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April 8, 2011

Katy Perry, Rihanna lead U.S. singles chart

Katy Perry's "E.T.," featuring Kanye West, spent a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on Thursday, bolstered by the premiere of its effects-heavy video a week ago. Rihanna's "S&M" was also unchanged, at No. 2, while the…

April 8, 2011

Gold retreats from record high after Japan quake

Gold was little changed on Thursday afternoon, retreating from a record high after another…

April 8, 2011

Oil rises to 2-1/2 high on Mideast turmoil

Oil prices ended at 2-1/2-year highs on Thursday as supply worries tied to fighting in Libya and Middle East turmoil overshadowed demand concerns spurred by a boost in euro zone interest rates and as a major aftershock struck Japan. Brent crude…

April 8, 2011

IMF says worth exploring borrowing from markets

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was worth exploring ways that the global institution could borrow from financial markets at short notice to raise additional funding for its lending programs. In a paper that looks at progress…

April 8, 2011

Golf no longer Tiger and everybody else

Golf used to be Tiger Woods and everybody else. About the only thing they had in common was how they described…

April 8, 2011

Bulls charge past Celtics, close in on home-court advantage

The Chicago Bulls beat Boston 97-81 on Thursday to open up a four-game lead atop the Eastern Conference and move within a victory of clinching home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Chicago (58-20), winners of 17 of their last 19 games,…

April 8, 2011

Portuguese trio, Villarreal shine in Europa League

Spanish side Villarreal and Portuguese giants FC Porto put their Europa League-winning credentials on show with 5-1 wins apiece in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday. Three Portuguese sides -- Porto, Benfica and Sporting Braga -- are…

April 8, 2011

Before deliberating, Bonds’ jurors get an earful

The eight women and four men sat in the jury box for more than 4 1/2 hours, listening to angry arguments from federal prosecutors and Barry Bonds' attorneys at the end of a 12-day trial that exposed the dark world of baseball's Steroids Era. Now,…

April 8, 2011

NFL, players disagree on who should oversee talks

A day after the judge handling the NFL lockout lawsuit urged the sides to go "back to the table," the players and owners both expressed a willingness to do so. The hitch: Each offered to meet for talks in a setting the other finds unpalatable. A…

April 8, 2011

Shutdown talks yield no deal as clock ticks

Time growing short, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach agreement…