Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home in an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on Thursday.
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home of an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on Thursday.
Grammy Award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt will release a memoir in 2013 called "Heart Like a Wheel," borrowing the title of one of her albums, her publisher said on Thursday.
Houston Astros outfielder is drawing tremendous interest from the top teams around the league, following Mets' Carlos Beltran being taken off the trade market to the San Francisco Giants.
George W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, in a new interview has revealed how he was told about the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
Actor Joe Pesci has sued the makers of a movie about crime boss John Gotti and his son, accusing producers of reneging on a contract after he gained 30 pounds to play the notorious crime boss' right-hand man.
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Actor Joe Pesci has sued the makers of a movie about crime boss John Gotti? and his son, accusing producers of reneging on a contract after he gained 30 pounds to play the notorious crime boss' right-hand man.
Grammy Award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt will release a memoir in 2013 called "Heart Like a Wheel," borrowing the title of one of her albums, her publisher said on Thursday.
Community Health Systems Inc (CYH.N), the second-largest U.S. hospital operator, beat analysts' second-quarter earnings expectations on higher operating revenue, sending its shares up more than 6 percent in after-hours trading.
Big gains in Latin America covered up U.S. declines at Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) and Avon Products Inc (AVP.N), with the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics seen as having a harder road to recovery.
The hotel maid who accused ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her made an emotional public appeal on Thursday for people to believe her story as her lawyer threatened a civil lawsuit.
Stiff competition from Apple and other competitors using Google's Android system are dragging on the company's profits. The company forecast today it will likely miss estimates from analysts in the third quarter and for the full fiscal year.
Since retiring, Irabu has had periodic run-ins with the law involving alcohol.
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The 2010 wave of Tea Party conservatives that propelled House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, into power have emerged during the debt talks as a central threat to Boehner's leadership by increasingly exposing Boehner's inability to hold together his fractious caucus.
South Africa's rand slipped on Thursday after posting strong gains this week, while bond prices fell on concerns over the U.S. debt standoff and stocks fell for the fourth straight day.
Prized catch Carlos Beltran was expected to make his debut in the San Francisco Giants outfield at Philadelphia Thursday after being acquired in a trade with the New York Mets.
National Basketball Association (NBA) officials and locked out players are expected to meet in New York next week as they try to resolve the contentious labor dispute threatening the upcoming season.
Chicago Bears free-agent center Olin Kreutz may be closing in on a deal with the San Francisco 49ers.
Amy Winehouse may have died from alcohol withdrawal.
