IBT Staff Reporter

The 911 call made from the house of television pitchman Billy Mays when he was found dead was obtained by a tabloid and published online.

After the death of Michael Jackson, his three children were put under the temporary guardianship of Katherine Jackson, the mother of the King of the Pop, who died Thursday of undetermined causes.

Maria Belen Chapur, an Argentinean woman with whom South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted having an affair, broke her silence with a statement published on the CN5 TV station in Argentina on Sunday.

Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, has been granted temporary guardianship of the three children left behind by the pop star.

Social networking website Facebook on Monday named David Ebersman as its new Chief Financial Officer, a former Genentech Executive and CFO who tripled its revenue.

NetGear on Monday introduced its new first line of Gigabit Smart Switches that delivers high performance, easy management and scalability, according to the company.

Msnbc.com on Monday introduced a new iPhone and iPod Touch application on the Zumobi Network, offering access to breaking news, videos, photos, and more related content.

American International Group Inc , the insurer rescued by a series of federal bailouts, is set to pad out its shrinking board on Tuesday when a new slate of directors stands for election at its annual meeting.

Sun Microsystems on Monday said its new open source development environment, Netbeans 6.7, focuses on Maven and Kenai integration for development teams and scripting languages.

Michael Jackson's father said on Monday it was too soon to set a funeral date for the pop star, saying the family was waiting to hear details of a second, private autopsy on the self-styled King of Pop.

Ford Motor Co expects its U.S. sales for June to be down 10 percent to 20 percent from a year earlier, giving it a higher share of the largest auto market amid early signs demand has begun to stabilize, an executive said on Monday.

June 30 will mark one month since the deadly Air France 447 crash and also the day when the signals emitted from the crashed jet's data recorders start to fade out making it increasingly difficult for investigators to locate them.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs is back at work following a near 6-month medical leave, although he will work at least initially from home for a few days a week, the company said on Monday.

Like the fish don't see the water they swim in, people don't often see how their conversations are infused with manipulation. One of the goals in our work is making the manipulation

The Problem: Steven's original résumé did little to present him for his career of choice-historian or history teacher-and instead simply presented descriptions of tasks performed

Stocks rose on Monday as higher oil prices lifted shares of energy companies and investors bought shares to improve their holdings on the day before the second quarter draws to a close.

Some hotels are renowned for their views or for their service. Others are famed for the outrageous, flamboyant or destructive behavior of their guests.

The creators of the popular BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay have turned their sights to a new market - streaming video - with a new website that is already billed as a rival to YouTube and Hulu.

Vancouver is the eighth largest city in Canada with a population of 578,000 (2006 census) and has one of the mildest climates in Canada with temperatures averaging around 3 degrees celsius in January and 18 degrees celsius in July.

The American tourists insisted I must try their new discovery – a “fantastic” soup that the waiter had recommended the previous day.

Ford Motor Co expects its U.S. sales for June will decline by less than 20 percent, giving it a higher share of the largest auto market amid early signs that demand has begun to stabilize, an executive said on Monday.

The Los Angeles coroner's office on Monday dismissed as inaccurate a British newspaper report that said Michael Jackson was emaciated and almost bald when he died suddenly last week.

Congress is eyeing ways to make sure speculative trading helps commodity markets rather than distorting pricing signals, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a Reuters Television interview Monday.There are concerns, Vilsack said, noting he has spoken about the issue with Tom Harkin, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.I suspect that there will probably be an effort to make...

The economic crisis is turning more Asian women into CFOs, or chief family officers, according to a new survey, juggling work and childcare as they try to boost the family income.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment allowed for what the judge called extraordinarily evil crimes.Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge handed down the penalty, apparently unconvinced that Madoff h...

Small businesses, or at least the trade organizations that purport to represent them, tend to be politically conservative.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment for what the judge called an extraordinarily evil crime.Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge handed down the penalty.Madoff, 71, stood passively with his hands c...

Fans of King of Pop Michael Jackson held a candlelight vigil on Sunday night to remember his life and legacy at the original home of Motown Records in Detroit.

Hong Kong's H1N1 tally has reached726 with 130 new cases conformed within three days, the Department of Health (DH) said on Monday, which is only three lesser than the 729 cases of mainland China.