Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Regulators looking to rein in the sort of risk-taking that caused the last financial crisis reached a compromise in Switzerland yesterday that more than doubles capital requirements for the world's banks while ...

Milla Jovovich stars in "Resident Evil: Afterlife," the No. 1 movie at the box office this weekend. "Resident Evil: Afterlife" opens at No.

Photo: AP Sarah Shourd, right, embraces her mother, Nora Shourd, as they meet at an hotel in Tehran, Iran. A top White House official said Sunday the United States is "hopeful" that Iran will release one of three American hikers who have been held ...

Some four months after Android's 2.2. "Froyo" update was released into the wild, new figures from Google show that the latest iteration of its mobile operating system is starting to take a sizable hold throughout the existing Android market.

Matt Hasselbeck throws for two touchdowns and runs for another in a 31-6 rout of the 49ers. Houston's Adrian Foster sets a team record with 231 rushing yards in a 34-24 victory.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - This college town that became embroiled in an international brouhaha over an aborted plan to burn copies of the Quran is returning to normal, turning its attention over the weekend to its beloved ...

Fans take cover from the rain under umbrellas at the US Open on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A year after President Obama called Kanye West "a jackass" for his antics at the MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper has a chance to prove he's changed.

The Palestinians have said they will quit the talks if the settlement freeze does not continue, and a senior Palestinian source says this remains their firm position.

That can't be a spoiler at this point, can it? The 2001 Halo novel was called The Fall of Reach, for crying out loud. It's not a subtle reference in the world of Halo.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is near an agreement to buy security-software maker ArcSight Inc. for about $1.5 billion in cash, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Five American medical professionals including two doctors, two nurses and one organizer were arrested Thursday on their way to distribute donated AIDS drugs in Zimbabwe, media reports say.

AP WASHINGTON -- House Republican leader John Boehner said Sunday he would vote to pass middle-class tax cuts without an extension for high-income earners, but only if that's the only way to get an extension of Bush-era tax reductions through Congress.

Coach Andy Reid said that Kevin Kolb (concussion) will start against the Lions in Week 2 if he is cleared. As expected. Even though Michael Vick looked tremendous in relief of an ineffective Kolb, Reid isn't going to bench his hand-picked quarterback ...

Claude Chabrol, a critic and filmmaker who helped launch the French New Wave in the late 1950s and was known as an auteur whose Hitchockian thrillers such as "Le Boucher" explored the darkness lurking just below the surface of ...

ST. LOUIS -- The Sam Bradford era began with promise. Then Larry Fitzgerald went and spoiled it. The Arizona Cardinals' Pro Bowl wide receiver, held in check most of the game, got loose for a go-ahead 21-yard touchdown catch with 6:13 to play in a ...

On the Sept. 11 anniversary, the conservative duo urges followers to take the nation back from an over-reaching government. Valerie Rodrigue of Wasilla waits for Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin road show to start.