is dedicated to Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. WHO’S AT RISK Diabetes has been a mainstay of headline news for the past decade, with the International Diabetes Federation predicting that ...
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Twitter Miley Cyrus shares pictures on Twitter hours before taking the stage at Sunday night’s American Music Awards. Friday, the pop star’s Los Angeles home was reportedly burglarized, the day before she turned 21. Miley Cyrus intends to celebrate her 21st birthday weekend with a smile despite her home being burglarized Friday. Hours before heading to her latest performance for ...
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Todd Maisel, New York Daily News/New York Daily News Micro brew masters Anthony Accardi, left, and Rob Kolb, right, show off their brewing systems in this basement in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. A pair of beer-loving buddies is joining a bevy of Queens-based businessmen who offer one-of-a-kind brews. Transmitter Brewing signed a lease in Long Island City this month — becoming the ...
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ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images Cars are scattered like toys in the aftermath of Friday’s oil pipeline explosions in Qingdao, China. The death toll rose to 52 on Sunday. BEIJING (AP) — China’s president on Sunday visited hospitalized victims of deadly explosions that ripped through residential and commercial roads from a ruptured pipeline owned by the country’s largest oil refiner. The ...
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