IBT Staff Reporter

A private investigator in Atlanta claims that expensive voice software can prove that Herman Cain was telling the truth when he denied all sexual harassment allegations at a press conference on Tuesday, and that accuser Sharon Bialek was lying in her own press conference on Monday.

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, rebounding from the previous day's steep losses on positive corporate news, but trading was choppy as nervous investors reacted to headlines painting a mixed picture of Europe's debt crisis.

Tropical bacteria produces a previously-unknown toxin that shuts down its hosts years, sometimes decades, later, researchers found.

Todd Allen, whose credits stretch to the 1982 48 Hours, has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.

Beloved rapper Dwight Arrington Myers, aka Heavy D, passed away Tuesday at the age of 44. The unknown reason for the rapper's death has left not only his fans but also many celebrities in shock, and everyone now wants to know how Heavy D died.

Comedy elite like David Letterman, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Will Ferrell, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Louis C.K. turned out for last year's inaugural Comedy Central Comedy Awards, and the network has announced the show will return to New York in 2012.

Finding the scene where Bogart bids a poignant goodbye to Bergman in Casablanca just got easier.

Psst -- wanna buy the bed that Michael Jackson died in?

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's board of directors has named Morgan Freeman recipient of the 2012 Cecil B. DeMille Award, the HFPA announced on Wednesday.

The Family Circus creator Bil Keane, whose kid-friendly comic strip gave readers a funny version of his own life at home and became one of the most widely syndicated cartoon panels in the world, has died at age 89, his distributor said on Wednesday.

Howard Suber is the biggest revelation in Brian Kellow's new biography, Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark.

It's routinely deemed country music's biggest night, so even the casual country music fan should find reason to tune in for the 45th annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday night.

Longtime New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael is once again stirring intense debate, thanks to a new biography by Brian Kellow.

Anderson Cooper's syndicated daytime talk-show, Anderson, has been renewed for a second season by Fox Television Stations, distributor Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution announced.

Despite having died over the weekend, Andy Rooney managed to generate yet a few more headlines during his memorial service Tuesday.

Starbucks Corp said it plans to open a health and wellness-focused chain next year after its acquisition of Evolution Fresh, a California-based premium juice maker, for $30 million.

Mass Effect 3 will be the first game in the series to receive multiplayer. In the story, the mechanized menaces known as The Reapers have finally come to invade this side of the universe. The protagonist, Shepard, must rally the factions of the galaxy to prepare a defense. Players can contribute to the defenses of the galaxy in the multiplayer game.

Stocks edged up on Thursday, rebounding from Wednesday's steep losses, but trading was choppy as nervous investors reacted to headlines painting a mixed picture of Europe's debt crisis.

Find out Veterans Day 2011 freebies and events happening in Washington D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles.

Stocks edged up on Thursday, rebounding from Wednesday's steep losses, but trading was choppy as nervous investors reacted to headlines painting a mixed picture of Europe's debt crisis.

Rick Perry's debate gaffe of forgetting the third federal department he wanted to cut is already becoming part of presidential debate lore. Here are five other famous debate moments that helped shape elections or at least made us chuckle.

AMC Networks reported Thursday $40 million in net income for the third quarter, a 58 percent increase from the year earlier period, based on the success of the success of original programming.

Tonight, Venus, Mercury and the red supergiant star Antares will form an almost perfect vertical line on the southwestern horizon. The trio of the two innermost planets in our solar system and orange-hued Antares, the brightest star in the Scorpio constellation, will angle 'up' and slightly to the right approximately 30 minutes after local sunset.

Sony Corp Chief Executive Howard Stringer vowed on Thursday to stay on as head of the Japanese electronics conglomerate, dismissing reports the longtime helmsman will step down next year.

Spurring stronger growth and more robust job creation in the weak recovery are top priorities for the Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke told a military audience at a rare public forum on Thursday.

The shock waves of Europe's debt crisis will take a toll on corporate America, particularly sellers of cars, consumer products and basic materials that generate significant revenue on the continent.

Any euro zone failure would send shock waves around the globe, shifting the balance of geopolitical power and perhaps prompting a fundamental reassessment of what the world's future might look like.

It is likely to take the combined forces of the European Central Bank, the IMF and the euro zone bailout fund to break Italy's financial fall, and it's far from clear that Europe's leaders are ready to take on that rescue mission.

Spurring stronger growth and more robust job creation in the weak recovery are top priorities for the Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke told a military audience at a rare public forum on Thursday.