By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic "The American" is an exercise in style and withheld sentiment, a bleak and atmospheric art-house thriller that's more of an aesthetic experience than an emotional one.

Hard Candy Cases announced a case for Apple's iPod touch 4G, or the “iTouch 4G” as the company erroneously called it, claiming early access to the specs for the device, which hasn't actually been announced yet.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Douglas said on Tuesday he had an 80 percent chance of recovering from advanced throat cancer. The 65-year-old "Wall Street" actor told TV talk-show host David Letterman that a biopsy indicated that his cancer was at ...

Vasiliki Kostoula, a Greek breast cancer patient, is framed through a breast x-ray after a radiological medical examination in an Athens hospital October 29, 2008.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Greens party unveiled on Wednesday an agreement to support the ruling Labor's efforts to form a minority government.

college football • Mark Ingram's run for a second Heisman Trophy has been put on hold, and possibly even derailed, before the Alabama tailback had a chance to gain a single yard.

BERLIN -- A pair of new Gmail features is making life easier and cheaper for me as I work from my hotel room as I'm attending a Berlin technology trade show.

The Chicago White Sox have become like the Yankees in the sense that every big-name veteran seems to have them on his résumé. That is an exaggeration, of course, but think about it.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski narrowed her 1668-vote deficit to challenger Joe Miller from last Tuesday's GOP primary in Alaska - but only by 208.

GAINS EVAPORATE: Stocks had made modest gains Tuesday morning following a better-than expected reading on consumer confidence but ended nearly flat after more caution on the economy from the Federal Reserve.

The controversy grows over a proposed mosque near Ground Zero as more politicians enter the fray. By Jerry Markon Muslim leaders are debating the wisdom of inviting FBI agents to mosques to provide protection at a time of rising anti-Muslim rhetoric ...

Moody's, one of three major credit rating firms that misjudged many of the securities at the center of the financial crisis, escaped legal action Tuesday when federal regulators said they would not sue the company for fraud ...

Bristol Palin might be stepping out of her comfort zone this season on Dancing With the Stars, but she won't be stepping into any of the show's skimpy costumes.

The owners of the Chile mine which collapsed, leaving 33 workers trapped, have apologised to miners and their families. CEO of the San Esteban mining group, Alejandro Bohn, said he "must ask forgiveness" for the "pain" caused.

By Kurt kragthorpe The decision came 10 weeks later and ultimately resulted in the desertion of one conference and the partial destruction of another, but the BYU Cougars now can say they will be playing basketball in the same markets as Utah.

Microsoft has debuted a new Xbox 360 wireless controller that features new analog sticks, and a D-Pad that rises. The controller is due on November 9 for $65.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The release of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Aug. 10 helped boost agency mortgage bonds and Treasurys Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Swine flu vaccines, both nasal and intra-muscular injectibles, have failed to take off here in the city even as the number of cases and deaths caused by the viral influenza continue to increase.