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James Gandolfini, the award-winning actor who played mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's hit series "The Sopranos," has died following a massive heart attack in Italy, HBO announced today. He was 51.

A family is suing Fox News after the network accidentally aired live footage of their father shooting himself in the head.

Pope Francis — in what he thought were private remarks made to a Latin American church group — expressed concern about the "gay rights" lobby that seemed to be targeting the Vatican.

A member of a pro-Travyon Martin group was caught by a circuit judge trying to sneak his way onto the George Zimmerman jury in Florida, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday.

Only 46 percent of New York City's would-be drivers passed the road test in 2012, down from 52 percent the year prior, the New York Daily News reported.

A Brooklyn couple who hosted a radio show called "The Pursuit of Happiness" committed suicide together at least a week ago in their Park Slope home, the New York Daily News exclusively reported Wednesday.

A spate of weekend shootings in New York City left six dead and more than a dozen injured, including an 11-year-old girl who was caught by a stray bullet outside her apartment and left paralyzed.

Some 30 cases of hepatitis A reported in five states have been linked to frozen mixed berries purchased from Costco.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't touch Khloe Kardashian's T-shirt, but he's sent her a letter saying the reality star's logo may be violating copyright law.

The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government.

Hollywood's Michael Moore couldn't gush enough about New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's nationwide push for gun control.

Replays showed Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus Johansson made mistakes on the play that led to Derek Stepan's goal at the 13:35 mark of the third period Monday night.

Piers Morgan is leading the liberal media and Hollywood in another ignorant attack of the National Rifle Association (NRA).

A group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army, the same group blamed for hijacking The Associated Press' Twitter account last month, has claimed responsibility for hacking E! Online's account Saturday, tweeting the hoax that Justin Bieber is gay.

A New York City shop owner who was fined $60,000 for selling lighters in the shape of guns is now fighting back, filing a suit to get the punishment tossed.