This month, Edward Reilly, 35, finally let go of the television he had owned since his college days.

Although the Mitsubishi set was technologically outdated, it had sat for years in Mr. Reilly

Deutsche Bank

New York City officials reported Tuesday that seven more people with the swine flu virus had died, lifting the city

Two more deaths linked to swine flu

New York: The United Nations has forecast the world economy to shrink 2.6% in 2009, downgrading the already pessimistic estimate made five months ago. "The world economy is expected to shrink by 2.6% in 2009, according to the pessimistic scenario of the forecast presented in January," the world body said in a mid-year report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

New York, Boston and other cities on North America's northeast coast could face a rise in sea level this century that would exceed forecasts for the rest of the planet if Greenland's ice sheet keeps melting as fast as it is now, researchers said on Wednesday.

Two more New Yorkers have died with confirmed cases of swine flu, the city

A second New York City resident, a woman from Queens in her 50s, has died from swine flu, the city

Federal health officials will probably recommend that most Americans get three flu shots this fall: one regular flu shot and two doses of any vaccine made against the new swine flu strain.