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A number of polls have suggested that the Democratic caucus could end up more or less a tie.

A man suspected of killing a customer and wounding a manager at a Knoxville restaurant on Saturday was shot and killed by the police on Sunday.

In what may become an A-list booking-war blitz, David Letterman has landed comedian Robin Williams as the first guest when ?The Late Show? returns to CBS.

Details of jury deliberations emerge in the case of John H. White. He was found guilty last month of second-degree manslaughter in a racially charged shooting.

Nasdaq Stock Market obtained clearance to sell a stake to Borse Dubai, paving the way for Nasdaq?s eventual acquisition of the OMX exchange in Stockholm.

JEFF Garcia was so skinny and small, nobody wanted him out of San Jose State, so he played five years for the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL and now he is one month shy of his 38th birthday and yet he is the last quarterback the Giants want standing…

BATTERY RESTRICTIONS Beginning Tuesday, airline passengers cannot pack any loose lithium batteries in checked bags, though the batteries are permitted if contained within laptops, cellphones or other electronic devices, according to a new rule by the Transportation Department. The department said that loose lithium batteries can short-circuit and create a fire hazard in cargo holds. The new rule also limits to two the number of large-size spare lithium batteries that may be brought on in carry-on bags, but a department spokeswoman says that restriction applies mostly to professional and industrial-use batteries and does not affect most lithium batteries used in consumer electronics like laptops and cellphones.

Kiki Vandeweghe had a little bit more than usual to toast to last night, the former Knick having been named as the Nets’ newest executive, the “special assistant to the president.” And even though the vague position is an interim one and he wasn’t…

The Royal Bank of Canada?s proposed $1.6 billion acquisition of Alabama National BanCorp was challenged by a group that claimed the Canadian bank engages in discriminatory lending. A financial advocacy group for poor consumers, Fair Finance Watch, said it asked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va., in a letter for hearings and all documents relating to the proposed buyout. The Royal Bank agreed on Sept. 6 to buy Alabama National for cash and stock. Fair Finance Watch claimed that in 2006 Royal Bank?s RBC Centura unit denied mortgage refinance applications in Charlotte, N.C., to blacks 4.4 times more frequently than whites. The group said in the Atlanta area, RBC Centura denied home improvement mortgage applications of blacks 4.2 times more frequently than whites. A bank spokeswoman, Judi Levita, said ?the lending practices of RBC Centura satisfactorily comply with all applicable requirements.?.

The companies will each license three patents to the other, resolving a rift that had threatened to shut down some Vonage calling features.