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River Ranch Fresh Foods is recalling 2,154 cases of bagged salad because of possible contamination by listeria monocytogenes, the Salinas, Calif., company said.

At 46, Bernard Hopkins will again attempt to defy age when he defends his WBC light heavyweight crown against 29-year-old Chad Dawson on Saturday in Los Angeles.

The Carolina Hurricanes scored two shorthanded goals and another on the powerplay on their way to a 4-3 win over Buffalo Friday, dealing the Sabres their first loss of the season.

Andy Murray pummeled Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-0 to reach the final of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday and will complete a stunning Asian hat-trick if he beats David Ferrer on Sunday.

The St. Louis Cardinals took advantage of sloppy Milwaukee fielding with another superb bullpen outing to beat the visiting Brewers 7-1 Friday and claim a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.

Ads for General Mills fruit snacks mislead customers into thinking products like its Fruit Roll-Ups are healthy, when they actually lack significant amounts of real, natural fruit, according to a new lawsuit.

Mourners laid flowers at a hair salon in Seal Beach on Thursday, a day after a gunman, identified as the ex-husband of a stylist there, killed eight people in a shooting rampage.

Actress Hilary Swank is donating her fees for attending a controversial event in Chechnya to charity after criticism from human rights groups.

Actress Lindsay Lohan on Friday struck back at suggestions she was shirking tasks assigned to her under a court-ordered probation, saying the media speculation to that effect has no truth to it.

The defense in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor takes center stage next week with a major question still to be answered: will Dr. Conrad Murray take the witness stand?

John Stuart has been chained to his BlackBerry for years, first as a systems manager for Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley and then as chief information officer for Beverly Hills Wealth Management.

Apple Inc has invited Silicon Valley's biggest names to a private memorial service to be held at the Stanford University campus on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Injury-prone New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro has been sidelined indefinitely with a concussion, the National Hockey League team said on Friday.

Kei Nishikori underlined his imminent status as Japan's highest-ranked player ever on the ATP Tour with a commanding 6-4 6-3 victory over Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters Friday.

The Philadelphia Eagles are eager to get their 2011 National Football League (NFL) season turned around after a brutal start left them in a must-win situation heading into their divisional matchup against the Washington Redskins.

Whether or not his Tigers advance, Major League Baseball has been a winner in his team's American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers, Detroit manager Jim Leyland said on Friday.

The Milwaukee Brewers were able to capitalize on the subtle pitching of left-hander Randy Wolf to beat the St Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Thursday and level up the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at 2-2.

Reality star Kim Kardashian, who married basketball player Kris Humphries in a lavish made-for-TV wedding in August, refused to be drawn on questions about whether she arranged a pre-nuptial agreement before marrying the New Jersey Nets player.

Asia's most renowned film festival drew to a close in the South Korean port city of Busan on Friday, with films from new directors in Iran and the Philippines capturing its main prizes in an affirmation of the event's focus on emerging Asian talent.

Oscar organizers Thursday said they received entrants from 63 countries for this year's foreign language film award, including a first-time submission from New Zealand called The Orator.

Prosecutors were close to wrapping up their case in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor after a top state witness on Thursday slammed the physician's treatment of the late pop star.

Britain's Andy Murray became overwhelming favorite for an Asian hat-trick as main rival Rafa Nadal was beaten in the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.

Spotify, the European music streaming service backed by digital entrepreneur Sean Parker, has more than 250,000 paying users in the United States since it opened up shop in July, according to three people familiar with its data.

Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander made his best pitch but could not convince manager Jim Leyland to send him out for Game Four of American League Championship Series against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.

The revamped Philadelphia Flyers maintained their perfect start to the season with an offense-driven 5-4 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.

A fiery Chris Carpenter pitched his way out of danger against bitter rivals Milwaukee to earn a 4-3 victory for St. Louis Wednesday that gave the Cardinals an edge in the National League Championship Series.

Nelson Cruz slammed a three-run homer in the 11th inning to seal a 7-3 victory for the Texas Rangers over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday, moving the visitors within one win of a repeat trip to the World Series.

Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief slammed the U.S. government on Wednesday for sending armed agents to raid two Tennessee factories under a law aimed at curbing the illegal harvest of tropical hardwoods.

Safeway Inc reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' low expectations, benefiting from higher fuel sales and cost cuts, and its shares rose nearly 4 percent.