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Actor-rapper Ludacris finished 2013 with a flourish, buying a home in Hollywood Hills for $4.8 million and selling a penthouse condo in West Los Angeles for $879,000, The Times has confirmed. He has a second condo for sale in the same building at $879,000.

Back in September, we were lucky enough to get a walk-through of Sarah Jessica Parker’s upcoming footwear collection, from the actress-turned-designer herself. We were able to report back on quite a bit about the new line — its price range ($150-$400), special detailing and Italian craftsmanship — but unfortunately, images were under strict embargo.

With power going to the rear wheels and up to 315 horsepower on tap, the KIA GT4 Stinger Concept looks beefy from this teaser photo. What exactly is it? Making a (somewhat) educated guess, it could be a KIA based on the Hyundai Genesis Coupe’s platform. If that’s the case, it could be a contender for production.

Imagine finding a scratch ticket worth $1 million just blowing around in the wind. That’s just what happened to one man from Long Island. Marvin Rosales-Martinez picked up a wet ‘win for life’ scratch-off ticket while working as a landscaper one month after Superstorm Sandy hit. He brought the ticket to lottery headquarters and found out he was the big …

As 2013 comes to a close, so will dozens of tax breaks that save companies billions of dollars in tax liability. Congress has allowed 55 tax breaks to expire but will likely restore many of them, retroactively, in the coming months, the Associated Press reported. In years past, the breaks have expired only to be restored in the months to …

The Wolf of Wall Street” star and new Delos resident, Leonardo DiCaprio has sold his beachfront Malibu house for $17.35 million. The actor had been asking $23 million when he first placed the house on the market back in 2012. In June, he lowered the price to $18.9 million, but ultimately took $5.65 million less than he had originally hoped …

A computer glitch allowed some lucky Delta air lines customers to buy deeply-discounted tickets online Thursday morning. For about two hours, people looking for certain domestic fares on Delta’s own website, as well as various booking sites, got some incredible deals. Some reportedly bought tickets for as low as $25 for the routes that normally cost several hundred dollars.

The healthiest housing markets in October in the United States were clustered in California and the rest of the West, according to the newly released Zillow Market Health Index. The index on a scale from zero to 10 is a new measure designed to illustrate the current health of a region’s housing market relative to similar markets nationwide. It incorporates …

Another shopper has come forward with claims of racial profiling at Macy’s. Halim Sharif alleges that after spending $2,400 on a Louis Vuitton bag, he was stopped by a loss prevention employee who asked to see his receipt, “apparently for no reason other than that he was black,” Jezebel reports. Sharif also claims that the employee then went through his …

While climbing the 349 stairs winding between the Crypt and the top of the Capitol Dome, the water leaks that Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers aims to halt are evident. Pausing about 90 feet above the marble floor of the Rotunda, one can take stock of the light water stains discoloring the walls below the frescoed band, or “frieze,” …

Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass and reporter Jenniffer Weigel discuss whether Michael Jordan’s mansion is worth its hefty price. The NBA legend is asking for $16 million despite a failed auction that listed the minimum reserve price at $13 million.