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Celebrity Man admits to attempted Letterman shakedown David Letterman tells his audience that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs during a taping of his late-night show Thursday, Oct.

Opening a restaurant in New York City in the middle of a recession is a risky business venture for anyone, even a renowned chef like Canada's Susur Lee.

The Queen has seen better days. A makeover has been long overdue for the venerable Queen Mary, the retired cruise ship turned tourist attraction and hotel docked in California's Long Beach Harbor since 1967.

Rap royalty Lil Wayne was given a superstar's sendoff to jail Monday , mobbed by hundreds of reporters and cell-phone-waving fans and serenaded by shouts of "Weezy! We love you! AP March 8: Rapper Lil Wayne is sentenced in Manhattan criminal court to a year in a New York City jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007.

Former President Bill Clinton, center, is joined by Dr. Clyde Yancy, left, president of the American Heart Association, as Susan Neely, president and CEO of the American Beverage Association holds up a hand held device used by soft drink delivery drivers programmed to only allow orders of products permitted to be sold in schools during a news ...

A state commission's referral of felony perjury allegations against Gov. David Paterson has left unsettled the question of what agency, if any, may seek to investigate the case or present evidence to a grand jury for possible indictment.

A person with knowledge of the investigation into an accidental crane collapse that killed two workers in Manhattan in 2008 says a crane company owner is expected to be charged with manslaughter.

PARIS HILTON's controversial beer advert is back on TV in Brazil - after producers edited out the socialite's steamy scene.

The Empire State has a lot of good things going for it -- Broadway shows, Niagara Falls, and the world champion New York Yankees.

The New York Amsterdam News, the creaky weekly newspaper that is the voice of Harlem's political establishment, is making the best of a bad week.

Cablevision and Disney are in a fee dispute that might sideline New Yorkers from the Oscars ceremony.

While attention is focused on the more high profile Oscars this year, the Short Film categories are far more competitive.

Two bulk shipping companies will be competing for investors' attention next week when they are expected to go public, but analysts are questioning their ability to nab much cash.

The recession has interrupted more than $900 million in construction work on a Seneca Indian casino in Buffalo and a gambling-themed resort in the Catskills.

Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov.

NEW YORK - Her mother is a churchgoing Methodist. Her father is a Southern Baptist.

Democratic Rep. Eric Massa of Corning, Steuben County, said Friday that he would resign his 29th Congressional District seat effective Monday.

With his play Wrecks winding down its LA run with Ed Harris repeating the role he triumphed in New York, and a new film comedy about to be released, playwright/film director Neil LaBute maintains a rigorously busy schedule.

Bus and rail commuters will be digging deeper to ride NJ Transit. James Weinstein, the transit agency's new executive director, announced Friday that he'll seek approval from NJ Transit's board to increase fares by 25 percent systemwide and trim service proportionate to recent ridership declines.

David Paterson , New York 's first black governor and a product of the Harlem political machine, faced rapidly waning support Thursday as many of the influential black leaders who have worked with him for decades gathered and began to discuss whether to craft a message to persuade him to resign.