IBT Staff Reporter

Sal Bentivegna, an atheist who mocked God by sarcastically praying for his mother to win the lottery, is no longer an atheist.

According to coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman, known as Dr.Beachn Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida has been ranked no.1 beach in the United States. The beach sands are 99% pure quartz, soft and cool on the feet.

Finally, Heat and Mavericks rematch has become a reality.

Google has come up with something called people widget. It is a mini-social networking profile function that shows on the right hand side of Gmail. This feature will be available over the next two weeks.

Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and several other U.S. contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters.

Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback who had minor surgery on his left leg, is back on the field practicing with teammates according to a report from the Sacramento Bee.

The team president for the New York Knicks, Donnie Walsh, has presided over the basketball team as it has quickly rebuilt from an embarrassment to a playoff team, but his contract expires June 30. Why hasn't ownership locked him up for three more years?

French officials on Friday unveiled a report about the last moments of Air France Flight 447 in June 1, 2009, releasing information generated from ‘black box’ flight data discovered in early May.

Does anyone need a starting catcher who averaged 0.278, 18 homeruns, and 85 RBIs each year for 3 full years as a cleanup hitter? What if that catcher also already knows your pitching staff insdie and out. Anyone have Bengie Molina's phone number?

The American actor, best know for his role in the movie Grease and TV series Babylon 5 has passed away at the age of 60.

Raunchy comedy sequel The Hangover Part II got off to a roaring start at the North American box office taking in about $31.7 million on its opening day, according to estimates by movie studio Warner Bros (TWX.N) on Friday.

Olrando Bloom will be returning to reprise his role as the popular arrow flinging elf Legolas in Peter Jackson's new films The Hobbit. Bloom was a fan favorite in his role from the Lord of the Rings trilogy films.

The personal information of more than 283,000 customers at Honda Canada has been breached, the company confirmed on Friday.

A former hedge fund manager and a one-time Nvidia Corp analyst on Friday admitted conspiring with a technology industry consultant who is set to stand trial in New York next week, part of a crackdown on insider trading.

Federal telecommunications regulators have asked AT&T Inc for more information on its planned merger with T-Mobile USA, including claims on spectrum shortages, coverage overlaps and plans to close facilities.

Can any good come out of Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype buyout? No. Microsoft will run Skype to the ground, and here are three major reasons why

Google Inc and Facebook Inc failed to win dismissal of a lawsuit by a New York company related to software designed to let people take part on social networks through their mobile phones.

It's win or go home for the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack, R-CA, said Friday she would vote against raising the U.S. debt ceiling, saying it was wrong for the nation to continue piling on debt.

Sony Corp said it will start restoring its PlayStation videogame network in Japan and elsewhere in Asia on Saturday, more than a month after a massive security breach leaked personal details on tens of millions of accounts.

A former Nvidia Corp financial analyst pleaded guilty on Friday to a criminal charge in the U.S. probe of insider trading at expert networking firms and hedge funds.

Procter & Gamble Co sued Vi-Jon Inc again for infringing its patents and trademarks, this time for making and selling a bottle for a Target mouthwash that looks too much like P&G's Scope Outlast.

A Florida 10 year old boy fished , wrestled, then dragged home a 6 foot long alligator from a canal. The boy's grandfather immediately contacted authorities after discovering the alligator in his front yard. The boy was identified as Michael Dasher.

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey says more than likely...out for the rest of the year. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year made his comments in a conference call with local writers according to the San Francisco Chronicle and Mercury News.

Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim says all 17 teams belong in the Big East conference tournament, held at the end of the season in New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Elizabeth Smart, kidnapped from her home June 2002 at the age of 14, at last got justice on Wednesday as her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Sony said it would begin restoring its PlayStation videogame network in Japan and elsewhere in Asia Saturday, more than a month after a massive security breach leaked personal details on tens of millions of accounts.

In-form Novak Djokovic will have the chance to regroup before his French Open third-round match reconvenes on Saturday after losing the second set against Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro.

The economy remained sluggish early in the second quarter as high gasoline prices crimped consumer spending and bad weather helped push pending home sales to a seven-month low in April.