IBT Staff Reporter

A big fire blazed through Fire Island Pines of New York’s Long Island on Monday night and needed 400 firefighters from 28 fire departments to be subdued. So far, no injuries were reported.

The “Lady Marmalade” R&B diva Patti LaBelle has been accused of hurling curses and throwing water at a toddler, according to a lawsuit filed at Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday.

Top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Wednesday defended their companies' pay practices from attack by lawmakers angry that the government-controlled firms were paying out nearly $13 million in executive bonuses.

TransCanada Corp said on Wednesday it could start building the portion of its planned Keystone XL pipeline that runs from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf of Mexico, even as it awaits U.S. approval for the project as a whole.

Enbridge Inc and TransCanada Corp have raced forward with new pipeline plans in the fierce battle to unclog a year-long U.S. oil bottleneck, which could quickly end an unprecedented distortion in crude markets.

It’s been a very “Minecraft” week. Minecon, the fan convention, kicks off Nov. 18, marking the release of the “final” version coming out. Now in a surprise move, developer Mojang will release the iOS version of the game Nov. 17.

Olympus Corp offered a plan to cut its debt by about 260 billion yen ($3.38 billion) over the next three years to maintain ties with creditors amid a deepening scandal, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Start-up company ConnecTV, which will track television viewers' watching habits and connect them to other viewers via social media, has struck a deal with 10 TV station groups that collectively cover 76 million U.S. households., the company announced Tuesday.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is pushing for a January trial date in its legal battle against Dick Clark Productions over who controls the television rights to the Golden Globes.

Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday affirmed its long-term growth target of at least 10 percent for annual revenue and earnings per share, citing strong demand for smartphones and other wireless devices.

British singer Adele said she was on the mend after undergoing microsurgery in Boston to treat a benign polyp on her vocal cords.

A defense witness in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor was fined $250 on Wednesday, but escaped sanction for calling another witness a scumbag.

Bethesda's newest fantasy role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is doing pretty well in the sales charts. The game sold 3.5 million copies during the first two day on physical and digital shelves. Skyrim's predecessor, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, gets a 75 percent off discount on the Steam store.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski moved past his mentor Bob Knight to become U.S. Division I college basketball's all-time wins leader on Tuesday.

NBC's weight-loss series The Biggest Loser, which suffered the loss of host and trainer Anna Kournikova and nutritionist Cheryl Forberg this week, dropped 13 percent in the ratings Tuesday night.

YouTube's new premium content push featuring the likes of Madonna and Ashton Kutcher spurred speculation that the Google-owned site is issuing a direct challenge to the television industry.

United Talent Agency has signed a lease for its new global headquarters, real estate developer Tishman Speyer announced Tuesday.

Networks are prepared to miss the first few months of a delayed NBA season. But now that it looks like the entire season could be canceled, TNT, ESPN/ABC and the league's other broadcast partners have to make some serious programing decisions.

The woman who claimed teen singer Justin Bieber fathered a baby with her has dropped her paternity lawsuit, but Mariah Yeater's lawyer said on Wednesday she is pursuing her claim out of court.

Drake certainly didn't invent hip-hop solipsism. But the genre's newest superstar proves more intriguingly introspective than most on Take Care, a solid sophomore effort that's destined to have hundreds of thousands of eager buyers also gazing into his navel this week.

A long-awaited French deal for Dassault to sell at least 60 Rafale fighter jets worth an estimated $10 billion to the United Arab Emirates hit a new snag on Wednesday when it said proposed terms were uncompetitive and unworkable.

A James Madison University bus struck and killed an 18-year-old freshman.

Stocks fell on Wednesday as warnings about the impact of Europe's debt crisis on the global economy kept investors cautious, but optimism about the U.S. economy limited losses.

The company announced Wednesday that it was expanding its 4G network to 14 new markets on top of the 165 markets already covered.

Social media and mobile communications will be the two big targets for Google Inc when it unveils a new music store for users on Wednesday, according to four people familiar with its plans.

The jury has reached a verdict in an antitrust case brought by Rambus against Micron and Hynix, according to a court spokeswoman.

China's Huawei Technologies , which has aggressively grabbed around the fifth of mobile telecom gear market, has shifted its focus on improving its margins after it has got a large enough foothold in the market, a company official said.

Former Charles Manson follower Charles 'Tex' Watson is seeking parole for the fourteenth time this week. He has been in jail since 1971 for the Tate/LaBianca murders committed by the infamous 'Manson Family' in 1969.

Banks are shedding jobs worldwide as stricter regulations and a tough six months for trading income take their toll on investment banking units.