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U.S. prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into whether eBay Inc employees took confidential information from classified ad website Craigslist as eBay sought to build a rival service, a copy of a grand jury subpoena obtained by Reuters shows.

For action star Michelle Yeoh, one of Asia's best known actresses, the chance to play Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi posed perhaps the biggest challenge in her nearly three-decade career, and that is exactly what she wanted.

The number of Americans living below the poverty line rose to a record 46 million last year, the government said on Tuesday, underscoring the challenges facing President Barack Obama and Congress as they try to tackle high unemployment and a moribund economy.

Companies that make the gene-sequencing devices used in scientific research face a tough few years as potential cuts to the U.S. federal budget squeeze funding to its main academic and research customers.

Cargill Inc said on Sunday that it will recall ground turkey products at one of its U.S. facilities for the second time in two months after a U.S. government body found salmonella contamination.

U.S. solar panel maker SunPower Corp said its board has authorized the conversion of all outstanding Class A and Class B common stock into a single class on a one-for-one basis.

In Silicon Valley, it’s not tough to find someone to offer advice on how to save Yahoo, the struggling Internet portal that fired CEO Carol Bartz last week.

Chipmaker Intersil Corp cut its third-quarter sales outlook but investors took the warning in their stride as the company signalled a recovery in bookings with customers beginning to burn through their inventory.

Some people with depression symptoms may not tell their family doctor about it -- often out of worry they will be placed on an antidepressant, a new study suggests.

In a groundbreaking announcement, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) has advised municipal bond market participants that many “bank loans” currently being structured for state and local governments are likely to be classified as municipal securities, even though these “bank loans” are often being privately placed.

Republican presidential hopefuls meet in Florida on Monday for another debate that is likely to see front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney jockeying for the lead.

Rookie quarterback Cam Newton's record-breaking National Football League debut suggests the Carolina Panthers were wise to take a gamble on him and that he may prove the skeptics wrong.

Tom Brady threw a career and franchise record 517 yards as the New England Patriots won 38-24 at AFC East rivals the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League on Monday.

Serena Williams escaped with a $2,000 fine on Monday when tennis officials ruled that her verbal abuse of an umpire during Sunday's U.S. Open final was not a major offense.

Novak Djokovic provided irrefutable proof that he is the world's best player right now and perhaps on his way to becoming one of the greatest ever with a 6-2 6-4 6-7 6-1 victory over Rafa Nadal in the U.S. Open final Monday.

Will the real Sarah Palin please stand up?

Madonna on Monday said she said she doesn't mind any criticism of her filmmaking abilities, so long as it is directed at her movie and not at herself.

SAP AG has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve a criminal probe into allegations that it downloaded millions of files from rival Oracle, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the first set of the U.S. Open men's final against defending champion Rafa Nadal 6-2 in blustery Flushing Meadows on Monday.

Woody Harrelson is winning praise for an intense performance as dirty cop in Rampart, but the former Cheers star is trying hard not to dwell on the prospect of a third Oscar nomination.

Already struggling in the shadows of a men's game enjoying a golden era, the women's tennis authorities face a dilemma after another high-profile Serena Williams rant at officialdom.

Oil and natural gas company Venoco Inc raised its full-year capital expenditure forecast to $250 million from $200 million, partly due to the construction of a newly approved pipeline.

When Sam Stosur stepped on to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court to play Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final on Sunday few people gave her any chance of beating the 13-time grand slam champion.

The sole member of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv ice hockey team to survive last week's air crash in western Russia died of his injuries on Monday, the medical center that treated him said.

Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp agreed to buy NetLogic Microsystems Inc for about $3.7 billion to extend its range of chipmaking technology for more advanced networks.

Keira Knightley will speak with an English accent when she plays the classic Russian character of Anna Karenina, the actress said on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.

Actor Andy Whitfield, the former star of TV show Spartacus: Blood and Sand, died on Sunday of lymphoma in Sydney, Australia, at age 39, his representatives said.

British singer Amy Winehouse's final recording before her death in July, a duet with veteran crooner Tony Bennett, will be released on what would have been her 28th birthday on Wednesday.

Bladder problems seen more often among smokers than nonsmokers may be further motivation for women to quit smoking, a new study suggests.