s new online storage service that lets you stream up to 5GB of your own music files for free. Some in the music industry believe Amazon needs to license rights from the major labels before letting you stream the music you bought and paid for (and just happens to be sitting on Amazon's servers) to…

Martin Laird already had lost a four-shot lead Saturday at Bay Hill, and as his 6-iron on the par-3 17th began to fade weakly toward the pond, he wondered if a two-shot lead would disappear even quicker.He was happy to see it land in the bunker, some 80 feet from the flag. Then came a…

Rappers Snoop Dogg, Warren G and The Game joined family, friends and about 1,000 fans of Nate Dogg to remember the hip-hop singer, who died this month of complications from multiple strokes.The family of Nate Dogg — whose real name was Nathaniel Dwayne Hale — decided that the ceremony at the Queen Mary Dome would…

How's this for pressure? Anything less than a World Series title will be considered a failure for the Philadelphia Phillies this season.Expectations are that high for a franchise that's won just two championships in 128 years and has lost more games than any pro team in professional sports.A sensational starting rotation bolstered by the stunning…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – After posting a $17.4 billion profit for 2010, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) awarded Chief Executive Jamie Dimon restricted stock and options that could be worth $17 million.The award is a large part of overall compensation for Dimon, who runs the second-largest U.S. bank by assets. It includes a grant of…

DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 281,000 F-150 pickup trucks in the United States because of a potential problem with the door handles not working properly, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported on Thursday.Model years 2009 and 2010 F-150 trucks produced from January 2008 to November 2009 are being recalled…

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ensco Plc (ESV.N) plans to buy Pride International Inc (PDE.N) for about $7.3 billion to create the world's second-largest offshore oil and gas driller and extend its reach to lucrative deepwater fields off Brazil and West Africa.The deal, unveiled on Monday, sets a purchase price for Pride of $41.60 per…

WASHINGTON – Ford Motor Co. recalled nearly 365,000 F-150 pickup trucks in North America on Thursday to fix a problem with the interior door handles that could lead to the doors opening in a crash.Ford said the recall affects about 280,000 F-150s in the U.S. from the 2009 and 2010 model years built from Jan.…

Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is weighing the tough decision of whether to command his planned April space shuttle mission, or step down to remain by his wife's side.Giffords is recovering from a bullet wound to the head she received when a man opened fire at a constituent meeting she…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) has agreed to pay $410 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of charging customers with excessive overdraft fees, court documents show.The largest U.S. bank by assets is among the more than two dozen U.S., Canadian and European lenders named as defendants in the class-action litigation, which…