IBT Staff Reporter

Emma Watson has starred in the Harry Potter films for over 10 years now, but there is more to the actress than a little wand trickery.

A look back at the space shuttle era.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is investigating whether the National Football League violated antitrust laws with its current labor lockout.

The U.S. economy is not facing a double-dip recession, but weak job growth is a call to arms for policymakers to take steps to reinvigorate the private sector, a top White House adviser said on Friday.

Morgan Stanley downgraded Google Inc a notch to equal-weight, saying the search giant's margins will shrink as it undertakes aggressive hiring and ramps up advertising for new products.

What if the premier of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows-Part 2 is not the end? What if there are more Harry Potter movies coming? It is my baby and if I want to bring it our to play again I will, JK Rowling told tens of thousands of fans at Trafalgar Square during the premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2.

Emma Watson shed tears at the premiere for 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 2' showing her sensitive side.

Stocks dropped on Friday after a weak rise in non-farm payroll jobs in June -- the second month in a row -- dashed hopes the economy was emerging from a temporary soft patch and headed for a rebound.

U.S. adolescent birth rate declines for second year in a row to 20.1 births per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2009.

Deutsche Bank will come closer to deciding on its next chief executive this weekend when Chairman Clemens Boersig meets key supervisory board members to discuss leadership options, a person familiar with the matter said.

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U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in June, with employers hiring the fewest number of workers in nine months, dousing hopes the economy would regain momentum in the second half of the year.

Her role as Dr. Julie Harris was described as foul mouthed and sexually explicit, by MTV news. She is typically cast for the same kind of roles in every film--sweet, everywoman, who is either married or looking for Mr. Right.This stuff never comes my way, she added.

Casey Anthony has allegedly received a porn offer from Vivid Entertainment.

Police arrested David Cameron's former spokesman on Friday over the scandal that has shut down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, forcing the prime minister to defend his judgment while promising sweeping new rules for the British press.

A Texas Rangers fan fell to his death after catching a ball tossed to him by outfielder Josh Hamilton at Rangers Ballpark on Thursday

ESPN reports that the deal to sell a minority share in the New York Mets to hedge fund manager David Einhorn will likely not close until August. Both sides are confident that the deal will get done, but the details are dragging out the process.

U.S. job growth in June essentially ground to a halt for a second month running, suggesting a sharp first half slowdown is not merely a blip, as Wall Street economists and Federal Reserve officials had hoped.

Stocks were set to open sharply lower on Friday after the June payrolls report fell short of expectations and dashed hopes the economic recovery had regained speed.

At 8:55 a.m. Friday, NASA updated its STS-135 Atlantis Launch Blog, saying the ground launch sequencer has been activated. For now, it is monitoring critical commands and systems, but once the countdown reaches T-9 minutes and counting, the program will take over all of the vehicle's critical functions. The boarding process should take a little more than an hour and the hatch will be closed for flight at about 9:21 a.m., according to NASA.

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A year ago, Mike Maples's investment firm, Floodgate, was investing in young companies at a pace of two or three every quarter. Now, he's backed just one start-up all year and puts a big chunk of the blame on spiraling price tags.

Prime Minister David Cameron promised sweeping new rules for Britain's press on Friday and a full inquiry into failures by police and politicians as his own former spokesman was arrested over a newspaper phone-hacking scandal.

U.S. employment growth ground to a halt in June, with employers hiring the fewest number of workers in nine months, dampening hopes the economy was on the cusp of regaining momentum after stumbling in recent months.

Just when you think the longest-standing transfer saga in football's recent history is reaching its climax, the tale comes up with a new twist with Arsenal and Barcelona failing to see eye-to-eye for Cesc Fabregas' transfer fee.

U.S. securities and accounting regulators will meet Chinese counterparts next week to negotiate an agreement on joint U.S.-Chinese inspections of auditing firms in China, the U.S. government said on Friday.

Stock index futures were little changed on Friday before government employment figures that should show if a lackluster recovery has regained speed.

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The British government said on Friday it would take the closure of the Rupert Murdoch tabloid at the heart of a phone hacking scandal into consideration when deciding on the mogul's bid to buy BSkyB.