IBT Staff Reporter

Unexpectedly weak consumer spending kept the economy stuck in a slow growth gear in the first quarter and would likely struggle to regain speed amid signs of a slowdown in the pace of job creation.

One month before Regents exams begin, New York State education officials have decided to end the practice of rescoring tests to turn a just-failing grade into a passing grade.

Amazon is once again offering Lady Gaga's Born This Way album for $0.99 after its initial offer on Monday brought down its servers due to heavy demand.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed to 424,000 last week from a revised 414,000 in the prior week, pointing to a painfully slow improvement in the nation's job markets.

The New York Jets may not hold their training camp on the campus of SUNY-Cortland, in upstate New York, because of the lockout, instead training at their headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey.

A lobster-like animal that was the biggest predator of its kind survived much longer and gota lot bigger than anyone thought.

Wait ... it looks like somebody pushed it live.

Los Angeles will be a U.S. leader in electric vehicle adoption, according to a new study published by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.

Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.4 PC brand, more than tripled its fourth-quarter net profit, beating forecasts on robust demand from commercial customers and making up for a slowdown in the consumer sector.

Fifty-seven year old Brian David Mitchell, who had kidnapped Elizabeth Smart in 2002 and had repeatedly raped her while holding her captive for 9 months, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a federal judge on Wednesday.

Skype, the popular video and voice chat service, is down for some users.

Still quirky and original, the Cars mixed hits with surprisingly vibrant new material in their Roseland Ballroom concert last night in New York City.

Stocks were little changed on Thursday following a rise in weekly jobless claims that analysts said had been priced into shares.

Silver Prices handed back most of Wednesday's gains, dropping 6% inside three hours before hovering around $37 per ounce.

VoIP and group video conferencing provider and latest buy of Microsoft, Skype has crashed as users from across the world are citing sign-in and communication issues.

Oil retreated on Thursday, pressured by gloomy U.S. economic data, but dollar weakness and supply concerns sparked by renewed violence in the Middle East helped limit losses.

Tim Cook, Apple's Chief Operating Officer, visited South Korea to begin discussions on integrating Samsung's super AMOLED technology to enhance the future iPad 3 screen displays.

Elizabeth Smart on Wednesday faced Brian David Mitchell the man who kidnapped her and whom she said raped her daily for nine months in 2002.

Chinese gold demand could rise over 22 percent in the next three years and sharply outpace domestic production, the head of the country's largest state-owned gold miner China National Gold Group said on Thursday, signalling room for a strong ramp up in imports.

A Marine in town for Fleet Week was struck and killed by a car on the West Side Highway in New York City, early Thursday.

People.com is reporting that British musician, Cheryl Cole, will no longer be a judge on The X Factor as it has previously been reported.

Corporate profits contracted in the first quarter for the first time in more than two years and the economy grew at the same pedestrian pace as previously estimated, government data showed on Thursday.

Stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Thursday as the economy grew less than expected in the first quarter, adding evidence that global demand is slowing and underscoring recent equity weakness.

After 25 years of history-making, life-changing television, Oprah hosted the finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Wednesday that marked the end of “Oprah Winfrey Show” and also a new start for Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).

Beyonce performed her new single, 'One Plus One' on American Idol's Finale on Wednesday and Scotty McCreery is the season 10 winner.

Facebook is not working on opening up the world's biggest social network to children under the age of 13 in the short term, founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday, contradicting some media reports.

The Alipay system affiliated with Jack Ma's Alibaba Group has received a license from China's central bank to operate an electronic payment system in the country, the company said on Thursday.

New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed to 424,000 last week from a revised 414,000 in the prior week, pointing to a painfully slow improvement in the nation's job markets.

Sony Corp. missed analysts profit estimates for the next fiscal year, largely due to the record earthquake that hit Japan and a string of attacks from hackers.