From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 6:12 PM

If you’ve never heard of Spotify, you will soon. In Rex On Techs, MarketWatch's Rex Crum assesses what it will take for the online-music service to turn its overseas hype into success in the North American market.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:57 PM

The judge in the Roger Clemens trial declared a mistrial after jurors heard details he had previously ruled were inadmissible. Devlin Barrett has details.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:57 PM

With his coming fall competition show "The X Factor," it will be Simon Cowell’s turn to be judged. Last year, he walked away from an "American Idol" contract that paid him about $22,000 per minute of air time, WSJ's Amy Chozick explains.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:57 PM

Watch a film clip from the 2010 South African drama "Life, Above All". Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:46 PM

The highest-priced home in the U.S. has sold-at a steep discount. Aaron Spelling’s Beverly Hills mansion closed Thursday for $85 million, or 43% off its $150 million asking price, Juliet Chung reports.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:46 PM

A Palm Springs house once owned by Dinah Shore has sold for $4.9 million, down from a $6 million sale price in 2009, Juliet Chung reports.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:46 PM

NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has taken his more than 29,000-square-foor home outside Dallas off the market. On 109 acres, it had been priced at $21 million since 2009.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:46 PM

NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders has taken his more than 29,000-square-foor home outside Dallas off the market. On 109 acres, it had been priced at $21 million since 2009.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:46 PM

San Francisco technology investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel has bought an oceanfront home in Maui for $27 million, believed to be the biggest deal for a single-family home in Maui County, Juliet Chung reports.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:19 PM

South Sudan became the newest member of United Nations on Thursday, as it joined the world’s top club amid pledges to help one of the planet's poorest states take its first steps. Video courtesy of AFP.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:52 PM

Miami-bred rap star Pitbull talks to the WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about how he's leveraging his popularity as a rapper to score sponsorship deals and the changing business model in the music industry.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:52 PM

Miami-bred rap star Pitbull talks to the WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about how he's leveraging his popularity as a rapper to score sponsorship deals and the changing business model in the music industry.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:38 PM

MarketWatch’s Dan Gallagher previews Google's earnings report, due Thursday afternoon.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:26 PM

AllThingsD.com’s Peter Kafka looks at Spotify's new online music service, including what it will need to succeed among users.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:38 PM

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch will go before UK’s Parliament to answer questions on the News of the World hacking scandal. News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:38 PM

French military forces stage their annual parade on the streets of Paris to mark Bastille Day. Video courtesy Reuters.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:38 PM

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor "has shown that he shouldn’t even be at the table" in negotiations over raising the U.S. borrowing limit, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:38 PM

Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard says media laws may be reviewed in the wake of the phone hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's British paper the News of the World. Video courtesy Reuters.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:38 PM

After Yankee fan Christian Lopez caught and returned Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit ball, the team showered him with gifts. Now the IRS is looking for their cut, and Modell's Sporting Goods is helping cover the bill. Video courtesy of the New York Post. Image courtesy of AP.

From: The Wall Street Journal on Thu, Jul 14 2011 3:37 PM

Neighbors and the ex-wife of accused murderer Levi Aron react to the killing of 8-year-old Leibby Kletzky. Video courtesy of Fox News. (Photo: Getty Images)