3-D release steers 'Titanic' past $2 billion mark
The "Titanic" reissue took in about $100 million this weekend - $11.6 million domestically and a whopping $88.2 million in 69 overseas markets. That included a $58 million debut in China and put the re...
Bieber, Swift team up for new song
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has teamed with country sensation Taylor Swift on a new song for his upcoming third album, though details were scant. Bieber told British radio station Capital FM in a...
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb in coma
Robin Gibb, singer with the legendary band the Bee Gees, was in a coma in hospital Sunday after contracting pneumonia in his battle against cancer.
Tebow booed at Yankee Stadium
Tebow was acquired by the New York Jets from Denver in a much-hyped trade last month. He is expected to back up starter Mark Sanchez, even though Tebow rallied the Broncos to the NFL playoffs last season...
Rose hits tying 3, Bulls beat Pistons 100-94 in OT
With no timeouts remaining, Chicago wouldn't have a chance to stop and set up a play, but the Bulls' battered point guard didn't need any time to plan his next move. Rose dribbled around a high screen...
Feds bulk up team for Clemens' steroid retrial
On a baseball field, players back up teammates to limit the damage from errors. The Justice Department, embarrassed by an error that caused a mistrial of Roger Clemens last year, has added more prosecutors...
Police say Houston death not criminal, case closed
"Based on the findings of our investigation and our review of the coroner's report, we have determined that this is not a criminal matter," the Beverly Hills police department said in a statement. "The...
German author Grass likens Israeli travel ban to Stasi
Nobel Prize-winning German author Guenter Grass, embroiled in a war of words with Israel, has likened its decision to prevent him from entering the country to a similar ban once imposed on him by the...
Marc Anthony files for divorce from Jennifer Lopez
"American Idol" judge Lopez, 42, and Anthony, 43, married in June 2004, months after Lopez's engagement to actor Ben Affleck ended, and days after Anthony's divorce from former Miss Puerto Rico Dayanara...
Mel Gibson fires back at anti-Semitism claim
Mel Gibson fired back Thursday at screenwriter Joe Eszterhas for accusing the "Braveheart" star of anti-Semitism, calling the writer's comments "utter fabrications" and saying he was angry over a rejected...
American Idol Judges Save Sanchez
The 16-year-old high school student from San Diego who powered through the Jazmine Sullivan ballad "Stuttering" on Wednesday, was revealed to have received the fewest viewer votes on Thursday, but the...
Cleveland's Rock Hall welcomes new class
The rowdy celebration, which in past years has included awkward moments, touching tributes and unforgettable performances, rocked on without Rose, the Guns N' Roses frontman who may one day regret skipping...
Tom Petty guitars stolen in Southern California
The stolen guitars include Petty's blond 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTVJunior, Mike Campbell's blue Dusenberg, Ron Blair's Fender Broadcaster and Scott Thurston's 1967 Epiphone Sheridan...
Notable Names Make CA List For Back Taxes
California tax authorities said Anderson owes $524,241 in personal income taxes. Other notable names on California's tax-delinquent list include CNET co-founder Halsey Minor, Joe Francis, the founder...
Norway industrial strike averted with wage deal
Negotiators headed off a strike of 29,000 Norwegian industrial workers on Sunday with a "moderate" wage-and-benefits hike that could set the tone for other labor talks this spring across the oil-rich...
International investors not sold on Spain
Over the past week, investors have grown increasingly wary of buying Spain's debt on the international bond markets, sending the country's cost of borrowing to highs not seen in nearly four months and...
Japan mulling '$60 bn contribution' to IMF
Japan is considering lending about $60 billion to the International Monetary Fund to help strengthen a global firewall against contagion from the European sovereign debt crisis, Kyodo news agency said...
China stocks czar faces battle to win back investor trust
In little over six months as China's top securities watchdog, Guo Shuqing has let loose a flurry of reforms targeting insider trading, market manipulation and dodgy disclosure that have hamstrung China...
U.S. says Colombia trade deal kicks off in May
The U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement will enter into force next month, far earlier than expected, as a result of what the Obama administration called "historic" progress for Colombian worker protections...
Credit Suisse could cut 5,000 jobs
Citing an estimate from a member of senior management, the Sonntag newspaper said the bank could cut around 5,000 positions. The investment bank is "simply completely oversized", the person was quoted...
DuPont's armored car kit a hit in Brazil
DuPont , widely known as a chemical maker, introduced its bulletproof Kevlar fiber and SentryGlas car kit Armura in 2008 to middle class Brazilian families with Chevrolets, Hondas and yes, even low-cost...
U.S. Treasury says China yuan move helpful
"China's decision to widen the daily trading band for its exchange rate, if implemented in a way that allows the value of the exchange rate to reflect market forces, could contribute rebalancing, which...
Best Buy announces locations for store closings
Best Buy on Saturday announced the locations of 50 stores that it is closing this year. As they face stiffer competition from online retailers and discount stores, as well as slower sales of expensive...
China Shows Strength With Currency Move
China's weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about whether the world's second biggest economy has successfully steered a course past a hard economic...
Roger Ailes vs Sarah Palin
Palin responded by saying: "I wonder if he is aware that the same thing was said about me when I ran for city council, mayor, and eventually governor." She added, "No doubt many people who are told they...
Magic to rest Dwight Howard for 10-14 days due to herniated disk
ESPN the Magazine reports that Magic center Dwight Howardwill be held out 10-14 days for treatment as he and the Magic try and avoid surgery on the All-Star's back in order to preserve a postseason run...
Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba
Unprecedented Latin American opposition to U.S. sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at a summit on Sunday and illustrated Washington's declining influence in a region being aggressively...
Israel details fly-in activists at airport
Israel detained dozens of international activists as they landed at its main airport on Sunday, preventing them from entering the country to participate in a planned solidarity mission with Palestinians...
Women Linked By Manson Murders Form Friendship
On August 9, 1969 Charles Manson led four young people into a neighborhood of Hollywood glitterati, then bludgeoned and stabbed rising young actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and three...
Bill Cosby on George Zimmerman: Guns, not race, the real issue
Bill Cosby, the latest in a string of celebrities asked to publicly weigh in on the Trayvon Martin case, said the biggest issue in the 17-year-old's killing at the hands of 28-year-old neighborhood watchman...
North Korean leader makes first public speech
North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on North Korea's military. The country also unveiled a new long-range missile just days...
Gawker's "Fox News Mole" says career is over
Muto leaked pictures of Bill O'Reilly's private bathroom, behind the scenes footage from a Sean Hannity/Mitt Romney interview, and more. However within 24 hours he was caught, fired, and threatened with...