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Gamers report for battle, Modern Warfare 3 has launched.

The latest in the Call of Duty franchise puts players on a Delta team reclaiming New York City from Russian invaders.

Returning from the previous installment are Captain John "Soap" MacTavish and Captain John Price. Like its predecessor, Modern Warfare 3 also offers a robust multiplayer and cooperative modes.

Modern Warfare 3 published by Activision is doing battle with Electronic Arts latest military first-person shooter game, Battlefield 3. Analysts believe the latest in the Call of Duty series could hit $1 billion in sales within its first six weeks on the market.

Penn State is being rocked by allegations of sexual abuse and a possible cover-up.

Former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Gerald Sandusky has been charged with molesting young boys, some of whom he allegedly brought to the school's facilities from his work for The Second Mile, a foundation he established to help at-risk youngsters.

Two top university officials, athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz, have stepped down amid allegations that they lied to a grand jury and knowingly failed to report the alleged child-sex abuse to law enforcement.

The 67-year-old Sandusky was arrested Saturday and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts.

Attorneys for all three men say they are innocent.

Penn State's legendary head coach Joe Paterno, who recently became the coach with the most wins in Division I football history, hasn’t been implicated in any wrongdoing.

Drake is trending after the Canadian rapper's new album Take Care leaked more than a week before its scheduled release.

The artist acknowledged the leak on Twitter, saying, "[T]hank god it doesn't happen a month early anymore." He also asked fans to "enjoy it" and "buy it if you like it."

Two tracks that surfaced early are "Lord Knows," featuring Rick Ross, and the title track "Take Care," featuring Rihanna.

Drake's debut album Thank Me Later debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 2010.

It's the end of daylight saving time this weekend. But why do we "spring forward," or, as is the case on Sunday morning, "fall back"?

New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose work collecting insects would benefit from after-hours daylight, first proposed the time shift in 1895.

The practice didn't catch on until 1916, however, when Germany and its World War I allies used daylight saving time to conserve coal to help the war effort. England and Russia followed suit shortly thereafter, and the United States finally adopted daylight saving time in 1918.

Gwar is trending after a guitarist for the satirical heavy metal band was found dead.

Cory Smoot, who had played under the stage name Flattus Maximus since 2002, was found dead by bandmates as they toured for their most recent album, Bloody Pit of Horror.

The band is known for its elaborate sci-fi-meets-horror film costumes, as well as their morally and politically charged themes.

David Brockie, the frontman who founded the theatrical band in 1984, said in a statement, "It is with a sense of profound loss and tragedy that the members of Gwar must announce the passing of their longtime guitarist and beloved friend Cory Smoot."

The cause of death is not yet known.

“Like Smoke,” the first single off Amy Winehouse's posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, is trending after it made its way to the Internet, giving fans a first taste of the previously unheard album.

The track, produced by longtime Winehouse collaborator Salaam Remi, was recorded back in 2008 but has since been reworked to include a duet with rapper Nas, one of Winehouse's closest friends. After the singer's death this past July, Nas told reporters that Amy was like a sister to him.

The full album will be released officially on Dec. 5th.

Apple has confirmed an iOS5 bug is causing short battery life for a number of iPhone 4S users.

In a statement to AllThingsD, Apple said, "We will release a software update to address those in a few weeks."

The 4S user community has been growing since the phone's October launch and has been trying to find ways to prolong the battery life, including dimming the screen and reinstalling all contacts.

The bug hasn't stalled iPhone 4S sales, which have surpassed 4 million in less than a month on the market.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal in the British High Court to avoid extradition to Sweden.

Assange is wanted for questioning over the alleged sexual assault of two women he encountered in Stockholm in 2010. Assange and his supporters argue that the rape claim is a conspiratorial move to discredit him because of the controversial work of WikiLeaks.

Wearing a navy blue suit, Remembrance Day poppy and a new hair style, Assange spoke to a crowd outside the court, urging people to go to Swedenversusassange.com to get the real story on his case.

Assange can appeal the court's decision to Britain’s Supreme Court, but only if the court deems his case a matter of "public importance." 

Is it his baby (baby, baby)? Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber was slapped with a paternity lawsuit by a fan who says she took his virginity in a backstage bathroom at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last October and then gave birth to a baby boy three months ago.

The woman who filed the suit, Mariah Yeater, was 19 at the time while Bieber was only 16, raising the question of whether the alleged sexual encounter qualifies as statutory rape.

Yeater is demanding a paternity test, while Bieber's reps call her claim, "malicious, defamatory, and demonstrably false."

Apparently you're never too young to have your first sex scandal.