IBT Staff Reporter

The fate of Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., a former Pennsylvania judge who has been charged with racketeering, fraud, money laundering, extortion, bribery and federal tax violations, lies in the hands of the 12-member jury, who began their deliberations Wednesday.

Adrianne Palicki will take on the role of the superhero, NBC's Wonder Woman in the revival of the classic 1970s series.

The strongest solar flares seen in several years are sending a mass of charged particles towards the Earth, which could cause radio interference and auroral displays.

Gold rose for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in its strongest run since September, helped by safe-haven demand as unrest spread across the Middle East, while the dollar remained under mild pressure.

Leading Congressional Republicans are disputing President Barack Obama's recent statements that under his budget plan for 2012, which includes a 10 year outlook, the government will not spend more money than it's taking in by 2017.

Bieber opened up about heavy issues in the interview. No topic was off limits. Bieber answered questions regarding music, politics, sex and abortion.

Dell's roadmap for 2011 with details and probable launch dates of Android and WP7 devices, wound its way into Android Central and wpcentral's lap.

Researchers are a step closer to creating a medical 'smart bomb' that would seek out and wipe the root of cancer cells.

In the end Watson tripled the score of his competitors and proved machine is better than man on Jeopardy!

Health care company Allergan said the FDA has approved the wider use of its Lap-Band weight-loss system.

Google has announced its Google One Pass service, a flexible business model platform for publishers to take on Apple's recently launched subscription service for publishers.

BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, said it had no appetite for acquisitions just yet after posting solid fourth-quarter results which soaked up a surprise charge on the value of its stake in AXA .

Radiohead has unveiled their much-awaited new album, titled The King Of Limbs, through the revolutionary download only distribution model. Is Digital download distribution the future of music?

When arch-hawk Axel Weber withdrew last week from the contest to head the European Central Bank, the euro and bond yields dipped -- a sign of how crucial markets think the ECB's president may be in shaping its policy.

Results from The Carbon Salary Survey 2010 reveal that overall, remuneration for professionals working in the field were significantly higher during the year than what had been reported in 2009.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live, according to the US-based tabloid National Enquirer. The magazine has published photos of Jobs taken on February 8 outside Stanford Cancer Center that show Jobs looking extremely thin and frail.

Manu Sporny, founder and CEO of Virginia-based Digital Bazaar, became the first person in the world to release his own genetic data as an open source project.

BAE Systems said it expected sales to fall in 2011 as the impact of defense cuts in the UK and U.S. begin to hit home, sending its shares lower.

Japanese major Honda's Indian subsidiary Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) announced on Thursday that it was recalling 57,853 units of its mid-sized sedan City in the country for replacing a faulty engine part.

BAE Systems reported a slight rise in full-year earnings, helped by cost savings and growth at its services and international business, which offset weakness at its land armaments unit.

Japanese auto major Honda said on Thursday that it will recall more than 693,497 units of the Freed, Fit and City company models globally due to defective parts that could stall the engine and cause problems restarting.

After the sexual assault on CBS news' Lara Logan in Egypt, an ABC reporter Miguel Marquez has been attacked in Bahrain. Slideshow recalls incidents of assault against journalists in the Middle East based on the CPJ statement.

Nestle, the world's biggest food maker, said strong demand in emerging markets would help it offset a steep rise in input costs in 2011 after it beat sales forecasts for 2010.

Shelly cheered the Modern Family cast along with Dillon.

BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, missed forecasts for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday after it booked a 534 million euro ($722.6 million) charge on the value of its stake in insurer AXA .

Former JPMorgan banker Bill Winters is teaming up with Lord Jacob Rothschild, a senior member of one Europe's most revered banking dynasties, to launch an asset management and hedge fund business in London.

Virgin Media posted its strongest ever full-year financial results and said it expected to maintain the performance after adding a solid number of new subscribers and extracting record customer spend.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed opening on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq futures down 0.04 percent at 1008 GMT.

World stocks hit a 30-month high on Thursday, driven by strong corporate earnings and cautious optimism on the U.S. economic recovery from the Federal Reserve, while oil prices edged higher on growing political tensions.