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France's first lady Carla Bruni is expected to give birth in the coming days, keeping French media on tenterhooks before an event that could offer President Nicolas Sarkozy a welcome respite from non-stop political headwinds.

It's been 60 years since alien thriller movie The Thing From Another World hit theaters at the height of Cold War paranoia and half that long since horror director John Carpenter revisited its themes in The Thing.

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest caused by a pancreatic tumor, according to the death certificate.

Texas Christian University, which had already pledged to join the Big East conference, will instead join the Big 12 athletic conference, officials announced Monday, latest in a series of college sports realignments.

Owners of businesses that thrive on NBA games are watching the contentious labor negotiations between the league's billionaire owners and millionaire players with a mixture of fear and frustration.

Detroit slugger Delmon Young is back on the Tigers' roster for the American League Championship Series after being named to replace injured right fielder Magglio Ordonez on Monday.

The Washington Capitals edged Southeast Division rivals Tampa Bay 6-5 in a shootout on Monday to pick up a hard-earned home victory over their playoff nemesis from last season.

Houston Texans linebacker Mario Williams will undergo season-ending surgery after tearing a pectoral muscle in Sunday's loss to the Oakland Raiders, Texans coach Gary Kubiak said on Monday.

The resurgent Detroit Lions continued their perfect start to the season with a 24-13 home victory over the Chicago Bears on Monday to confirm their status as surprise contenders.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has canceled the first two weeks of the regular season after the league owners and players were unable to resolve a bitter labor dispute on Monday.

The St. Louis Cardinals clobbered the Milwaukee Brewers 12-3 on Monday to level their best-of-seven National League Championship Series at 1-1.

It's not quite a yellow submarine, since it's destined for travel on top of the water, not under it.

The giddy pre-season talk of a 'dream team' seems long ago for the Philadelphia Eagles. After four consecutive defeats, head coach Andy Reid is facing criticism from all quarters with pundits lambasting his team and fans calling for his head.

Nelson Cruz belted a grand slam home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series.

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but for Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor they were a lifelong passion that could now strike gold for the AIDS sufferers she championed.

Country singer Hank Williams Jr., whose theme song was pulled from Monday Night Football after he compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, lashed out at the media on Monday with a topical song called Keep the Change.

The U.S. government obtained secret court orders to force Google Inc and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

By his own stated benchmark at the start of the week, Tiger Woods did not enjoy a successful Frys.com Open though he was happy with his day-by-day progress at CordeValle Golf Club.

For only the second time in 348 career starts on the PGA Tour, Briny Baird felt he was poised to win a tournament before falling agonisingly short Sunday at the Frys.com Open.

Winless on the PGA Tour this season, three-times major champion Ernie Els was once again left to rue erratic putting after he tied for fourth at the Frys.com Open Sunday.

Bryce Molder won his first PGA Tour title by outlasting fellow American Briny Baird in a nerve-jangling playoff for the Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club on Sunday.

The Milwaukee Brewers flexed their power-hitting muscles to claim a 9-6 comeback victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in the opener of the National League Championship Series.

The Oakland Raiders earned an emotional victory that would have delighted late owner Al Davis as they beat the Houston Texans 25-20 on Sunday while the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots also enjoyed wins on the fifth week of the National Football League season.

Fox said on Friday it had renewed animated TV series The Simpsons for another two seasons, after apparently reaching a pay deal with voice actors.

Barbados-born R&B singer Rihanna went straight to the top of singles charts with We Found Love to claim her sixth British number one, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.

Boxing robots clashed with Hollywood titan George Clooney at the weekend movie box office, and the fighting machines came out the winner.

Mikey Welsh, the former bass player for the alternative rock band Weezer, was found dead in a Chicago hotel, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, exchanging vows with American heiress Nancy Shevell at the same London register office where the former Beatle wed his first wife Linda in 1969.

American journeyman Briny Baird covered his final seven holes in four under par to break two strokes clear of a tightly bunched leaderboard in Saturday's third round of the Frys.com Open.