Ben Gazzara, who worked with several generations of major Hollywood directors, died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 81.
Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows, and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a New York hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81.
As the fallen cruise ship Costa Concordia slowly sinks into the unforgiving waters, it takes with it millions of dollars consisting of jewelry, cash, antiques, silverware, glassware, and thousands of art objects, including 300-year-old prints from Japan. Beneath tossing waves of the Mediterranean Sea, the treasure lies trapped on board.
Duch, now 69 years old, was the commander of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison.
Despite the determination of President Obama to take Wall Street to court for the financial crisis, prosecutors face an uphill struggle to win more convictions like the two they scored on Wednesday against former Credit Suisse Group AG mortgage traders.
Spirit Airlines added a $2 unintended consequences fee to all tickets this week in response to the Department of Transportation's (DOT) new set of passenger protections.
A wealthy man from Florida has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a daughter. Many people say his move is to safeguard his property during an upcoming lawsuit in connection with a fatal car accident.
The case against Imam was brought by an attorney named Asran Mansour who is affiliated with Islamist political groups.
VeriSign Inc., the company in charge of delivering people safely to more than half the world's Web sites, has been hacked repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the leading Internet infrastructure company.
If Gilani is convicted of contempt, he faces up to six months in prison and would be disqualified from holding public office in the future.
The Supreme Court on Thursday revoked all 122 telecoms licences issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale, a fresh embarrassment for the government and plunging the mobile network market of Asia's third-largest economy into uncertainty.
Wall Street's own watchdog filed a complaint against Charles Schwab Corp on Wednesday accusing the online brokerage of requiring customers to waive their rights to pursue class actions against the firm, a violation of industry rules.
Eastman Kodak eased away from the Hollywood spotlight on Wednesday, asking to have its name removed from the theater that hosts the Oscars.
Suzanne Greenaway, the coroner who oversaw the Amy Winehouse death examination, resigned in November, after authorities found out she lacked the proper credentials. The resignation was made public Wednesday. Now the late star's family is thinking of asking for a new investigation.
Two of the men who have accused Bernie Fine of sexually molesting them when they were ball boys is now accusing his wife, Laurie, of having sexual relationships with basketball team players. Bernie Fine, a former Syracuse University assistant men's basketball coach, was fired late last year, after being accused of molesting three men in the 1980s and 1990s.
Four British men admitted to planning a bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange, saying that they were inspired by American-born al-Qaeda radical Anwar al-Awlaki.
Federal prosecutors expanded their insider trading case against former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta on Tuesday, saying the illegal activity lasted longer and involved more trades than alleged.
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys, will learn the names of his 10 accusers by Friday.
Mohammad Shafia -- found guilty of the honor killing murders of his three daughters on Monday -- will keep his millions of dollars in real estate holdings and personal wealth while serving a life sentence.
As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits.
A unit of Citigroup must pay $500,000 to a former branch manager who alleged the company fired him because of his age, according to a decision by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel.
The user data of Megaupload, one of the world's leading file-sharing Web sites before it was shut down, won't be deleted at least for two weeks from now.