IBT Staff Reporter

Charlie Sheen's "Two and A Half Men" character will not only be killed off, he will be given a funeral when the TV series returns in September, according to entertainment industry Web site Deadline Hollywood.

Jennifer Lopez remains a romantic despite her recent split with husband Marc Anthony, but she said finding a way to love herself is what gave her the courage to walk away from the seven-year marriage.

Forbes has listed the current highest paid actors in Hollywood. At the top of the list for the year is Leonardo DiCaprio who earned $77 million between May 2010 and May 2011. The reason may not just be the blockbusters that he continually rolls out, but his reputation as a quality actor. Last year's projects with director Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" as well as Christopher Nolan's "Inception" netted a total of $1.2 billion from both films, of which he received a sizeab...

Skype announced Tuesday that it would release its online calling software officially as an iPad app to the iOS App Store, bringing the live video service to both 3G and Wi-Fi data connections. In May, Microsoft announced that it had bought the Luxembourg-based service in a deal reportedly worth $8.5 billion.

Americans are not happy NASA is not ending the space shuttle program.

Pop singer Katy Perry's platinum-selling album "Teenage Dream" has produced its fifth single to top the charts at No. 1.

'William & Catherine: a Romance' follows the relationship of Kate Middleton and Prince William.

Pressure will build among Federal Reserve policymakers at a meeting next week for measures to pep up a stumbling recovery with a stronger commitment to rock-bottom interest rates.

Forces loyal to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi killed seven rebels in a counter-attack in a key town on Tuesday, hospital sources said as the leader's camp vowed to push on with a war to crush a five-month uprising.

Just hours ahead of a deadline to avert an unprecedented U.S. default, Congress approves a bill that raises the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and sets in motion a plan to reduce U.S. deficits over 10 years.

Zimbabwe needs an extra $73 million in humanitarian aid this year, mainly due to increased food needs for vulnerable groups despite improvements in the agriculture sector, United Nations agencies said on Tuesday.

Despite mining minister Susan Shabangu's reluctance to say it, South Africa is not going to nationalise its mines.

South African government bonds rose on Tuesday, boosted by an auction which saw the strongest demand in a year with foreign buying a key feature.

South Africa said it would push Wal-Mart to rejig the conditions of its $2.4 billion Massmart deal, as Pretoria looks to wring bigger concessions from the world's top retailer.

Financial market pressure on Italy intensified on Tuesday, sucking Europe's second biggest debtor nation deeper into the euro area danger zone and prompting emergency consultations in Rome and among European capitals.

A New Hampshire man who was reportedly taken to the hospital after the disappearance of his 11-year-old stepdaughter Wendell Noyes has re-entered his community while investigators dig through the area whether Celina Cass' body was found Monday. Wendell Noyes was taken away by ambulance Monday after he laid down with his face in his arms outside of a Stewartstown, N.H. home.

A U.S. trade panel that hears patent disputes has agreed to investigate Apple Inc's complaint that mobile phones and tablets made by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd violate its technology intellectual property.

LivingSocial agreed to buy South Korean online daily deal provider TicketMonster in a stock-swap to expand further into the Asian market, the companies said on Tuesday, without disclosing the value of the deal.

Google faces a total of nine antitrust complaints which EU regulators are now investigating, two sources said on Tuesday, as rivals ramped up the pressure on the world No. 1 search engine.

Stocks dropped on Tuesday as worries about the health of the global economy and a possible downgrade for U.S. debt sent the S&P 500 crashing through key technical levels in an ominous sign for markets.

Stocks dropped on Tuesday as worries about the health of the global economy and a possible downgrade for U.S. debt sent the S&P 500 crashing through key technical levels in an ominous sign for markets.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Most Americans think the U.S. government should authorize cyber attacks if needed, have never been to a psychiatrist or therapist and many named James Bond as their favorite fictional hero.

Apple's iCloud Beta Web site has gone live, but for developers only.

Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, has appointed its first Chief Financial Officer. Kenneth H. Sunshine, former CFO at MDA Information Systems, National Institute of Aerospace and Aurura Flight Sciences, joins the company, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the space business with him.

In an experiment, researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology show how a robot can adapt on the fly.

MetroPCS Communications Inc lost about a third of its market value on Tuesday after it reported quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and warned that already-weak second-quarter subscriber numbers would worsen in the current quarter.

Pfizer Inc showed further weakness in its main business of prescription medicines, sending shares down more than 3 percent on concern over future growth as the company prepares to divest better-performing non-pharmaceuticals businesses.

More debris from a spacecraft that broke up while re-entering Earth's atmosphere eight years ago has been discovered. On February 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia scattered debris in the East Texas city of Nacogdoches.

A new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, revealed that asthma, a breathing disorder, is disproportionately commonly found in children whose moms have been exposed to high magnetic fields during pregnancy. Power lines, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, and hair dryers all increase risk.