Fans gathered outside the Staples Center after the game and began behaving like animals—damaging vehicles, throwing rocks and bottles at officers and tearing down signs and tree branches.

Gov. Sarah Palin was on NBC’s “The Today Show” Friday morning, supposedly to talk about a natural gas pipeline she wants to build. After a brief discussion on that matter, the topic changed.

Now that Carrie Prejean has lost her crown, the new Miss California USA, Tami Farrell, and the pageant’s executive director, Keith Lewis, speak out about the controversy.

Apple on Monday unveiled its next-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G S, at the 2009 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) as well as the upcoming operating system Snow Leopard.

Photographs of nude and semi-nude guests at Silvio Berlusconi’s holiday home on the island of Sardinia were published Friday in a Spanish newspaper despite attempts by the Italian prime minister to have them banned.

President Barack Obama gives a speech in Cairo, Egypt, outlining his personal commitment to engagement with the Muslim world, based upon mutual interests and mutual respect, and discusses how the United States and Muslim communities around the world can bridge some of the differences that have divided them.

Microsoft officially confirmed on Tuesday that it will start selling its Windows 7 operating system on Oct. 22, 2009, in time for the holiday season when demand for computers is usually highest.

Air France flight 447, an Airbus A330-200 plane disappeared between Brazil and France. According to officials, the plane is carrying 228 individuals (216 passengers and 12 crew members).

“Twilight”, the popular vampire drama based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer, took a big bite out of Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards, winning best movie, best fight, best kiss, best female performance and breakthrough male performance.

Legendary music producer Phil Spector on Friday was sentenced to 19 years to life for killing actress Lana Clarkson. The 69-year-old rock icon was found guilty last month of second-degree murder for the death of Clarkson—who was shot in the mouth in 2003 at Spector’s mansion.

The final results of “American Idol” Season 8 has been questioned following the exposé that AT&T employees helped Kris Allen voters.