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A dispute has broken out between News Corp owned Fox Networks and DirecTV Group, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider, over carriage fees that could potentially lead to DirecTV pulling the plug on Fox channels from Nov 1.

You may not understand the title of Coldplay's new album let alone be able to pronounce it, but Mylo Xyloto is a name music fans may have to get used to as the group launches a fresh assault on the world's charts.

A top medical expert offered damaging testimony against Michael Jackson's former doctor on Thursday, calling one defense theory a crazy scenario and offering a dramatic look at how the drug that killed the pop star could have been infused into his body.

The International Olympic Committee is disappointed by the decision to allow 400 meters champion LaShawn Merritt to run at the London 2012 Games -- and will seek an amendment to their overturned rules, president Jacques Rogge said on Friday.

It says everything about Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's stature that Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins, featuring teams with a combined 1-9 record, is so anticipated simply because it is his first since being handed the starting job.

Whether the St. Louis Cardinals or Texas Rangers win the World Series, Arthur Rhodes is in the unique position of knowing he will receive a championship ring.

The claim by attorneys of Michael Jackson's doctor that the singer killed himself with an injection of the powerful anesthetic propofol is a crazy scenario, a top anesthesiology expert testified Thursday.

R&B artist T-Pain announced on Thursday that his upcoming album rEVOLVEr will be released on December 6, in time for the holiday season.

Recovering drug addict Chris Rene will become a star thanks to The X Factor but he needs to find the right material in order to win the TV singing contest, judge Antonio L.A. Reid said on Thursday.

Michael Jackson had more of the sedative lorazepam in his blood stream than his doctor admitted giving him on the day he died, a top anesthesiology expert testified on Thursday.

Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit rose 6 percent, meeting Wall Street's modest expectations, helped by strong sales of its popular Office applications package, but limited by only slight gains from its flagship Windows operating system.

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi has stepped onto the culinary stage and opened a restaurant -- one with no prices on the menu and only a suggested donation to cover the cost of the meal.

An upcoming reissue of the classic Rolling Stones album Some Girls will include a recently discovered track which will also be released as a single.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates on strong demand for its mobile handset touchscreens, but warned of a higher-than-expected revenue decline in the fourth quarter.

Taylor Farms Retail Inc. is recalling 3,265 cases of salad blends because of potential contamination with salmonella, the Salinas, California company said on Thursday.

Muammar Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over.

When Ron Washington became the Texas Rangers manager in 2007 his baseball pedigree had already taught him there were no shortcuts to success.

David Freese, a local boy making it big with the St. Louis Cardinals, said he had to fight an impulse to soak in the special occasion of playing in the World Series before his home crowd.

The 24th Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off Saturday with a diverse slate of art house and mainstream fare, but the biggest theme at the annual event may be the country's real-life struggle to recover from the massive March earthquake and tsunami.

Actress Jennifer Morrison, best known for her portrayal of Dr. Allison Cameron on House M.D., returns to television this Sunday, putting a new twist on the idea of a fairy tale life in Once Upon a Time.

China defended its right to censor the Internet on Thursday, saying it was necessary to safeguard the public after the United States pressed China to explain online curbs on U.S. companies.

New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur will miss 7-10 days to rehabilitate a right shoulder injury, the team said on Wednesday.

League championship MVP Nelson Cruz nearly played the hero again but his sliding effort to catch a slicing line drive came up short and allowed the run that gave the World Series opener to the St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals took another step in their magic postseason ride by edging the Texas Rangers 3-2 in the opening game of the World Series Wednesday.

Some potential buyers of Yahoo Inc are balking at the Internet company's demands for confidentiality that would prevent them from discussing joint bids, according to several people close to the situation.

You might think the capital city of a U.S. state would tap a high-powered, national law firm to handle its bankruptcy case. But when Harrisburg, Pennsylvania filed for bankruptcy last week, it hired a one-lawyer, local shop with no bankruptcy experience.

A terminally ill prisoner whose 1963 murder of a policeman was chronicled in the book and film The Onion Field was denied compassionate release on Tuesday after he said he didn't want to be freed, officials said.

PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley held off a charging Charl Schwartzel to win the elite, end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf by one shot in Southampton, Bermuda on Wednesday.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he is impressed by how rookie Cam Newton has leapfrogged the learning curve in his first six starts in the National Football League (NFL).