April 11 (Bloomberg) -- US stock futures were little changed before Alcoa Inc. kicked off the earnings season and as a new 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's Tohoku region.

To play this content JavaScript must be turned on and the latest Flash player installed. In Ivory Coast, the United Nations and French forces are getting more deeply involved in the fighting.

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Leading business groups Monday backed the UK government-appointed Independent Commission on Banking's plan to reform UK retail banking rather than break up universal banks, but remained cautious ...

French police arrested two veiled women this morning just hours after the country's new ban on wearing the burka in public came into force.

Comedy Central has been around in its current form for 20 years, yet somehow it has avoided following its corporate siblings MTV, Spike, Logo, CMT, TV Land, VH1 and Nickelodeon into the world of kudoscasts until now.

The book, iSteve: The Book of Jobs, has been given the nod of approval by publisher Simon & Schuster after Jobs agreed to participate, according to ABC News.

Russell Brand has the top two movies at the US box office after the weekend - with contrasting roles as a reluctant Easter bunny and a drunken billionaire.

Winslow Townson / AP Josh Beckett allowed two hits in eight shutout innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-0 on Sunday night to take two out of three games from their rivals after opening the season with six straight losses.

LUBBOCK, Tex (Reuters) - Wildfires scorched more than 230000 acres in Texas on Sunday, roaring through a West Texas town, destroying an estimated 80 homes and buildings and critically injuring a firefighter.

LIMA, April 11 (Reuters) - Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala was placed first in Peru's presidential election, with lawmaker Keiko Fujimori edging into second place just ahead of former finance minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, official data showed on ...

Mapleton, Ia. - At least 10 tornadoes took their best swipe at northwest Iowa on Saturday, turning more than half of Mapleton into rubble and causing widespread damage in two other counties.

It's official. TMZ has learned ... Nicki Minaj will be Britney Spears' opening act for her upcoming concert tour. Sources involved in the negotiation tell TMZ ... the deal was signed several days ago, and Britney is elated. Everyone involved in the ...

Adobe has launched subscription editions for its new Creative Suite 5.5, a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications including Photoshop, Acrobat and InDesign.

Kevin Ding column: After five consecutive late-season losses, the Lakers have five problems to deal with as the playoffs near. LOS ANGELES - After five consecutive losses for the first time in the Pau Gasol era, here are five problems for ...

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian soldiers on army trucks and jeeps entered the key port city of Banias on Monday, a day after a shootout in which at least four anti-government protesters were killed and dozens of others were wounded, witnesses said.

BY HELENE ST. JAMES Tomas Holmstrom celebrates his second-period unassisted goal with Pavel Datsyuk, who scored a minute later. / JONATHAN DANIEL/Getty Images CHICAGO -- Once again -- when they needed it -- the Red Wings responded with a performance ...

In 'Catch Me If You Can,' Aaron Tveit and company try to revive the 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio film. Aaron Tveit stars as charming leading man Frank Abagnale, Jr.

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has welcomed a Gulf Arab mediation plan that would see him hand power to his vice-president and create a new opposition-led government, a statement from his office said on Monday.