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A recent report by CNET UK espoused a September 7 media event for the announcement of the iPhone 5. However, as information of Apple's purported media event failed to hit the news wires until Saturday, hopes for the new iPhone launch on the day are fading away.

World number one Novak Djokovic and number three Roger Federer both progressed to the last-16 phase of the US Open after seeing off Nikolay Davydenko and Marin Cilic respectively.

The former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned back to France on Saturday, after getting his passport back.

Pop star Lady Gaga has teamed up with Dutch fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin to produce five fashion-inspired vignettes for her latest single You And I.

Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway and Serbia have become the latest countries to choose their 2011 submissions for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's Foreign-Language Film competition.

The United States is going through a challenging time right now, and it could use a little comic relief. And who better to provide it than, arguably, the greatest comedian of the modern era, Groucho Marx.

Self-pubilshed author John Locke, who built a large audience selling digital books and become the second independent writer to sell one million books through Kindle has a few lessons to teach you, if you want to try and follow in his footsteps.

He faces charges of falsely reporting a second-degree incident and will be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead Saturday.

The contestants for the 2011 Miss Universe pageant have arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil to kick start pre-pageant events.This year's crop of international beauties is sure to make the judging especially difficult.The Sept. 12 pageant is the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump bought the Miss Universe Organization in 1996 and relocated the headquarters from Los Angeles, Calif., to New York City.I am very pleased to announce our partnershi...

Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the U.S. Open Friday in a shock third round loss to Flavia Pennetta, while Andy Murray was lucky to survive after being pushed to five sets by Robin Haase.

Documents found in Tripoli detail close ties between the CIA and Libya's intelligence service and suggest the United States sent terrorism suspects for questioning in Libya despite that country's reputation for torture, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

World number two Rafael Nadal and number four Andy Murray both progressed to the third round of the US Open, but in very contrasting circumstances.

Six years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans may need to brace for Tropical Storm Lee, which is inching northward up the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico and is expected to creep upon the coast of southern Louisiana this weekend.

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is living a heavily restricted life in Beijing after being released from detention earlier this year, but his work is speaking volumes to people in the second-largest U.S. city.

Lady Gaga is as much a fashion icon as she is a musical icon. From her John Travolta/Serge Gainsbourg inspired Jo Calderon character to, well, just about anything and everything, Gaga is always far-out and always unique.

In an effort to make a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) that would allow it to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T may be forced to maintain T-Mobile's industry-leading cheap mobile subscription plans, reported Reuters, citing anonymous sources.

Coloring book is violent, anti-Muslim, critics say.

A diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks has spurred the Iraqi government to reopen an investigation into allegations that American troops handcuffed and and executed 11 Iraqi civilians -- charges that the U.S. military has categorically denied.

Silver mining company stocks posted big gains Friday on the back of a hefty surge in silver's price and renewed fears that the U.S. may be headed for a double-dip recession.

Five patients being treated for eye disease went blind after being injected with injection drug Avastin at the Veterans Affairs medical center in Los Angeles, according to The New York Times.

Gold prices vaulted higher Friday, as did silver prices, after the U.S. government revealed that no new jobs were created last month, a body blow to stocks but a gift to investors who bought Treasuries or precious metals.