"Clash of the Titans" leads worldwide box office

"Clash of the Titans," the latest film to cash in on the 3D craze, easily won the battle at the worldwide box office during the weekend, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. The Olympian epic earned $64.1 million from theaters in the United States and Canada since opening Thursday evening, said Time Warner Inc-owned distributor Warner Bros Pictures. The opening was in line with industry expectations, and the $61.4 million portion from the traditional...

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Back-to-Work, Not School, for Fall at Levi's

The mood at Levi's for Fall 2010 is distressing - but only when it comes to denim. Carefully destroyed denim, featuring holes and washes resembling dirty work clothes, reinforced the classic workwear theme of Levi's fall collections for men and women, which were unveiled at the Hosfelt Gallery in New York on Wednesday, March 31. Other highlights included pants with creatively placed seams and front pockets, colored denim (think bold colors like turquoise...

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iPhone 4.0

"Get a sneak peek into the future of iPhone OS," the event invitation reads. With no further explanation provided, here's my best guess at what to expect from Apple's event: Likely: Multitasking If you follow Apple news and rumors, you've likely heard that multitasking is finally coming to the iPhone, according to AppleInsider's anonymous sources. The interface will reportedly resemble the Expose feature in Mac OS, with all open programs revealed...

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Pippen, Malone lead 2010 Hall of Fame class

 Scottie Pippen considers himself a double winner. He'll enter basketball's Hall of Fame as an individual and a member of the Dream Team on the same day. "I'll be able to take one trip and kill both," Pippen said with a laugh. Pippen, Karl Malone and two of the best U.S. Olympic teams — including that famed 1992 Dream Team — were selected Monday as part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2010. Malone and Pippen, both eligible...

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NKorea threatens to stop returning US war remains

North Korea accused the United States on Monday of ignoring its efforts to return remains of American soldiers who were killed in the Korean War in the 1950s and threatened to stop collecting and returning the bodies. The North's military said it informed the U.S. twice this year of "a number of" remains of U.S. troops found during land realignment and farming preparations in 10 different locations. But the U.S. Defense Department has not offered a concrete response and...

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Toyota faces $16M fine, accused of hiding defect

The government is seeking to fine Toyota a record $16.4 million, accusing the Japanese auto giant of hiding a "dangerous defect" in its slow reporting of faulty gas pedals that have been blamed for unintended sudden accelerations and motorists' deaths. The proposed fine, announced Monday by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, is the most the government could levy for the sticking gas pedals that have led Toyota to recall millions of vehicles. There could be further penalties under continuing federal investigations, and Toyota...

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Haiti schools reopen for 1st time since quake

The official reopening of schools among the ruins of Haiti's capital brought unbridled joy Monday to students like 12-year-old Moris Rachelle. After nearly three months on the streets with nothing to do but help her mother look after two younger brothers, Moris wore white ribbons in her hair as she ran, laughed and hugged friends she had not seen since the Jan. 12 catastrophic earthquake. "All my friends are here," she gushed, smiling broadly. "I'm happy...

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Scores rescued from flooded coal mine in China

Rescuers paddled the rafts with their hands in the dark, flooded mine shaft, letting out air so the inflatable vessels could squeeze through tight passages. From deep in the tunnel came the call: "Can you get me out of here?" Replied a rescuer: "Since we got in, we will definitely be able to take you out of here." And they did, pulling 115 miners to safety Monday, their eighth day trapped in the northern China mine. Emergency teams were trying...

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Elian Gonzalez shown at Cuba youth meeting

Cuba has released photos of one-time exile cause celebre Elian Gonzalez wearing an olive-green military school uniform and attending a Young Communist Union congress. Gonzalez, now 16 with closely cropped black hair, is shown serious-faced with fellow youth delegates during last weekend's congress at a sprawling and drab convention center in western Havana. The images were posted Monday on Cuban government Web sites, then widely picked up by electronic, state-controlled...

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President Obama struggles with command, still reps White Sox

It's an absolute Fashion Ump no-no, but President Obama had no problems playing both sides of the aisle on Monday afternoon. Though custom dictated he wear a Washington Nationals jacket while throwing out the season's first pitch at Nationals Park, you can see that Obama once again donned a sartorial shoutout to his hometown Chicago White Sox. After jogging out to the mound before the Nats-Phillies game with his head uncovered, Obama toed the rubber, pulled his familiar Sox cap from his...

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Karzai remarks risk US-Afghan rift

President Hamid Karzai's startling threat to join the Taliban if foreigners don't stop meddling in Afghanistan and his strident criticism of the West's role in his country have worsened relations with Washington at a time when the U.S. military wants closer cooperation ahead of a potentially decisive offensive this summer. Karzai, who has been fuming for months about what he considers Washington's heavy hand, is gambling that blaming outsiders for the troubles in a society...

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US consulate attacked in northwest Pakistan

Islamist militants unleashed a car bomb and grenade attack against a U.S. consulate in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing four people and striking back after months of American missile strikes against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the region. Hours earlier, a suicide bomber killed 45 people and wounded more than 70 at a rally by a secular political party in the northwest that has supported recent Pakistani army offensives in the region close to Afghanistan, where...

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Britain to hold national election May 6

An official with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party says the U.K. leader will confirm Tuesday that Britain's first national election in five years will take place May 6. Brown will travel to Buckingham Palace to ask Queen Elizabeth II for permission to dissolve Parliament and call the first national vote since 2005. The official demanded anonymity to discuss the announcement in advance. The election could end in Brown's ouster three...

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