IBT Staff Reporter

New allegations that Toyota withheld emails and electronic records in previous passenger injury cases are causing a top lawmaker to question the car maker's response to complaints of unintended acceleration in its vehicles.

SeaWorld president said they will not punish the orca that killed veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau on Wednesday.

Citigroup Inc's board is reshuffling, with former AT&T and Xerox executives Michael Armstrong and Anne Mulcahy stepping down and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in line to join.

A new type of technology may bring Mars and distant planets even closer to home than previously imagined.

Two top Fed officials on Friday offered divergent signals on interest rates, with one arguing they should remain near zero for at least six months and another wishing to raise them sooner rather than later.

The top senator on antitrust matters has written to NBC to express concern that some of its Internet coverage of the Winter Olympics is limited to pay television subscribers.

Democrats in the Congress on Friday struggled to make headway on their top legislative priority -- job creation -- as the government prepared to shut off funding for many of the measures they hope will bring down the unemployment rate.

Two days after an orca killed veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, Sea World officials said they will resume the Shamu Believe show on Saturday.

When Barack Obama merely mentioned how much he liked his BlackBerry, the unofficial endorsement was said to be worth as much as $50 million. While not in the same stratosphere, a small comic book startup is using caricatures of the president, First Lady Michelle Obama and other big names to drive up sales.

In the last trading session of February, the stock market drifted higher for close with a modest gain as investors digested a revision of the fourth quarter U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report.

Stocks rose on Friday, capping their best monthly advance since November as data showed the economy grew a tad better than expected in the fourth quarter.

Myanmar's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against her house arrest, a ruling diplomats said would cast further doubt on the legitimacy of this year's election.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday she was encouraged by signs that North Korea may be getting ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear program.

The economy grew a touch more than initially thought in the fourth quarter, but a surprise drop in January home sales to a seven-month low and weaker consumer sentiment underscored the headwinds for the recovery.

Thailand's top court on Friday seized $1.4 billion (919 million pound) of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's family assets for abuse of his power, far less than expected, in a ruling that could appease some anti-government forces.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday commended resigning White House social secretary Desiree Rogers for working to make sure the White House was the People's House.

A magnitude 7.3 quake hit Japan's southern island of Okinawa early on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, and Japan's weather agency issued a tsunami warning for up to 2 meters.

New York Governor David Paterson withdrew on Friday from the state governor's race, battered by questions of impropriety for his role in an assault case involving one of his top aides.

New York Gov. David Paterson announced Friday that he will not seek election in the fall, after allegations involving him and a top aide.

Oil jumped nearly 2 percent toward $80 a barrel on Friday, marking a more than 9 percent rise for the month, as an upward revision in U.S. gross domestic product for the fourth quarter helped revive sentiment.

New York Governor David Paterson said today he will not seek re-election.

White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, who faced criticism after a two uninvited guests attended a state dinner in November, will be resigning next month, she told Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet on Friday.

Google, the US search giant, unveiled a new way to filter search results based on a user's location.

The U.S. stock market edged up Friday on mixed economic data. The strength of the energy and health care sectors helped lift the broad market.

New York Governor David Paterson said Friday he is ending his campaign to run for governor of New York in November.

A top Federal Reserve official said on Friday an erratic recovery dictates low rates for at least six months, while prominent economists said unsettled U.S. financial conditions are more of a drag on the economy than generally believed.

American International Group Inc reported a quarterly loss of $8.9 billion, hurt by loss reserves and efforts to repay the U.S. government, as it struggles to find its feet more than a year after its $182.3 billion rescue.

Stocks looked set to make their best monthly advance since November on Friday in a seesaw session as a drop in the U.S. dollar offset economic reports that came in mostly weaker than expected.

Citigroup Inc's board is reshuffling, with former AT&T and Xerox executives Michael Armstrong and Anne Mulcahy stepping down and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in line to join.