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First quarter box-office sales for 2012 were recording breaking thanks to films like The Hunger Games. Now blockbuster season has officially begun with The Avengers, which opened with $207.4 million, the biggest opening in film history. So what can audiences look forward to next? The summer slate is packed with intriguing action films that will no doubt be massively successful.

Third Point, the New York hedge fund that owns 5.8 percent of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, scored another victory late Tuesday as the company formally announced a director would quit.

The number of teenagers who have experienced mania -- a hallmark of bipolar disorder -- is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, according to a new study.

Brooke Shields carried a cane with her down the red carpet on Monday at the 2012 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The 46-year-old former Calvin Klein model paired the walking aid with a navy J. Mendel lace dress, Tiffany Co. jewels and a structured clutch. She needed the cane because she tore her meniscus, cartilage in the knee, while playing Morticia Addams in the Broadway production of The Addams Family.

Same-sex marriage advocates are confident that the nation is moving gradually towards marriage equality, but they will need to contend with a majority of states -- North Carolina among them -- that restrict marriage to a man and a woman.

The would-be bomber in the terror plot hatched by al Qaeda affiliates, which sought to bring down a Western airliner on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, had either turned informant or was planted in the terror cell.

Six-term Sen. Dick Lugar was defeated in Indiana's Republican primary Tuesday by Tea Party-backed State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, marking the end of an era for one of the Senate's longest serving members.

With Pettitte's return to the Yankees rotation, someone will have to be moved to the bullpen. Whose spot will the veteran take?

The ?Assassin?s Creed? franchise is more than just a sandbox-style video game; it?s a piece of historical fiction. Ubisoft plans to uphold and further the themes of history present throughout the series, tackling the American Revolution with its third installment.

The U.S. oil major is preparing to sell all of its assets in one of Africa's leading producers of crude oil -- Nigeria.

Andy Pettitte will start on Sunday.

Can't get enough of Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's First Take? The worldwide leader is planning a shakeup of the popular sports debate show that gives the colorful Smith a more visible role on the program.

U.S. gasoline is getting cheaper. In the last four weeks, the average weekly U.S. retail price of regular unleaded gas has fallen 4 percent, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Third Point Capital, the New York hedge fund with a 5.8 percent stake in Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, has scored again. Also, Yahoo's director has agreed to quit.

An identified 19-year-old female received a shock when her boyfriend, 20-year-old Raymond Williamson, sent her a picture of her dead chinchilla that had died three weeks before. No, the chinchilla is not a zombie pet that rose from the grave. Williamson had dug up his girlfriend's pet after getting into a fight.

Dustin Hoffman became the latest Hollywood star to become a real-life hero, after helping a jogger who collapsed in London's Hyde Park.

It's not the type of endorsement you'll see Mitt Romney tout, but General Aladeen, Sacha Baron Cohen's dictator character from the soon-to-be-released film 'The Dictator,' backed the ex-Massachusetts governor over President Barack Obama during a press conference Monday promoting the film.

Will Jeremy Lin be available for the rest of the Knicks-Heat playoff series

Diamond Pet Foods is expanding a voluntary recall of nine brands of dry pet food made between Dec. 9, 2001 and April 7 due to potential salmonella contamination, this Missouri-based company announced.

Vice President Joe Biden received a warm welcome from Conservative rabbis Tuesday as he sought to reassure American Jews about President Barack Obama's commitment to Israel and defend his diplomatic strategy with Iran.

Tsipras has only three days to form a new unity government.