The website of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange MtGox went down on Tuesday after the value of the virtual unit sank to about a quarter of that on other platforms and Japanese regulators said they were unable to step in. Visitors to
Eddie Murphy’s legal team is confident a hefty defamation lawsuit against the Beverly Hills Cop star will be quickly dismissed. Comedian Brando Murphy, no relation, is suing the Saturday Night Live alum for $50 million, claiming the Oscar nominee is
SOUTHGATE, Mich. (AP) — Rep. John Dingell, who played a key role in some of the biggest liberal legislative victories of the past 60 years, said Monday that he will not try to add to what is already the longest
Audiences watching Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke twerking their way through last year’s VMAs wondered what Thicke’s wife thought of the act. The Blurred Lines sensation brushed off such talk at the time. It’s just show business, he assured fans,
Breaking down this week’s Associated Press college basketball poll: ___ FIRST-PLACE FLORIDA: Florida moved to No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time since 2006-07, the season the Gators repeated as national champion. The Gators were No. 1
While saying it “hears” Ukraine’s dream of joining the EU, the Western bloc failed Monday to hold out the prospect of entry in spite of regime change that began with pro-EU protests. As the bloc’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Samsung sought Monday to frame its new Galaxy S5 smartphone as a lifestyle product, as it emphasized a built-in heart-rate sensor and improved camera features over its slightly larger size. One of the main appeals of
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and its players have banned most home plate collisions but left open an exception if the catcher has the ball and is blocking the runner’s direct path to home plate. A new rule,
Audiences got to know actor Liam Neeson for his acclaimed performances in films like Rob Roy and Schindler’s List. Now, he’s the latest post-60 action star thanks to runaway hits like Taken. The Irish actor, 61, showed another side to
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jason Collins heard his name called by Nets coach Jason Kidd early in the second quarter and headed to the scorer’s table to check in. When he walked onto the court, Collins became the first openly
Ukraine issued an arrest warrant for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych on Monday as the country’s new rulers launched a probe over the “mass murder” of protesters in a week of carnage in Kiev.
WASHINGTON (AP) — His domestic priorities stalled in a divided Congress, President Barack Obama is looking for allies among America’s governors. The president was to meet Monday with governors of both parties at the White House, following a Sunday dinner
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s acting government issued a warrant Monday for the arrest of President Viktor Yanukovych, last reportedly seen in the pro-Russian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, accusing him of mass crimes against protesters who stood up for
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meteorologists forecast a pair of storms could dump several inches of rain on parched cities and croplands throughout California in the coming week, bringing welcome news to a state that has just endured its driest year
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson’s phone started blowing up Sunday while he was sitting in his motorhome — nowhere near Victory Lane. Johnson was hailed as the Daytona 500 champion all over the place Sunday — he was
Netflix has reached an agreement with cable and internet giant Comcast so that the US video-streaming service’s programming can be viewed more smoothly, the two announced Sunday. The companies “have established a more direct connection between Netflix and Comcast, similar
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Through rain and wrecks, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended the only drought that mattered. NASCAR’s most popular driver won the Daytona 500 for the second time, a decade after his first victory in the “Great American
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Outfielder Brett Gardner and the New York Yankees have agreed to a four-year contract worth $52 million. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman announced the deal on Sunday. The new pact starts in 2015. The deal includes
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona could use a dome. From rain, potholes, soap and fire, the Daytona 500 has had all sorts of delays the last five years. The latest one came Sunday, with rain shutting down the season
Katy Perry is beautiful enough to grace a modeling catwalk, but when she did just that recently the reception was far from adulatory. Perry, a vocal proponent of President Barack Obama as well as his signature health care reform, got
LONDON (AP) — Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, died Sunday morning in London at age 110, a family member said. Herz-Sommer’s devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her through two years
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian TV star and former model Charlotte Dawson, who became an anti-bullying activist after she was targeted online, has been found dead at age 47. Famed for TV shows such as “Australia’s Next Top Model,” the New
Lamp fittings worth tens of millions of euros, money transfers for vast sums, lists of critical journalists: more evidence of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s pampered lifestyle and paranoia emerged on Sunday. As parliament voted to handover his lavish private
Politicians agree upon little in the Age of Obama, but bipartisan concerns greeted the proposed $45 billion merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The matter should intensify in the coming weeks as hearings flesh out the details behind the plan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George W. Bush says his focus on a new initiative helping returning veterans also aids him emotionally. The George W. Bush Institute and Syracuse University are undertaking a study on issues affecting veterans who have
