IBT Staff Reporter

When the body of former CIA director William Colby was found underwater near his vacation home in Rockpoint, Maryland 15 years ago, no one suspected murder, but his son Carl Colby has never ruled it out.

When the Department of Defense decided it needed a device that could detect heartbeats from hundreds of feet away, it didn't know where to look. So it turned to some tech-savvy friends: venture capitalists.

American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp , and its pilots planned weekend contract talks amid fresh signs the two could be nearing a deal after five years of mostly bitter bargaining, chiefly over wages and job protection.

The U.S. Treasury Department said it would delay until later this year a ruling due on Saturday on whether China was manipulating its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage.

Apple Inc's new iPhone debuted with a splash across the globe, spurring thousands to queue around city blocks and snap up the final gadget unveiled during co-founder Steve Jobs' life.

Stocks scored their first back-to-back weekly gains since early July on Friday, on strong Google earnings and as investors kept riding the optimism for a solution to the euro zone's debt crisis.

The U.S. budget gap widened slightly in fiscal 2011, staying above $1 trillion for a third straight year and providing fodder for a political battle over taxes and spending ahead of next year's presidential election.

Google Inc's free Android smartphone software, already a big hit with consumers, is starting to win the hearts of investors.

A scene in The Walking Dead second season premiere sets a new standard for squirm-inducing TV.

President Barack Obama said on Friday he was sending about 100 U.S. military advisers to Uganda to support central African allies pursuing Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and other rebel commanders.

Sprint Nextel said on Friday that sales of Apple Inc iPhones surpassed its expectations and that iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S broke the device family one-day sales record for the No. 3 U.S. mobile service.

Dallas star Larry Hagman is battling cancer, but will still take part in TNT's reboot of the series, he announced Friday.

The box office is set to party like it's the early-1980s this weekend, with two titles based on three-decade-old properties going wide.

Rapper Rick Ross suffered a seizure on a plane serious enough to force the pilot to land so Ross could receive CPR, TMZ reports -- but colleagues of the rapper said on Twitter Friday that he was fine.

Osamu Corp is recalling up to 1,800 cases of frozen ground tuna because of histamine that has sickened three people who ate tainted sushi, the Gardena, California, company said.

It was a fairy tale romance that turned in to a stormy marriage, and now Dyan Cannon has chronicled her relationship with Hollywood legend Cary Grant in her new book, Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant.

A Long Island man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after admitting to stealing more than $195 million from thousands of investors in the course of a five-year, $400-million Ponzi scheme.

ABC's suffering Charlie's Angels revamp received a glimmer of hope Thursday night, while NBC's new offerings Whitney and Prime Suspect suffered double-digit dips and CBS's The Big Bang Theory maintained its dominance, according to preliminary viewership numbers.

Rock stars and Russian spies -- such are the projects in the works at FX.

A scene in The Walking Dead second season premiere sets a new standard for squirm-inducing TV.

Actress Lindsay Lohan has switched her court-ordered community service program after missing sessions at a Los Angeles women's shelter, officials said on Friday, raising questions about her responsibility.

Apple Inc's latest iPhone looks set to become its bestselling device ever, and one reason appears to be disenchantment with rival smartphones.

Actress Lindsay Lohan, recently terminated from a community service program due to rule violations, has a number of issues on her plate besides her rumored dental problem as result of her known smoking habit.

The U.S. budget gap widened slightly in fiscal 2011, staying above $1 trillion for a third straight year and providing fodder for a political battle over taxes and spending ahead of next year's presidential election.

John Stuart has been chained to his BlackBerry for years, first as a systems manager for Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley and then as chief information officer for Beverly Hills Wealth Management.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will shut its four Marketside stores next week, abandoning the concept after three years as it works on opening other small shops.

A key battle in the smartphone patent wars may come down to underpants for toddlers. Well, at least, a case involving underpants for toddlers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning staffers that their personal brokerage account information may have been compromised, after it uncovered security flaws with an ethics compliance program.

Stocks scored their first back-to-back weekly gains since early July on Friday, on strong Google earnings and as investors kept riding waves of optimism for a solution to the euro-zone debt crisis.