IBT Staff Reporter

Despite consumer education campaigns to reduce the food poisoning cases caused by salmonella, infections have steadily increased for the last few years according to federal FoodNet report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service.

Ford Motor Co is aiming to expand its presence in the fast-growing auto markets of India and China with an eye toward increasing the number of vehicles it sells per year by 50 percent by the middle of the decade.

A county judge, a Texas public safety official and a county Sherriff's Captain said on Tuesday evening no bodies had been found at a Texas farmhouse after local authorities received a tip from a self-confessed psychic that there was a mass grave on the site.

Stocks extended a losing streak for a fifth day on Tuesday on mounting concerns about the economy after bearish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Japan's current account surplus fell less than expected in April from a year earlier, fuelling further hopes for an early economic recovery as manufacturers restore lost production and mend supply chains after the March disaster.

Georgia, which faced severe tornadoes and thunderstorms in April that killed more than a dozen people, is now facing an extreme drought situation even as cities like Atlanta are suffering from high levels of ozone.

A 25-year-old man Christopher Erdman fired gunshots at Shannon Lawrence, a student at Kennessaw State University, in the parking lot of an Alpharetta Wells Fargo Bank in the presence of their children, Emma (almost 3) and Peter Erdman (almost 1), Sunday, before driving the three of them to Northside Hospital Forsyth where the mother later died from wounds to her head and neck.

A former Credit Suisse Group AG broker will spend two more years in prison in addition to time already served for his role in running an investment scheme involving risky auction-rate securities.

Apple has updated its iBooks iOS app. The latest iBooks 1.3 has a few notable features such as read-aloud features.

Nintendo, a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan, has unveiled its new videogame console, which is called Wii U, at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles.

Conflicting reports flooded the media regarding a mass grave found near Hardin, around 50 miles northeast of Houston, Texas.

The One for One shoe retailer introduces its new line of sunglasses.

Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed his views on Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY who is facing Republican calls for him to resign and a lack of support from Democrats. Trump describing the Congressman as a 'bad guy,' 'psycho,' and a 'boiler ready to explode.'

The trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud won court permission on Tuesday to file a $975.5 million lawsuit against two feeder funds he said contributed to the Ponzi scheme.

A man who police said was caught on video at a local Dunkin Donuts moments before he followed a 28 year old woman home and forcibly raped her, turned himself into Brooklyn SVU claiming he is the man on the surveillance tape but he had nothing to do with the crim

Congressional leaders withheld any support for Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY after he admitted sending lewd photos to a Seattle woman and saying he had 'inappropriate' online relationships with six women in total.

Self-proclaimed billionaire Lynn Tilton has dumped one of her retail companies into bankruptcy to rinse it of its debts while maintaining control, according to an attorney for a leading creditor.

A defense lawyer for a technology consultant who faces insider trading charges tried to shatter the credibility of a key prosecution witness, citing his disoriented romp on a San Francisco street after a bad drug experience.

IBM has created the chips that will go into the Wii U.

Two teenagers were arrested by East Palo Alto police on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a 3-month-old baby. The incident left the baby’s parents seriously wounded. Investigators said it happened mostly because of mistaken identity.

Web companies including Google, Facebook and Akamai are joining forces on Wednesday to test the Internet's readiness for a future in which billions more people and devices will be connected.

A blogger sued for defamation over comments posted on an Internet message board is not entitled to the same protections as a journalist, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

French TV and radio stations can tweet as much as they like but must stop telling people to consult them on Twitter and Facebook, which amounts to advertising for those sites, France's media regulator says.

Job openings were harder to come by in April as private sector hiring ebbed, further evidence that the labor market remains precarious, Labor Department data showed on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged euro zone countries and bondholders to make tough decisions to contain Greece's debt crisis while the International Monetary Fund said more work was needed for Athens to receive its next block of bailout aid.

Top lawmakers will tackle the politically treacherous topic of tax hikes in their next round of debt-reduction talks, a Republican involved in the discussions said on Tuesday.

A female Kuwaiti politician called for the legalization of the sex slavery, saying it would protect decent, devout and virile Kuwaiti men from adultery. It would keep them from the temptation of being seduced by another woman's beauty.

Why are analysts so high on the iCloud, when consumers and investors aren't as thrilled? Stickiness is the reason.