NEW YORK (Reuters) – Outgoing Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour’s unconditional pardons for several convicted murderers still serving prison sentences – among more than 200 acts of clemency in all – was an unusually bold use of executive power, legal …

“The Wendy Williams Show” (weekdays on Fox) doesn’t usually get political, but when Williams heard that Michelle Obama was defending herself against being described as “an angry black woman,” she sprang to the First Lady’s defense. “If you’r…

Liza Cruz Diaz, 45, has been removed from her position as principal of Public School 31 in the Bronx, New York, after being accused of stealing around $5,000 from the school, the New York Daily News reports.An investigation was launched afte…

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida timeshare mogul who commissioned the construction of one of the largest homes in America is suing filmmakers and the Sundance Film Festival over materials used to promote a documentary about his family’s struggle t…

Just one month after filming an “It Gets Better” video in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, a California-based gay teen filmmaker has taken his own life. Nineteen-year-old Eric James Borges, who went by EricJame…

The CW has ordered 10 episodes of a game show called “Oh Sit!” to debut later this season.Described as “musical chairs for adults,” each episode has 20 contestants racing through five obstacle course-style eliminations as they each compete t…

Hoda Kotb had no idea when she and Kathie Lee Gifford joined forces on the fourth hour of the “Today” show that they would become “Saturday Night Live” fodder. But Hoda, who notes she’s happier than ever, says bring it on.”Kath and I, when w…

Sports agent Leigh Steinberg filed for Chapter 7 protection Wednesday, according to Orange County Register.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – A judge on Thursday declared dead Natalee Holloway, an Alabama teenager who disappeared more than six years ago during a graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba, prompting an exhaustive investigation and intense med…

From http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc50574.php). This is one of the “Sheldon High Winds” 75 unit array (a GE 1.5 MW x 77 meter long blade on an 80 meter tall tower) in Sheldon, NY, near the Wyoming/Erie County border. And it’s just so darn cool looking…. as well …

KeyBank announced Thursday it will buy 37 retail banking branches from HSBC in both Buffalo and Rochester. The purchase is part of First Niagara’s effort to divest the branches it acquired from HSBC. YNN’s Kevin Jolly reports on what this could mean f…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The first major snowstorm of an unseasonably warm winter in the Midwest snarled traffic from Missouri to Wisconsin on Thursday and brought badly-needed business to ski areas and idled snow plow operators.
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Buffalo Common Council Members toured the Historic Lafayette Hotel in Downtown Buffalo Thursday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State cornerback Dominic Clarke has been charged with drunken driving, less than three months after he was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.Court records show Clarke pleaded not guilty Thursday in Frankl…

Leon Panetta says the behavior depicted in video that began circulating online Wednesday is “utterly deplorable.”