Commissioners in Florida’s Pasco County awarded $3,818 in tourist taxes for a promotional campaign to lure in European nudists.
Mark Johanson
Dec 21, 2011
A trio of astronauts blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday on a mission to bring the International Space Station back up to full manpower after an August cargo launch accident disrupted flights.
keep for now
Dec 21, 2011
Several of the states that are applying for relief from provisions of the No Child Left Behind education law have submitted proposals that lack detail and evidence that they will produce substantive reform, according to a new report.port.
Jeremy White
Dec 21, 2011
Jonathan and Su-San Rudi, a Florida couple with three children, nearly lost their fourth, within seconds of the child being born. The couple, who tried for their fourth child, without success, for over a decade, are now proud parents of a son, Jackson, after heroics on the part of his father.
Aditi Mathur
Dec 21, 2011
Ohio State University has been handed a one year bowl ban, according to a report.
David Magee
Dec 20, 2011
After being overwhelmed by a Republican fight that has lasted most of 2011, 70 percent of respondents told Gallup they are looking forward to the end of the 2012 race.
Ashley Portero
Dec 20, 2011
Prosecutors have been aggressively enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act over the last several years to combat overseas bribery, hitting a peak of 48 lawsuits in 2010. Now the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is leading the effort to narrow the scope of the law.
Dan Rivoli
Dec 20, 2011
Ex-Citigroup chairman Sanford Weill has sold his penthouse at 15 Central Park West in Manhattan for $88 million, a new record for a single residential sale in the city.
Roland Li
Dec 19, 2011
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Merge Healthcare, Sequenom, LM Ericsson Telephone, Unilife, and Amarin. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: ZAGG, Zions Bancorp, Sina, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and Research In Motion.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Dec 19, 2011
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich threatened Sunday to have federal judges arrested if they disagreed with his policies as president, ratcheting up his attacks on the judiciary as he tries to halt a slide in his campaign.
Eric Linton
Dec 18, 2011
The second Scarlett Johansson steps out into the spotlight with a member of the opposite sex, she is rumored to be dating him. But now having been spotted several times with U.K. rocker Dan White, the Daily Mirror is convinced the couple are officially dating.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Dec 18, 2011
Americans are making progress in working down their heavy debt burden, but they are struggling to break out of another funk holding back the economy: their deep pessimism.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 18, 2011
West, who refused to apologize to the Jewish community after he compared Democrats to the Gestapo in 2010, said he will not apologize for once again comparing his colleagues across the aisle to the Nazi Party.
Ashley Portero
Dec 16, 2011
U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new exchanges mandated by the federal healthcare overhaul, the U.S. government said on Friday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 16, 2011
A young couple train-hopping across the country has been found dead under a mound of coal at a Florida power plant, reports Yahoo News.
Cavan Sieczkowski
Dec 16, 2011
The Minnesota Twins added some power to their lineup by signing free-agent outfielder Josh Willingham to a three-year deal worth $21 million, the Major League Baseball (MLB) club said on Thursday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 15, 2011
The Miami Heat has a new uniform ready for the court, and it looks quite intense.
Cristina Merrill
Dec 15, 2011
Overall U.S. foreclosure activity fell in November compared to the previous month, but auctions hit a nine-month high, according to RealtyTrac.
Roland Li
Dec 15, 2011
A House bill to extend a payroll tax cut would also authorize states to require drug testing for recipients of unemployment benefits, prompting questions about the measure's effectiveness and legality.
Jeremy White
Dec 15, 2011
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder offered a vigorous defense of the U.S. Justice Department's ability to challenge discriminatory voting laws Tuesday night, suggesting an escalating clash between the federal government and states that have passed restrictive voting laws since 2010.
Jeremy White
Dec 14, 2011
Little is known about Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's love life, but the latest rumor going around town is that the star athlete is dating Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn.
John Talty
Dec 13, 2011
Hulk Hogan, who is filing a lawsuit against his ex-wife Linda Bollea for defamation, said that he has to answer her back for trying to ruin his career and livelihood by making claims of physical abuse and homosexuality.
Jason Van Hoven
Dec 13, 2011
