IBT Staff Reporter

Evil hackers with state-of-the-art computers gain remote control of a power plant and blow it up, killing many people and threatening more mayhem if a huge ransom is not paid.

A top White House economic adviser slammed Standard & Poor's on Saturday for having stuck with its decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating despite having made a $2 trillion mistake in its fiscal projections.

Arkansans shopped until they dropped on Saturday, braving temperatures deep into the triple-digits to take advantage of the state's first sales tax holiday weekend.

Boeing Co on Saturday afternoon rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to launch customer All Nippon Airways <9202.T>, decked out with the blue and white colors of the Japanese airline.

Hackers start young and their parents couldn't be prouder about their children following in their footsteps.

Solar storms are brewing some 93 million miles away, and if one of them hits Earth, it has the potential to bring serious electrical and communication failures. Could this be Armageddon? The U.S. government is warning users of satellite, telecommunications, and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days.

Global leaders on Saturday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets.

Scientific experiments found that people make almost 20 times more daily decisions about food than they think, approximately 250 decisions per day. Because of this, we are affected by tiny cues such as family, friends, and packages.

Detroit police made an arrest in the murder of 5-year-old Mariha Smith, MyFoxDetroit.com reported. Darnell Cheatham, the aunt's boyfriend, has been named a person of interest in the little girl's death and was taken into custody Friday.

Scientists theorize that our universe might be contained in a bubble, and other universes are contained in numerous other bubbles, making up a "multiverse". Scientists an astronomers are hoping to confirm their theory by looking for signs that our universe at one time collided with another universe. The traits that they are searching for are disk-like patterns leftover within the background radiation of our universe.

British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday evening to discuss the financial situation after the U.S. credit rating downgrade, Cameron's office said.

AntiSec-tied hackers have leaked over 10GB of sensitive data, which they called "largest cache yet," from 70 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. last night.

As the fall release of iOS 5 - the latest version of the world's most advanced mobile operating system - approaches, iOS 5 beta 5 was released today for developers to download at Apple's iOS developer website. In the meantime, Apple reportedly started to close the accounts of some iOS 5 developers for selling their slots for UDIDs, the unique identification numbers associated with every iOS device.

Saturday became the deadliest day for American forces in the war in Afghanistan after insurgent shot down a Chinook transport helicopter, killing 30 Americans. Some of the Navy Seal commandos from Seal Team 6, the unit that took down Osama bin Laden, were among those killed.

Google has been involved in a car accident with another vehicle while operating its automated robot car. The Google Prius was reported to have rear ended several cars including another Toyota Prius. The tech giant claims that the accident occurred while the car engine was switched to manual mode saying the automated robot was not responsible.

Justin Bieber was reportedly dumped by Selena Gomez because she didn't approve of the influence that his new hip-hop music friends were having on him.

Global leaders on Saturday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets.

Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations will confer by telephone on turmoil in the financial markets later on Saturday or on Sunday, a senior European diplomatic source said.

Federal criminal investigations into failed mortgage lenders IndyMac Bancorp and New Century Financial Corp have stalled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days.

A helicopter was shot down by insurgents Friday night, killing 31 special force U.S. troops which included 22 SEALs. Seven Afghans were also killed during the firefight.

A Chinook helicopter was attacked in Afghanistan in the Sayd Abad district of the Wardak province killing 31 US forces, 25 of them being Navy Elite SEALs. The SEALs were part of Team Six, the unit that infiltrated and killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan several months ago.

The mysterious dark lines in question were observed to be occurring seasonally as the ground they came from was exposed to warmer temperatures. The line would then disappear later as temperatures dropped, causing the scientists to speculate that briny water was causing the flows. The discovery could be a huge breakthrough in the search for whether or not liquid water ever existed on the surface of Mars.

America's credit rating was downgraded for the first time in history. This will likely have dire consequences on mortgage and credit rates, not to mention the unemployment rate, which now stands at 9.1 percent.

Join Winne the Pooh - the world's Ambassador of Friendship- in celebrating old and new friends around the world with these fun quotes, games and activities.

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New evidence suggesting the existence of water flowing on Mars indicates the possibility for life to exist on the Red Planet.

China bluntly criticized the United States on Saturday one day after the superpower's credit rating was downgraded, saying the good old days of borrowing were over.

The European Central Bank remains divided over whether to buy Italian government bonds but even some of those who favor the move say Italy should do more to front-load austerity measures, ECB sources said Saturday.