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Barbadian singer Rihanna is known for her own eccentric style statement. However, looking at her recent costume disasters, it seems the trend setter is apparently not in the best of her fashion sense these days.

The hiring of Wal-Mart's Brian Cornell to run the Americas food unit and promotion of longtime executive John Compton to the new post of president might be seen as attempts to find a successor to Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, who has been mentioned in media reports as a potential candidate for World Bank president.

Stock index futures edged lower on Monday as economic data in China gave investors reason to pause after a three-day rally.

Investors await the Conference Board's employment trend index for February at 10 a.m. EDT, followed by the U.S. Treasury Department's budget-deficit figures for February.

New York state has banned TCEP, a toxic flame retardant chemical. The ban comes at a time when the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in children's products is raising serious safety concerns.Many other states are expected to follow New York and ban TCEP.

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The NBA on Saturday, fined New York Knicks shooting guard J.R. Smith $25,000 for posting a photo of video model Tahiry Jose on Twiiter. Smith on Friday, said he regretted the decision.

This year's first edition of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) was held in San Francisco, California, from March 5 to 9.

Mark Twain would have been amused by the remarks of new Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook last week when he announced the post-PC era. As Twain observed after reading his obituary, The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Where to watch a live stream of the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers, plus a full match preview, team news and prediction.

The trade deadline is Thursday, and Los Angeles may have to deal Pau Gasol.

The Casa Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena was opened Saturday to honor the life and work of Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the Italian sports car manufacturer.

Both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum claimed victories in Republican Party presidential-nomination contests conducted Saturday, as the former won the caucuses in Wyoming, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while the latter won the caucuses in Kansas.

Springtime has arrived in most American States, and clocks will be going forward one hour at 2 a.m local time, on Sunday.

Let's be honest. Eddie Murphy hasn't been funny in years. The actor's latest movie is currently tanking in the box office and getting horrible reviews. Is it time that the actor give up his failing acting career and rejuvenated his short-lived music career?

Brandon Jennings and Erasan Ilyasov led the Milwaukee Bucks to a sorely needed victory against the New York Knicks despite the efforts of Jeremy Lin, Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Melo Anthony. The high scoring game was close up until the buzzer rang, ending on Fri. March 9 at Bradley Center with NY losing by just four points.

What has happened to the Grand Old Party? Why does it appear to be so fractured and unable to deliver the kind of first-class national candidate that it used to?

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef, a pivotal figure who supervises the daily affairs of the kingdom, is undergoing routine tests at the renowned Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Saudi television and hospital sources said on Friday.

Ashton Kutcher is definitely over his soon-to-be-ex-wife Demi Moore, and he has a new girlfriend, Lorene Scafaria, to thank for that. The two were first seen together back in December, after the Kutcher-Moore split. The 34-year-old actor tweeted a photograph of himself on vacation in Italy with Scafaria, a 33-year-old screenwriter.

The Syrian crisis has pushed the Chinese to engage internationally significantly more than it has in the past. Some remain skeptical as to China's interest in Syria, but the recently released 6-point statement shows a China attempting to strike a middle-ground.