A major earthquake in Indonesia today killed at least 75 people, according to a Red Cross disaster report, citing an official report from the country’s vice president. Earlier, Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Ministry of Health’s crisis center, said thousands may be trapped by collapsed buildings and houses.

Kyle Kendrick pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez and the Phillies beat the Houston Astros 10-3 Wednesday night to clinch their third straight NL East crown.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson refused to back down Wednesday from remarks made on the House floor the night before, in which he said the Republican health care plan calls for sick people to “die quickly.” Grayson told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “What I mean is they have got no plan. It’s been 24 hours since [...]

Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run double and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Wednesday night to move closer to the AL Central title.

John Travolta testified Wednesday that would-be extortionists threatened to go the media with stories implying “the death of my son was intentional and I was culpable somehow.”

Britney Spears’ former husband is going to be on “Celebrity Fit Club,” and he’s put his overeating into overdrive to prepare, a source tells Us Weekly.

An insider tells Radar Online that Jon didn’t even let Kate know in advance that he was putting the breaks on their divorce proceedings.

David F. Wells says he lied to the makers of “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” about telling a judge in chambers that he should send the director to prison

Microblogging service rolls out a user grouping feature, Lists, to a small subset of users with plans to expand to the entire user base once tested.

The Colorado-based incubator’s annual Investor Day brought 13 fledgling companies in front of several dozen investors to whom they were pitching requests for mentoring and seed funding.