Rupert Murdoch expects the capital markets to lurch through the next 12 months as Wall Street banks sift through mountains of bad debt related to the mortgage crisis, the News Corp. chairman said Wednesday.”I’m a bit of a bear,” Murdoch told The...

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch plans to forgo making deals at this year’s Allen & Co. media retreat, dampening the five-day event renowned as an incubator for big-time media and Web combinations.”Not today, not this week,” Murdoch told reporters...

As the United States heads into the sixth year of the war in Iraq, Hollywood still hasn’t figured out how to deal with the subject. Audiences have stubbornly avoided films like “Redacted” and “In the Valley of Elah.” Steven Bochco’s Iraq war TV...

Mississippi Valley State probably wishes the ball had stayed stuck behind the backboard.Freshman Kevin Love scored 20 points and dislodged the trapped ball as top-seeded UCLA cruised to 70-29 victory against the overmatched Delta Devils in the NCAA...

Hardcore militants who seized Pakistan’s most scenic valley are still holed up in its snowy heights, three months after President Pervez Musharraf sent in the army to show his resolve against spreading Islamic extremism.Down below, life in the towns...

A Silicon Valley businessman was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for helping broker the sale of a night vision camera to a research institute linked to the Chinese military, federal prosecutors said.Philip Cheng, 60, pleaded guilty in October of...

Dominic James scored 13 points, including the 1,000th of his career, and No. 10 Marquette shook off a halftime deficit to beat Utah Valley 66-55 on Monday night.James hit a 3-pointer with 4:20 to play that gave the Golden Eagles (2-0) a 57-50 lead. Joe...

Tom Perkins co-founded the firm that helped spawn Google, Amazon and Genentech. He married _ and divorced _ romance novelist Danielle Steel. And his resignation from Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board revealed the spying that rocked that Silicon Valley...

Division II Grand Valley State stunned No. 8 Michigan State, the Big Ten favorite, 85-82 in two overtimes Friday night in an exhibition game.Jason Jamerson had 19 points for the Lakers, while Justin Ringler had 16, including a three-point play at the end...