NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online retailers could see their best Thanksgiving weekend ever this year, as deep online discounts, once reserved for Cyber Monday, were offered more broadly throughout the weekend.

By Jaap Buitendijk, Warner Bros. Entertainment By Jim Cheng, USA TODAY Harry Potter's spell on the box office still lingers, as The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 earned $50.3 million this weekend to bring its two-week total to $220.4 million, according to ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Mohamed Osman Mohamud had seemed to be a well-adjusted young American teenager: a solid student whose interests included basketball, girls and the nightlife at Oregon State University, ...

His agent sent out the following statement: "We are sadden by the passing of beloved actor Leslie Nielsen, probably best remembered as Lt.

BERLIN - Ireland on Sunday reached agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the European Union for an emergency bailout package worth $90 billion, a rescue meant to both shore up that nation's buckling banks and confront ...

A federal crackdown that shut more than 70 websites last week is the latest sign of an escalating war against counterfeit and pirated products, using legal tactics that may be closely scrutinized by civil-liberties groups.

By AP Matt Bryant kicked a 47-yard field goal with 9 seconds left Sunday to give the Falcons a 20-17 victory over the Green Bay Packers, one of the teams trying to chase down Atlanta in the NFC standings.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - An Ivory Coast government official reported two deaths among other incidents of violence and voter intimidation in the volatile west of the country on state TV only hours after polls closed in a contentious presidential ...

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Michigan authorities asked the public Sunday for help in locating three young boys missing for several days.

World Health Organization researchers have recently reported that passive smoking or secondhand smoke kills about 600000 people worldwide each year, including 379000 deaths from heart disease, 165000 deaths from lower respiratory infections, ...

By REUTERS CANCÚN, Mexico (Reuters) - Nearly 200 nations were to meet in Mexico on Monday to try to agree on modest steps to slow climate change, a United Nations gathering overshadowed by global economic problems and strains between the top two ...

By J. Scott Applewhite, AP By Adam Shell, USA TODAY NEW YORK - The midterm elections may be over, but what decisions are made in Washington in coming weeks during the lame-duck session of Congress could determine the fate of a hoped-for year-end stock ...

Egyptian election officials unload ballot boxes in Cairo on Sunday. Scattered violence was reported in the parliamentary vote. By ROBERT F. WORTH and MONA EL-NAGGAR CAIRO - Egyptians went to the polls on Sunday to vote in a parliamentary election that ...

Crowds waited to enter the Foxwoods Theater to see the first performance of Broadway's “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” By PATRICK HEALY Eight-year-old Logan Eayres was the first child in the long line of ticket-holders for Broadway's “Spider-Man: Turn ...

OAKLAND, Calif.. -- Davone Bess couldn't have asked for a better homecoming as the Dolphins' third-year wide receiver caught six passes for 111 yards and returned three punts for 60 yards, including a 47-yarder in the third quarter of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—Backed by military hardware and hundreds of soldiers, Rio de Janeiro police appeared to get the upper hand in a deadly weeklong battle against heavily-armed gangs that rule many of the city's sprawling hillside shantytowns.

A man attending the Bears-Eagles game died after falling 50 feet inside Soldier Field on Sunday, according to Chicago media reports.

WASHINGTON - The United States has expanded the role of American diplomats in collecting intelligence overseas and at the United Nations, ordering State Department personnel to gather the credit card and frequent-flier numbers, ...