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LOS ANGELES - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," grossed a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to box office tracking service Media By ...

Paul Levitz, the president of DC Comics, discusses the evolution of Batman movies over the past 40 years.

Syndicated version of the popular prime-time quiz show, in which contestants answer increasingly difficult questions for cash prizes up to $1 million.

Citigroup posted another loss and laid off 6,000 employees in the second quarter as it struggled with surging loan defaults, but the $2.5 billion shortfall was smaller than Wall Street anticipated.

Former press lord Conrad Black is asking a federal appeals court to take another look at the fraud and obstruction of justice convictions that landed the Canadian-born businessman in a Florida prison.

JPMorgan Chase's profit took a 53 percent hit in the second quarter as mortgage and other loan defaults worsened, but the bank's results were better than expected and gave Wall Street a lift.

The potential deciding vote in the U.S. government's review of the $3.1 billion merger between satellite radio companies told The Associated Press he will vote in favor of the deal if the companies agree to ...

The Newspaper Guild of Rochester has reached a new labor agreement with the Democrat and Chronicle 's parent company, Gannett Co.

A tinge of Anakin Skywalker's coming dark side clearly is visible in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." Yet the animated adventure mostly harks back to the fun, swashbuckling times of the original "Star Wars" ...

Media General Inc. swung to a loss in the second-quarter on severance costs and lower ad revenue and expects to take an additional charge of up to $550 million to write down the value of its intangible assets.

If there's any consolation for the television dramas vying for Emmy nominations Thursday, none have to worry about getting whacked by "The Sopranos" come this September.

Google Inc. said Wednesday that its YouTube video site will partner with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

A key U.S. legislator is awaiting a response from regulators on his recommendation to impose more conditions on the acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc agreed to sell its stake in Bloomberg L.P. back to the news and financial data company for about $4.5 billion, CNBC reported on Wednesday, to raise capital to make up for write-downs. ...

McLEAN, Va. _ Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper publisher, on Wednesday reported a 36 percent drop in second-quarter earnings as the newspaper industry's woes caused a sharp decline in revenue.

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Tuesday for sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering ...

Senator McCain will announce plans today for an Iraq-style "surge" of troops in Afghanistan.

At last, Britain has come top of a poll - its residents are the highest earners in Europe.

A criminal probe of Apple Inc. s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs over stock options tampering is now over, but the potential legal shadow over him and the company isn't going away just yet.

A tight credit market prompted Viacom Inc.'s movie-making subsidiary, Paramount Pictures, to drop a deal for $450 million in financing from Deutsche Bank, the companies said Tuesday.