REUTERS Rangers' Chris Kreider (right) celebrates after scoring on Devils goalie Martin Brodeur during the third period, as the Blueshirts beat their rivals 3-0 to take a 2-1 series lead. NEWARK — Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of investors from Oklahoma City has completed a $12.7 million transaction to buy the Dippin' Dots LLC flash-frozen ice cream company out of bankruptcy. The deal approved Friday will enable company founder Curt Jones to act as chief executive officer. Dippin' Dots will remain headquartered...

DEIR AL ZOUR, Syria -- A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in eastern Syria Saturday killing nine people, as US President Barack Obama said the G-8 wanted a political transition in the violence-wracked country. The bombing was the first of its kind in Deir al Zour, eastern Syria's...

A man was slain this morning in a vicious gang-related squabble in East New York, law-enforcement sources said. The seeds of the deadly conflict were sown last week when the victim’s girlfriend told cops that her boyfriend slashed the suspect’s face with a razor blade, sources said. The...

TORONTO — Brandon Morrow pitched his second shutout in four starts, blanking the Mets on three hits and leading the Toronto Blue Jays over New York 2-0 on Saturday. Morrow (5-2) struck out eight and walked one to win for the fifth time in six outings. He has three career shutouts...

Ivan Nova starts for the Yankees in the second game of a weekend interleague series against the Reds at the Stadium...

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Nick Stahl, who was reported missing by his wife, emailed friends to tell them he has checked into drug rehab, TMZ...

REUTERSPresident Obama gestures as (L-R, clockwise) Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van...

Osi Umenyiora promised Saturday to buy back Giants great Lawrence Taylor his Super Bowl XXV ring. The catch -- the Giants defensive end will only bid to win the auction if he lands one million followers on Twitter. Umenyiora put himself forward as an unlikely entrant early Saturday. "All L...

Unemployment continues to drop in South Florida, though job growth is slowing. In Miami-Dade, the rate fell below 10 percent, while Broward’s manufacturing industry continued its rebound.

Exploratory drilling has found precious metals worth potentially $20 billion below Haiti’s northeastern mountains.

Germany’s finance minister predicted Friday that the crisis could last another two years.

After all the hype, Facebook’s stock closed Friday at $38.23, just 23 cents above the IPO price, after flirting with the $45 mark during the day.

As more students question taking on massive debt only to end up with degrees but no jobs, many private colleges are offering discount deals.

Miami’s prominent Greenberg Traurig law firm issued a rare apology to a federal judge for failing to turn over key financial records on its client to investors fleeced by Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.

American Airlines gets an early look at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which it plans to fly starting in 2014.

Four defendants in a bribery scheme involving Memorial Healthcare System were sentenced at a hearing Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on Friday donated $1 million to the capital campaign for the Pérez Art Museum Miami, which is under construction in downtown Miami.

The traditional holiday door decoration of pine boughs and red ribbon is getting some competition from the elegant, succulent wreath these days.

It takes mental discipline, organizational skill and a lot more to pull off successful home-based employment

Don’t segregate your edible plants, shrubs and fruit trees; they can be creative and appealing additions to the garden

Forceful spray should wash away those that feed on and damage the foliage

Unlike tulips, many varieties will naturalize and return each year

What’s fun for kids can frazzle nerves of four-legged set

Voracious varmints can turn a bounteous garden into a harvest horror story

Plants will return each year and multiply, as they naturalize in San Diego’s mild climate

A Valley Center landmark known as the “Betty Crocker Estate” will be open to the public for tours on Oct. 24.

The Spoleto Festival USA opens its 36th season Friday and among the planned performances is an opera by American composer Philip Glass to commemorate his 75th birthday and his long relationship wit…

During this fifth edition, dance lovers can expect further choreographic adventure.

Powerful title role has strong appeal for baritones.

Over two decades have passed since Bonnie Raitt’s chart-topping Grammy-winning “Nick of Time” album, but the bluesy singer’s still got something to talk about.

The women's liberation movement was expanding, and gay night-life culture was pushing the envelope.

Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts.

Hollywood star Will Smith has slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III."

If Shia LaBeouf has his way, this year's Cannes Film Festival is just a beginning.

Facebook shares struggled to stay above their $38 IPO price, as Wall Street bankers stepped in to prevent the newly minted stock from ending its first day with an embarrassing loss.

Launch of the first private spacecraft aimed at docking with the international space station was scrubbed at the last split-second early Saturday, due to a technical problem.

Google said Saturday that Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant's purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last regulatory hurdle.

The Queensland government has withdrawn its support for a $8.86 billion coal port expansion in the northern part of the state, in a sign Australia's resources boom is losing steam.

Chesapeake Energy said board members will take a 20% pay cut and no longer have personal use of company aircraft, the latest move by the embattled natural-gas company to placate critics.

Winnebago Industries received a $322 million takeover offer from a private-equity firm that wants to bring foreign car and truck assembly to the recreational vehicles maker.

Dewey & LeBoeuf is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered New York law firm.

China unleashed a storm of protest criticizing the U.S. decision to impose a 31% antidumping tariff on Chinese solar-panel makers.

Tiffany has a chance to shine on Thursday when it reports first-quarter results, but there is a possibility of some tarnish.