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Having lost out on Javier Pastore to Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea are now rumoured to be considering a fresh bid for Tottenham's Croatian midfielder Luka Modric as well as Real Madrid star Kaka.

The Atlanta Braves acquired speedy Gold Glove outfielder Michael Bourn in a five-player swap with the Houston Astros Sunday as Major League Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline closed in a flurry of deals.

The 21-year-old daughter of actor Al Pacino was arrested in Manhattan for driving while intoxicated, police said on Sunday.

Clark James Gable, the 22-year-old grandson of legendary actor Clark Gable, was arrested earlier this week in Hollywood on felony charges that he directed a laser pointer at a Los Angeles police helicopter.

Here are a few of the collections of pictures of Hefner and the women in his life.

Fighting diabetes means not just keeping down body fat, but even building more muscle mass, according to a new study

Basketball's international federation (FIBA) has given its approval for locked-out National Basketball Association (NBA) players to compete overseas during the work stoppage, it said on Friday.

Serena Williams, who needed nearly a year to recover from surgery, moved into the Bank of the West Classic final, where she will face France's Marion Bartoli on Sunday at 12 PM PDT.

The couple?s split could now be the costliest in California history.

A 35-year-old man was shot dead when he allegedly battered an ambulance medic and then stabbed an officer with a butcher knife.

William Goldman's famous "Nobody knows anything" line? Still true.

Top seed Mardy Fish held off a strong fightback by fellow American Ryan Harrison to book his place in the final of the Los Angeles ATP event with a 6-0 4-6 7-6 victory Saturday.

When U.S. Immigration agents found a boatload of Mexican castaways huddled on a Malibu beach, and a larger group marooned a week later on an island north of Los Angeles, they realized it was a new trend.

"Nidal Hasan - Ft. Hood 2009!" Abdo said of his fellow Army comrade and Muslim charged with killing 13 people at the base nearly two years ago.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been doing a double take on her outfits lately and seems to care less about being labeled a fashion icon, even though designers would do anything to have her wear their dresses.

The man accused of planning an attack on Ft. Hood soldiers was in a motel room in Killeen this week with a 40-caliber handgun and bomb-making ingredients, authorities said. Abdo was charged Friday with possession of an unregistered destructive device and could face up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted.

Four Los Angeles police officers were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when a 64 year-old woman who may have been asleep at the wheel struck their cruisers, police said.

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has more cash than the government of the Unites States.

Amy Winehouse reportedly sought help for her drug and alcohol addictions from a celebrity psychiatrist prior to her death last week as the age of 27.

If you can't win an Oscar, why not buy one?That's exactly what an avid movie buff did when a golden statue from the 1942 Academy Awards went up for auction on Friday.

?Rehab? singer Amy Winehouse, who died at the age of 27 in London last week, tried to enlist the help of celebrity recovery expert Dr. Drew Pinsky in the days before her death, the ?Celebrity Rehab? host told Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM on Friday.