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'Gravity' launches to top of worldwide box office
"Gravity" soared to the top of the worldwide box office in its debut weekend. The Warner Bros. space drama starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney boasted the biggest October opening ever with $55.78 million in North American ticket sales and more than $27 million overseas. Last week's top film, Sony's ...
Dallas museum opens exhibit on artist Jim Hodges
An exhibit has opened at a Dallas museum exploring the 25-year career of contemporary American artist Jim Hodges. The traveling exhibit, "Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take," opened Sunday at the Dallas Museum of Art. The exhibit, which will run through Jan. 12 in Dallas, is the first comprehensive ...
A's top Tigers 6-3 for 2-1 AL division series lead
Turns out the Oakland Athletics don't need a brilliant pitching performance to beat Detroit. They can outslug the Tigers too. Brandon Moss, Josh Reddick and Seth Smith homered for the Athletics, who chased Anibal Sanchez in the fifth inning Monday and defeated the Tigers 6-3 for a 2-1 AL division ...
A baseball journey: from shadows to playoff glare
Marlon Byrd was walking to his car, ready for another ho-hum night at a mostly empty Citi Field in late August, when his cellphone rang. It was the call he'd been waiting on for a long time, the one summoning him to a pennant race. Traded from the New York ...
Carter: Feds need to invest in affordable housing
Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that if he were back in the White House, he would work with Republicans and Democrats to secure more funding for affordable housing and urge more flexibility in resolving differences involving the critical issue. Carter made the comments at a construction site in Oakland ...
Colorado River permit holders will get fee refunds
River permit holders denied their scheduled launch because of the government shutdown at Grand Canyon National Park will receive a refund for fees, National Park Service officials announced Monday. Grand Canyon National Park is shut down for only the second time since it was created in 1919. Permit holders also ...
Kershaw replaces Nolasco as LA's Game 4 starter
Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw replaced Ricky Nolasco as the Dodgers starting pitcher when they tried to clinch their NL division series against the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. Kershaw, the 2011 NL Cy Young Award winner, will be pitching on three days' rest for the first time since coming ...
Fictional anchor Ron Burgundy pitches for Chrysler
When you've got the smallest marketing budget of the Detroit Three automakers, you have to take risks to get your TV spots noticed. That's why Olivier Francois, Chrysler's marketing chief, gambles a lot. He's following successful ads featuring rapper Eminem and movie star Clint Eastwood with a pitch from a ...
Academy football teams begin 2nd uncertain week
The service academy football teams are preparing to play this weekend's games amid some uncertainty because of the partial government shutdown. Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk says he is providing more information to the Defense Department that shows the academy will not use government funds to play at Duke on ...
Twitter tunes in to TV partnerships ahead of IPO
People don't just watch TV anymore; they talk about it on Twitter. From the comfort of couches, they share reactions to touchdowns and nail-biting season finales — and advertisers and networks are taking note. Examples of Twitter's influence abound. The recent finale of "Breaking Bad" generated a record 1.24 million ...
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