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President Barack Obama picked up where his predecessor George W. Bush left off in the war against Islamic militants after the September 11 attacks, and on Sunday both saw the raw emotions that linger 10 years later.

Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Contagion gripped filmgoers as the thriller about the race to contain a deadly virus took hold of the top spot at the domestic box office and knocked hit drama The Help to second place.

Calling acting just his day job, George Clooney is winning over movie critics and audiences in Toronto with a nuanced performance as a father forced to rethink his life after his wife suffers a debilitating accident.

Ireland labored to an error-strewn 22-10 victory over an emotional and fiercely committed United States in their rugby World Cup opener at a cold and wet Stadium Taranaki on Sunday.

World heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC title on Saturday with a technical knockout of Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek in the 10th round in Wroclaw.

Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will meet in the U.S. Open final for the second year in a row after winning their semi-finals on a day of unrelenting drama and precision tennis at Flushing Meadows Saturday.

Six months after she nearly died, Serena Williams finds herself carrying the hopes of a grieving nation at the U.S. Open.

Chinese piano superstar Lang Lang wowed them, Wagnerian soprano Susan Bullock got a laugh as a British Brunnhilde, but the stars of the Last Night of the BBC Proms were standing in the middle of the Royal Albert Hall.

Singer Justin Timberlake took home two more Emmys on Saturday in his burgeoning career as a comedic actor, while Gwyneth Paltrow added a television honor to a life spent mostly in the movies.

Highbrow trumped Hollywood at the Venice film festival this year, with Russian director Alexander Sokurov's demanding German-language Faust taking top prize and Roman Polanski and George Clooney overlooked.

He may have looked like he was winning, but actor Charlie Sheen took it on the chin on Saturday night at a Comedy Central TV roast where his sex life, drug use and talent drew punches -- and punch lines.

For Emily Yates, the worst part of serving in Iraq with the U.S. Army was the loss of control.

Actor Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar playing a mentally disabled janitor in Charly and worked in movies ranging from PT 109 to Spider-Man 3, died in New York Saturday, the day after his 88th birthday.

Los Angeles Angels starter Dan Haren pitched a complete game to shutout the New York Yankees 6-0 at Angel Stadium on Saturday.

The Venice film festival ends on Saturday with the award of the coveted Golden Lion for best picture, but critics struggled to name their favorite in a year that had plenty of good films but few, if any, great ones.

The Texas Rangers scored nine late runs to demolish the Oakland Athletics 13-4 at Rangers Park in Arlington on Friday.

The U.S. Open semi-final between Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday is a mouth-watering clash of former and current world number ones and a chance to restore the natural order of tennis.

Defending champion Rafa Nadal routed former winner Andy Roddick 6-2 6-1 6-3 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open.

Andy Murray has Rafa Nadal right where he wants him, on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows with a berth in the U.S. Open final on the line.

Andy Roddick fought his way to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open after a season of injuries but the former winner crashed Friday, exhausted by his efforts and overwhelmed by defending champion Rafa Nadal.

The recent executive shakeup at Bank of America followed by reports of massive layoffs at the bank may leave you wondering what the turmoil means for you - either as a client of the banking colossus and Merrill Lynch, the brokerage firm it owns, or as a shareholder.

The father of singer Amy Winehouse said that his daughter had the prescription medication Librium in her system when she died of a seizure in July, according to media reports on Friday.

Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini may be first-time filmmakers telling a tale of growing up as privileged kids at boarding school, but their backgrounds suggest they know what they are talking about.

Musicians are likely to win longer copyright protection of their work in Europe next week, helping artists and record labels as music revenues decline, and bringing Europe closer into line with the United States.

Jordan Towers said he was unpacking a truck during a family move from Truckee, California, to the state capital of Sacramento when he heard the news that a plane had flown into New York's World Trade Center.

A bill to assist a proposed stadium project aimed at bringing the National Football League back to Los Angeles was approved by California lawmakers on Friday and sent to Governor Jerry Brown.

With quarterback Peyton Manning sidelined for the foreseeable future after undergoing neck surgery this week, his Indianapolis Colts team mates have adopted their traditional rallying cry of 'next man up'.

This fall's TV schedule will be full of twenty-somethings looking for love, singers searching out fame and dinosaurs hunting down dinner -- and if that's not enough, there promises to be a heap of drama behind the scenes.