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Apple Inc. has requested European Union antitrust regulators to step in and settle a technology patent dispute between the company and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., according to a Motorola Mobility regulatory filing on Friday.

Defense lawyers made a case for Allen Stanford's innocence on Friday in a courtroom filled with people who claim he stole millions of dollars of their savings. Some two dozen investors were at the federal courthouse in Houston to mark the third anniversary of the closure of the Stanford Financial Group in February 2009.

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's struggles in Michigan are fueling speculation that Republicans might have to resort to a doomsday scenario and launch a frantic search for a 2012 savior at their nominating convention in late August.

After exploring a handful of potential suitors, the New York Yankees have agreed to ship A.J. Burnett to the Pittsburgh Pirates and are awaiting approval from the commissioner's office.

Mitt Romney and Ron Paul have proven their friendship on the campaign trail, but would Romney-Paul 2012 be a strong ticket?

Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate who has already injected millions into Newt Gingrich's campaign through a friendly Super PAC, could be preparing to open his wallet once again.

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui MOEX Offshore will pay $90 million for the BP Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 in what is the first settlement ahead of the liabilities trial expected to start in 10 days.

An electronic cigarette, otherwise known as e Cigarette, exploded in a Florida man's mouth taking out some of his front teeth, a chunk of his tongue and caused severe burn on his face because of a faulty battery, fire officials said.

Long gone are the days where you'll have to reach for the Keystone to fill your red Solo cups. Pong Beer is the latest beer to satisfy all your beer pong needs...its name practically says it. Here are three things to know about this sport inspired beverage.

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has embarked on a study of the working conditions in factories run by eight of Apple's suppliers in China, according reports by Reuters. Auret van Heerden, president of the FLA, noted that the working environment imposed onto the workers, which inevitably perpetuates boredom, could have contributed to the tragic suicides. After several days' worth of visits to the facility, Heerden commended that the conditions were not as slave-like as reported previously....

The Bruins are 7-7-1 in their last 15 games and are looking like a team that will have a hard time repeating as champions without some changes.

Jeremy Lin is going to bring the Linsanity to the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend at the end of this month in Orlando, Fla.

The U.S. military needed a better way to kill flies on the battlefield and researchers think they found it: use blue.

Good 'ole Joe. You can always count on him to say what he shouldn't. Remember when the revolution was underway in Egypt? In stepped Joe to praise Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian dictator.

Dozens of Costa Concordia survivors have joined in a Florida lawsuit against Carnival Corp. accusing them of negligence and fraud.

The Dave Matthews Band 2012 Summer Tour begins on May 18 at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, Texas, and ends on Sept. 9 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. The full schedule is below.

Federal Reserve policymakers are turning to cars to illustrate just how split they are over what, if anything, to do about the U.S. economy, with some eying the brake pedal and others the gas.

An e-cigarette exploded in a man's mouth on Monday, severely injuring him and raising the question once again: are e-cigarettes a safe alternative to smoking real cigs?

Curvaceous model Kate Upton landed herself on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition for 2012. Inside the pages is featured former plus-sized model Crystal Renn. Will these two curvy beauties change the face of the modeling industry?

President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 budget for NASA boosts spending at the Kennedy Space Center, which bore the brunt of job layoffs at the end of the space shuttle program last year, the center director said on Tuesday.

Santorum is the latest of the anti-Romney candidates to have his time in the sun.