This morning, the death of terror boss Anwar al-Awlaki was reported by Yemen officials.
Francona has managed the Red Sox for eight seasons.
The Los Angeles Kings have reached a verbal agreement on a multi-year contract with restricted free agent defenseman Drew Doughty.
There are no props, no music and no elaborate costumes -- and if these performers have their way, no applause either.
Since her role as a brooding teen-ager on the critically acclaimed 1990s TV drama, My So-Called Life, actress Claire Danes has played everything from Shakespeare's Juliet to autistic animal scientist Temple Grandin.
China isn't the only country eyeing a Heavenly Palace. Several developing nations are also creating space agencies and building rockets in hopes that one day they, too, may have citizens in space.
Disney is bring Newsies, the popular movie and recently adapted Paper Mill Playhouse stage musical, to Broadway this spring.
Gold rose more than 1 percent on Friday but was on track for its biggest quarterly gain this year as concerns that the euro zone debt crisis was far from resolved weighed on stock markets and the euro, lifting interest in bullion as an alternative.
Apple's iPhone cases are beginning to show up again as its release date draws near and this time it is allegedly listed in AT&T's inventory system, according to leaked photos sent to the media.
Sylvia Robinson, best known to be the mastermind behind the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” the first hip-hop single to become a commercial hit, died Thursday at age 75.
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 down 0.6 to 0.8 percent.
Cornell University researchers have examined more than 500 million twitter posts from 2.5 million users across 84 countries over two years to find out how people's moods differ through the day.
Gold jumped more than 1 percent on Friday after Germany's approval for expanding the euro zone bailout fund offered temporary relief to investors, but the precious metal was heading for its worst monthly decline in three years.
Two powerhouse top seeds in the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, and a pair of wild card Cinderellas make for intriguing match-ups in the first round of Major League Baseball playoffs starting Friday.
The largest U.S. banks, eager to get legal protection after widespread evidence emerged of foreclosure shortcuts, are trying to convince California to be part of a multi-state mortgage settlement and not pursue its own aggressive deal.
Burger and ice cream chain Friendly's is close to filing for bankruptcy and may try to sell itself at auction, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Heat Rises jumped to the top of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday.
Talks aimed at ending the National Basketball Association's (NBA) lockout resume Friday with both sides warning that time for a deal is running out amid concerns over the economic impact of the labor dispute.
Justin Verlander has always had an electrifying arm but it took time for the 28-year-old right-hander to graduate to the ranks of mature mound ace, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said on Thursday.
The New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens clash in Week Four of the National Football League (NFL) season and while the teams have much in common there is a sense of rivalry fired by Jets head coach, and former Raven, Rex Ryan.
Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme might recover as much as $6.2 billion less than previously estimated if a recent court decision involving owners of New York Mets baseball team remains the law.
Occupy Wall Street protests are nothing new for NYPD.
