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Simba the lion may rule the jungle, but he couldn't beat a plucky dolphin at the weekend box office.

Their faith has been tested many times, but Michael Jackson's fans have always supported the Thriller singer. That remains true at the trial of his former doctor who is accused in the superstar's death.

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons and his girlfriend of 28 years, the actress and former Playmate Shannon Tweed, were married this weekend before 400 guests.

The Milwaukee Brewers launched the National League baseball playoffs with a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Saturday's opening game of their best-of-five division series.

Live rock returned to Afghanistan after three long decades on Saturday as young men and women cheered and leapt into the air to the sound of heavy bass beats and punk rock.

The trial of the doctor accused of responsibility for the June 2009 death of pop star Michael Jackson ended its first week, after an emotional start covered on television and making headlines worldwide.

An opium-growing recluse wanted in connection with two murders exchanged gunfire with police in northern California but slipped back away into dense woods where he has hidden out for five weeks, authorities said on Friday.

The Obama administration on Friday approved more than $4.7 billion in loan guarantees for major solar projects as the government closed out an incentive program embroiled in controversy over the bankruptcy of one of its biggest projects.

The state of California pulled out of multi-state mortgage negotiations with large U.S. banks, dealing a sharp blow to long-running efforts to secure a broad settlement over allegations of lending abuses.

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to give control of Solyndra's estate to a bankruptcy trustee, citing the refusal by executives at the solar power company to answer questions about its operations.

Police in San Francisco have arrested a man suspected in the shooting death of a Hells Angels motorcycle club chapter president during a brawl between rival bikers in Nevada last week, authorities said on Friday.

A record 14 tons of marijuana, valued at over $22.6 million, was seized in the California desert at a checkpoint roughly 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, federal officials said on Friday.

After being sent down to the minor leagues in mid-season, pitcher Ivan Nova vowed he would never go back to a life of riding buses to road games again once he got another shot at pitching for the New York Yankees.

An evidentiary hearing in the contentious Los Angeles Dodgers bankruptcy will take place next month as the team and Major League Baseball continue to spar over control of the team and the Dodgers' plan to auction its TV rights.

No progress was made after four hours of engaging talks between National Basketball Association (NBA) team owners and locked out players on Friday, intensifying fears of a delayed start to the regular season.

Heavy rain forced the suspension of Friday's Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers, ruining the eagerly-awaited clash between Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia, two of the game's greatest pitchers.

South Korean Charlie Wi overcame his old fear of the low scoring typically produced at the Las Vegas Open to charge into a three-way tie for the lead in Friday's second round.

Former world number one Dinara Safina has no chance of making a comeback from injury and will soon announce her retirement, according to big brother Marat Safin.

The Tampa Bay Rays, riding high on confidence and form, extended their incredible late season surge to six consecutive wins when they thumped the Texas Rangers 9-0 in the first of their best-of-five division series playoffs on Friday.

After a summer of scandal, the spotlight has shifted from News Corp's phone hacking crisis to its entertainment business, where its TV network and movie studio are searching for fresh hits to meet sky-high expectations.

Everybody knows what dinosaurs look and sound like. After all, who hasn't seen the Jurassic Park movies.

Egyptian riot police on Saturday cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square of protesters who had wanted to stage a sit-in following a demonstration demanding an end to emergency laws and a speedy transfer of power to civilians from military rulers.

Tony Reagins stepped down as general manager of the Los Angeles Angels on Friday after the team's failure to reach the playoffs for a second successive season.

Teenage prodigy Alexis Thompson will compete full-time on the LPGA Tour next year after her petition for membership was approved by the LPGA on Friday.

Prognosticators who predicted the end of the world and got it wrong, scientists who built a wasabi fire alarm, and researchers who studied how the urge to urinate affects decision-making were among the winners of spoof Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday.

Curtis Painter will make his first National Football League start at quarterback for the injury-hit Indianapolis Colts against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next week, the team said on Friday.

Terry Francona's eight-year run as manager of the Boston Red Sox ended Friday when the Major League Baseball team announced he was not returning next season.

Orthopedic surgeons are much more hesitant to see kids with broken bones than they were a decade ago, suggests new research from California.

General Electric Co (GE.N) may lease costly vehicle batteries to electric-car buyers, joining other companies looking to get more people to buy alternative-energy automobiles.