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Charges Unlikely in L.A.-Area Starbucks Crash That Injured 10

EL MONTE, Calif. – An 85-year-old man who drove a car onto a patio at a Starbucks coffee shop and injured 10 people, two of them critically, isn’t likely to face charges, police said Saturday. “It sounds like it’s just a simple mistake by an elderly man,” said police Sgt. …

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Dell Warns on Profit Outlook

ROUND ROCK, Texas – Shares of Dell Inc. (DELL) plummeted Friday to nearly a five-year low after the world’s largest computer maker lowered its fiscal second-quarter earnings outlook below Wall Street’s estimates, due mainly to aggressive price cuts in a slowing worldwide commercial market. Dell’s shares plunged $2.80, or 13 …

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Scarlett Johansson Denies Diva Demands Cost Her Lead in London's 'Sound of Music' Revival

LONDON – Scarlett Johansson has denied claims that divalike demands cost her the lead role in a big-budget revival of “The Sound of Music,” a spokesman for the actress said Thursday. Johansson, 21, had been targeted to play Maria von Trapp in Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s production of the Rodgers and …

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