Nasdaq, ICE Chiefs Plotted an Audacious Push for NYSE; 'Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?' By GINA CHON And AARON LUCCHETTI The weekend after the New York Stock Exchange delivered its bombshell about merger discussions with Germany's stock-market ...

LUBBOCK, Tex (Reuters) - Wildfires scorched more than 230000 acres in Texas on Sunday, roaring through a West Texas town, destroying an estimated 80 homes and buildings and critically injuring a firefighter.

Comedy Central has been around in its current form for 20 years, yet somehow it has avoided following its corporate siblings MTV, Spike, Logo, CMT, TV Land, VH1 and Nickelodeon into the world of kudoscasts until now.

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The House is scheduled to begin considering on Monday a budget deal covering the remainder of this fiscal year.

Perkins, who in an interview called Lakers Coach Phil Jackson 'arrogant' and Pau Gasol 'soft," says it was just his opinion.

Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara asked the United Nations to “neutralize” heavy weapons used by Laurent Gbagbo's forces in Abidjan, the commercial capital, where French ...

By Michael E. Ruane, Sunday, April 10, 11:55 PM The Civil War began here shortly before dawn when a mortar on the starlit beach fired a single shot high into the sky over this proud and elegant city.

SEOUL, April 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korean and Japanese experts will meet later this week in Tokyo to discuss Japan's nuclear debacle, the first such meeting since the devastating earthquake and tsunami last month crippled nuclear reactors in Japan's ...

BY HELENE ST. JAMES Tomas Holmstrom celebrates his second-period unassisted goal with Pavel Datsyuk, who scored a minute later. / JONATHAN DANIEL/Getty Images CHICAGO -- Once again -- when they needed it -- the Red Wings responded with a performance ...

Is it summertime yet? The US box office continues to languish under the weight of cinematic mediocrity and what appears to be a delayed reaction to the American financial crisis.

So many signature moments illustrated Josh Beckett [stats]'s return to form last night. But one stood out in particular. It came in the first inning.

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhuanet) --China saw a trade deficit of 1.02 billion US dollars between January and March this year. It's the first quarterly trade deficit in six years, according to figures released Sunday by the General Administration of Customs ...

Hundreds of residents in Mapleton, Iowa, were displaced after the tornado on Saturday, but no serious injuries were reported. (Nati Harnik/ Associated Press) Associated Press / April 11, 2011 MAPLETON, Iowa - A tornado a quarter-mile wide flattened a ...

Yemeni soldiers formed a cordon yesterday as antigovernment demonstrators rallied in Taiz. (Yemen Lens via Associated Press) By Bassem Mroue Associated Press / April 11, 2011 BEIRUT - Syrian security forces and progovernment gunmen killed four ...

This week, Microsoft will try to get developers off the fence to make more applications for Windows Phone 7. By Sharon Pian Chan HTC's HD7 phone runs the new Microsoft Windows 7 OS.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been summoned by the state prosecutor for questioning over alleged corruption and killings of protesters.

While Adobe software engineers were hard at work pushing out brand new mid-cycle upgrades of Creative Suite applications, the folks on the business side were trying to figure out a way to make purchasing those professional ...

By JPOST.COM STAFF FM speaks out against efforts to stop strikes on Gaza, says Hamas "took advantage of quiet since Cast Lead to smuggle more weapons"; Landau: We must exploit Hamas fear of losing control in Gaza Strip.