Blake Edwards, a prolific filmmaker who kept alive the tradition of slapstick comedy in his Pink Panther franchise and nimbly showcased his dramatic range with "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Days of Wine and Roses," died Dec.

I've spent the last six weeks living the serene computing life, like being back on a Maine farm, with dusty roads, upward-reaching pines and Milky Way spanning night skies.

The Food and Drug Administration Thursday took the first step toward revoking approval of the blockbuster cancer drug Avastin for use against breast cancer - an approval initially given under a special accelerated evaluation process ...

But for those in the audience, it's best to just sit back, drink in its virtual dazzle and not ask questions. The story is beside the point in this sleek-looking reboot.

(CBS) He says he isn't a hero. But anyone who saw what happened during that terrifying shootout at a school board meeting in Florida would disagree.

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Aguirre, a former enforcement attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jacob Frenkel, a partner at Shulman Rogers Gandal Prody & Ecker, ...

A senior US official says embattled Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to cede power after an election defeat, has been given a "finite amount of time" to step down or face sanctions.

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) on Thursday said its fiscal second-quarter earnings rose a better-than-expected 28% and predicted continued success in the following quarter.

NEW DELHI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Thursday called for continuous efforts to enhance the friendly relations between the two countries.

By Sports Network Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told a local radio station that All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo will miss "a couple of weeks" due to a sprained ankle.

Yahoo Inc. said it is planning to shut down several "underperforming" and "non-core" Web properties, including the venerable search site AltaVista, as it continues a years-long turnaround effort.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Things are coming into focus for the Vikings' Monday night game against the Chicago Bears. * The game will be played at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus.

SMITHTOWN, NY (AP) - New York police say a missing New Jersey prostitute was not among the four bodies found over the past week on a beach highway.

A federal judge in Pensacola, Fla. heard oral arguments today for one of the major lawsuits against the healthcare reform law -- just three days after a Virginia judge ruled that parts of the ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - US banks face deep cuts in the debit card fees they charge retailers under a Federal Reserve proposal that also exposes card networks Visa and MasterCard to more competition.

How close was Wednesday night's 118-116 loss to the Celtics? Amar'e Stoudemire's three-pointer was released two-tenths of a second after the final buzzer sounded.

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners must decide if Rahm Emanuel qualifies as a resident and can run to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on a television screen in an electronics shop during his annually televised question-and-answer session on Thursday.