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Talks aimed at ending the National Basketball Association's (NBA) lockout resume Friday with both sides warning that time for a deal is running out amid concerns over the economic impact of the labor dispute.

Justin Verlander has always had an electrifying arm but it took time for the 28-year-old right-hander to graduate to the ranks of mature mound ace, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said on Thursday.

Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester purchased a home in Encino, a less glamorous neighborhood outside of Los Angeles, for a reported $1.5 million.

Michael Jackson's doctor delayed calling 911 so he could hide certain medical supplies first, a witness testified Thursday in the trial of Conrad Murray, who is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the singer's 2009 death.

If History holds, Mitt Romney's healthy ways might prevent him from being the party's champion.

John W. Huffman, the scientist who created synthetic marijuana now found in popular herbal incense, supports federal efforts to ban the products.

A day after rumors surfaced that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were on the rocks, primarily due to allegations of his philandering with Sara Leal on his sixth wedding anniversary, the 33-year-old Two and a Half Men star broke his silence. In a way.

Reporter apologizes to Demi Moore for Ashton's behavior -- sort of

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The rapper now begins a one-year probation following drug charges from 2010.

Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace was arrested Saturday for DUI and carrying a concealed weapon.

UC Berkeley's provocative bake sale by Republican students, a poke in the eye of the university's politically correct establishment that recalls the school's free speech legacy, has sparked top-down opposition from university officials and student government leaders.

After four years of performing, three critically acclaimed mixtapes, and one false start launching an album, Jay-Z protege J. Cole finally released his debut CD and one day later critics were raving.

Lawmakers are now urging the Federal Trade Commission to look into Facebook's use of cookies to track users, even after logging out.

This is the second time that the CBS TV studio has received an unknown, white powdery substance in the last few months. It was found in an envelope at the CBS television studios, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Rumor mills have been churning trying to figure out what went wrong in the six year marriage between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, who are speculated to have been quietly separated for a number of months now.

The trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, started off Tuesday more than two years after the King of Pop, Michael Jackson died.

Michael Jackson's childhood friend and television host Kathy Hilton has said that the audio recording played on the opening day of the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with involuntary manslaughter, was suspicious.

Witnesses on day two of the Michael Jackson death trial told of a panic-stricken doctor and the pop star's children crying in disbelief with their father lying unresponsive on his bedroom floor, mouth agape and eyes wide open.

An envelope containing white powder and addressed to the Dancing With the Stars TV show caused a security scare on Wednesday but was found to be harmless.

Ashton Kutcher is again making headlines but this time not for his new show, Two and a Half Men, but for cheating his wife Demi Moore.