likejacking' techniques found on the social network Facebook.About 19 million people have already filed their taxes at home in 2011, an increase of almost 6 percent from the year previous, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Consequently, this time of year is ripe for tax-related online scams. Crooks know that taxpayers are looking for information…

WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate is sinking at the fastest pace in half a century because a surprisingly large number of people in a survey of households say they're finding work.That picture is more encouraging than the results of a separate government survey of businesses that shows weak job growth last month. But that survey…

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – As president of CNN Worldwide, Jim Walton oversees the news operation's television, online and mobile businesses around the world.A day after CNN's parent company Time Warner reported its latest earnings, Walton spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the cable network's 2010 financials, the early performance of Piers Morgan Tonight and…

WELLINGTON (AFP) – For decades, New Zealand has campaigned for museums to repatriate the mummified and heavily-tattooed heads of Maori warriors held in collections worldwide -- now it must decide what to do with the gruesome but culturally valuable relics. New Zealand's national museum Te Papa has more than 100 of the heads, known as…

WASHINGTON – Marshon Brooks was sitting on 43 points, the fifth highest total ever in a Big East game. He also had the ball and was dribbling downcourt in the final seconds, needing one more basket to tie or win.Chris Wright poked and came away with the steal at the midcourt line, cradling the ball…

TOKYO (AFP) – At least three sumo wrestlers have admitted fixing matches, Japan's sport minister told a parliament panel Thursday, as a strengthening scandal engulfed the tradition-soaked sport.Japanese education and sport minister Yoshiaki Takaki, who oversees the sumo industry, said the head of the Japan Sumo Association had informed his ministry that three wrestlers had…

FORT WORTH, Texas – Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey got treatment for his sprained left ankle while his teammates practiced Thursday for the Super Bowl.Pouncey's availability is in question because of the injury sustained in the AFC championship."It's getting to be the witching hour for Maurkice," coach Mike Tomlin told a pool reporter after practice. "He's…

Anthony Hopkins classes up "The Rite," as you can imagine he would most every situation. But even his otherworldly powers can only make this overly familiar demonic possession thriller engaging for so long.Despite the ads that would suggest otherwise, Hopkins is actually a supporting player here. The center of the film is Colin O'Donoghue, making…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) raised its forecast for 2011 revenue and predicted robust second-quarter revenue as sales of its wireless device chips accelerate, sending its shares up nearly 4 percent.Qualcomm said revenue rose to $3.35 billion in the December quarter, up 25 percent from the year-ago quarter. That was a bit above…

ISTANBUL – Talks meant to nudge Iran toward meeting U.N. Security Council demands to stop uranium enrichment collapsed Saturday, with Tehran shrugging off calls by six world powers to cease the activity that could be harnessed to make nuclear weapons.Announcing the failure of two days of negotiations, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said no…