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The New York Giants took advantage of some stumbling and bumbling by the St Louis Rams to post a 28-16 victory in the National Football League on Monday.

Royal wedding and winning (as in Charlie Sheen's catch-phrase) were the two most used phrases on television in 2011, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

A U.S. appeals court reversed an order freezing enforcement outside of Ecuador of an $18 billion damages award against Chevron Corp over pollution in the Amazonian rain forest.

Two Marines aboard a helicopter were killed on Monday when the aircraft crashed during a training mission at a Southern California military base, officials said.

Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal has slammed the likes of major champions Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell for not making the effort to compete in the Seve Trophy.

Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl safety Nick Collins, a key part of the team's Super Bowl victory last season, will miss the rest of the National Football League campaign with a neck injury, the team said on Monday.

Ever since closer Mariano Rivera joined the New York Yankees in 1995, he has been viewed as one of a kind by team mates and he fittingly made that accolade official on Monday with his 602nd career save.

There was little sign of protest as the Miami Dolphins fell to their sixth straight home defeat on Sunday - apathy rather than anger is the mood among Florida fans and that should worry team owner Stephen Ross.

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera set Major League Baseball's career saves record with his 602nd on Monday by retiring the Minnesota Twins in order in the ninth inning.

Ireland's state-run bad bank will auction works of art by the likes of Andy Warhol and Alex Katz after it put global auction house Christies in charge of a 14-painting collection valued at up $2.8 million on Monday.

The public adored John Martin's apocalyptic images of destruction and chaos yet the art establishment shunned him, helping to consign the British artist's works to the storage vaults.

Dolores Hope, the wife of late entertainer Bob Hope, died on Monday of natural causes at the age of 102, a family spokesman said.

Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros are close to a settlement on the actor's $100 million lawsuit against the studio over his firing from Two and a Half Men, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Monday.

Samsung Electronics Co is considering legal action to ban sales of Apple's new iPhone, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, in what could be its strongest step to defend against claims by the U.S. firm that the South Korean firm had copied its product designs.

Viewership for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards fell 8 percent from last year to just over 12 million Americans who watched Jane Lynch host the heavily promoted TV show that drew mixed critical reviews.

Michael Vick's Atlanta homecoming ended painfully as the Pro Bowl quarterback left Philadelphia's 35-31 loss to the Falcons early on Sunday after suffering concussion in a clash with a team mate.

Homebuilder Lennar Corp (LEN.N) posted a 31 percent drop in quarterly profit on fewer new home deliveries and higher costs.

French engineering company Schneider Electric SA (SCHN.PA) has delayed the roughly $1.4 billion auction of its sensors business because of turbulence in financing markets, people familiar with the matter said.

Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons remained in talks with the union representing 62,000 Southern California supermarket workers as the deadline for canceling their labor contract passed on Sunday evening.

Julianna Margulies won the Emmy on Sunday for best dramatic actress for her performance in The Good Wife.

Netflix Inc is separating its movie streaming business from its DVD-by-mail service, which it is renaming Qwikster, Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings said in a company blog post.

He is one of the greatest American film directors working, but on Sunday night it was the world of U.S. television that Martin Scorsese ruled over, winning an Emmy for directing drama Boardwalk Empire.

Playing up one of the most popular colors of the fall season, the red carpet was awash in a variety of crimson and scarlet dresses at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday.

Mad Men and Modern Family won television's top drama and comedy prizes again on Sunday but elsewhere it was out with the old and in with the new at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s computer network was hacked at factories that build submarines and missiles and make components for nuclear power plants in the first such attack targeting Japan's defense industry, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Monday.

Rafa Nadal proved he had put his exertions at the U.S. Open firmly behind him when he thrashed France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-0 6-2 6-4 to put Spain through to the Davis Cup final on Sunday.

Argentina beat holders Serbia 3-2 in their Davis Cup semi-final after world number one Novak Djokovic retired with a rib and lower back injury against Juan Martin Del Potro on Sunday.

The Green Bay Packers erased a 13-point deficit to beat the Carolina Panthers 30-23 on Sunday and maintain their perfect start to the National Football League (NFL) season.

A film about the struggles of a village in war-torn Lebanon took the People's Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, an audience trophy that has often been a harbinger of Oscar glory.