IBT Staff Reporter

U.S. stocks slipped for the sixth straight day on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's assessment of the economy kept investors worried about the recovery.

Because the Sun experienced the biggest solar flare in four years yesterday, New Yorkers may get to see the Northern Lights tonight or, possibly, tomorrow night.

Gold Prices go up when cash and bonds fail to beat inflation. It was true in the 1970s, and it's been true again in the last decade. But now, from here, what will Gold Prices do?

The wholesale market price of Gold Bullion continued to fall Wednesday morning, hitting $1533 per ounce - a 0.6% loss on the week - while stocks and commodities fell and US Treasuries rose following a speech on Tuesday by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

Bin Laden's second-in-command, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahri. delivered a video eulogy for Osama Bin Laden, posted on YouTube today.

Will iCloud be dissipated by the coming storm of hackers?Numerous users have reported their iTunes accounts were hacked, blaming a Sega app called Kingdom Conquest for removing funds, and some users had never downloaded the game. Other apps were blamed for draining accounts too.

United Continental Holdings Inc , the parent of new United Airlines , wants a contract with pilots, but any deal must be affordable and fair, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

The United States probably wouldn't be able to maintain its prized AAA sovereign ratings status if it suffered even a technical default on its debt, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.

U.S. stocks slipped for the sixth straight day on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's assessment of the economy kept investors worried about the recovery.

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The newly engaged Kim Kardashian is in the beginning stages of planning her wedding, and last night we was honored as the Entrepreneur of the Year.

Longtime NBC television host Meredith Vieira said farewell to the Today Show this morning. In fact, almost the entire two-hour broadcast was devoted to her departure.

Today marks Meredith Vieira's last day as co-anchor of the Today show.

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Arsenal Football Club has confirmed the signing of 19-year-old defender Carl Jenkinson from Charlton Athletic, with neither side disclosing the transfer fee.

Today is IPv6 Day, and you probably didn't notice. That's good, because if you had noticed--because your Internet wasn't working the way it usually does--the solution for allowing the enormous growth of the Internet would have suffered a setback.

Chavez has failed to fix Venezuela's housing shortfall. Pictures of the day.

Applications for home mortgages eased last week, although demand for refinancing improved as interest rates edged down, an industry group said on Wednesday.

Internet users reported that Google's Gmail service was down for at least a few minutes on Wednesday morning around 10:45 a.m. EDT.

On Monday, NBC announced that Meredith Vieira will be leaving her post as anchor of the Today show in June.

Following Anthony Weiner's confession, New Yorkers are split in their opinions toward Weiner's resignation. With Weiner's future career on the fence, New Yorkers have expressed mixed reactions, and some think other politicians are about the same.

Writer-director Anna Kerrigan's feature film debut premieres at the Brooklyn Film Festival to a sold-out crowd.

Services developed by Apple Inc and Google for people to store photos, music and data online may do more to combat online piracy than regulation can, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

After the latest U.S. political sex scandal involving Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, partisans are following the money trail to find potentially embarrassing associations and are having some success in getting at least two representatives to part with donations.

The euro zone edged closer on Wednesday to a compromise on a second Greek bailout package under which private creditors would be asked to swap their sovereign debt holdings for bonds with longer maturities.

The Knicks have to add to the duo of Stoudemire and Anthony to become contenders

Stocks mostly fell on Wednesday in a sixth day of losses as investors worried about the bleak economic outlook and technical market indicators pointed to more weakness ahead.

With Bonnaroo kicking off this weekend in Tennessee, dress your best even if you're not going.

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