As the solar storm continues to hit the Earth on Friday, reports indicate there have not been any major disturbances as was once predicted possible. However, the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, a rare phenomenon in the night sky, have taken place across the globe.
Michael Billera
Mar 09, 2012
Jimmy Ellis, a Grammy Award winner and the Trammps lead singer, passed away Thursday in South Carolina at the age of 74. The 1970's disco sensation was behind the Saturday Night Fever hit Disco Inferno.
Amanda Remling
Mar 09, 2012
Angelina played it safe on Thursday, opting for black pants and a white blazer.
Peggy Truong
Mar 09, 2012
Iverson is hardly the only multi-millionaire to go broke, especially in the world of sports.
Howard Koplowitz
Mar 09, 2012
Stocks rose on Friday, adding to their best two-day run in nearly three months, after a report showed the economy added more jobs than expected in February.
IBT Staff Reporter
Mar 09, 2012
For a while it was just your mother's maiden name, then your first pet, the street you grew up on or the make and model of your first car. As passwords and security questions multiply, so does the potential for things to go wrong, possibly locking you out of your own life.
Dave Smith
Mar 09, 2012
Could the Hawks possibly land Dwight Howard in exchange for Josh Smith?
Anthony Riccobono
Mar 09, 2012
One of the people accused by authorities of being at the core of Lulz Security, perhaps the most feared hacking group on the planet, led a nonprofit group in Galway, Ireland, dedicated to making websites more secure.
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Mar 09, 2012
The result should clear the way for the European Union and International Monetary Fund to release a 130 billion euro bailout package agreed with Greece in February.
IBT Staff Reporter
Mar 09, 2012
One late-night visit by the FBI was all it took for the notorious hacker known as Sabu to switch sides and become a valued snitch.
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Mar 08, 2012
Facebook Inc added several women- and minority-owned investment banks to the roster of underwriters for its initial public offering, following in the footsteps of General Motors Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, which did the same during their own offerings.
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Mar 08, 2012
In about a few weeks' time, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ocean liner Titanic will be coming up. The sinking of the Titanic on April 14, 1912, is one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the human history, claiming 1,517 lives. To date, the mystery behind the reason why Titanic sank has not been solved fully. However, a new theory by Texas State University's astronomers suggests that a a rare lunar event could have conspired against the Titanic by creating hazardous sea...
Surojit Chatterjee
Mar 08, 2012
On Wednesday, evangelical leader Pat Robertson called for legalizing marijuana. Sounds odd, but plenty of conservatives before him have argued against the criminalization of cannabis.
Jacey Fortin
Mar 08, 2012
If New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony were traded today, although it seems highly unlikely despite the Knicks' woes, there would be five destinations that would make most sense.
Jason Van Hoven
Mar 08, 2012
Nintendo fans are rejoicing at the news from Ubisoft that Assassin's Creed 3 will be available on the upcoming console, Wii U, signaling an end to the years in which faithful fans of the franchise were excluded from some of the most popular video game titles.
Jacob Kleinman
Mar 08, 2012
JWoww--the curvy cast member of the Jersey Shore and recent Maxim cover model--is being sued for more than $150,000 because she never warned her landlord that she planned to allow the show be filmed inside her home according to a TMZ report. The lawsuit says that JWoww leased a residence in Long Island in 2008 from someone named Stuart Levine. Once she moved in, JWoww allowed 495 Productions to shoot a few scenes for the first season of Jersey Shore.
Michael Nunez
Mar 08, 2012
The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival has announced its 2012 film sections for the popular Spotlight and Cinemania series. The festival, which was started by Robert DeNiro after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, takes place from April 18th to April 29th.
Justine Ashley Costanza
Mar 08, 2012
Mario Batali, the celebrity chef whose empire of cooking shows, restaurants and endorsements stretches around the world, settled a $5.25 million settlement in a Manhattan federal court on March 5, according to a report.
Dale W. Eisinger
Mar 08, 2012
Wells Fargo & Co., the bank with the most U.S. branches, is ending free checking in six eastern U.S. states starting in May, expanding a $7 monthly service fee for the use of its basic checking account.
Moran Zhang
Mar 08, 2012
AT&T Inc. is seeking to sell a stake in Yellow Pages in an approximately $1.5 billion deal with private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, Bloomberg reported.
Benjamin Reeves
Mar 08, 2012
As the largest solar storm in five years hit Earth on Thursday morning, it caused an unusual occurrence in the sky. Scientists expect that the array of cosmic activity caused by the solar flares and storms could expand the Aurora Borealis tonight, allowing people around the world to view the northern lights.
Michael Billera
Mar 08, 2012
The U.S.-based oil giant is questioning the judicial conduct of Nicholas Zambano after the Ecuadorean jurist was dismissed for improperly freeing an alleged drug trafficker.
Pierre Bertrand
Mar 08, 2012