When Northern California's Bay Area Rapid Transit agency turned off cell phone service to disrupt peaceful protests, "hacktivist" group Anonymous, breached BART's Web site and released personal information in protest.
Johnathan Davis
Aug 18, 2011
A heated debate between Republican Christine O'Donnell and Piers Morgan over the gay marriage question led to the walk-out of O'Donnell from the sets of "Piers Morgan Tonight" show.
Manikandan Raman
Aug 18, 2011
London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fuelled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 18, 2011
The former Senate candidate walked out from the set of "Piers Morgan Tonight" show after the interviewer sought her views on abstinence and gay marriage.
Manikandan Raman
Aug 18, 2011
Anna Hazare's followers see a triumph in their battle against corruption.
Eric Linton
Aug 17, 2011
London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fueled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.
Ann Suh
Aug 17, 2011
Hactivist Anonymous has done it again - it has hacked into the BART police website in San Francisco, publishing 102 police officers' personal information, including their home addresses and email accounts plus passwords.
Wendy Li
Aug 17, 2011
D.C. area rapper Wale released his newest mixtape on Wednesday, "The Eleven One Eleven Theory," ahead of his much anticipated "Ambition" album.
John Talty
Aug 17, 2011
The United States has already tied its full-year record for storm damage -- with more than $35 billion in damage from tornadoes, floods and heat waves -- the National Weather Service said, and there are still 4 1/2 months left in 2011, including hurricane season.
Joseph Lazzaro
Aug 17, 2011
It started as a simple trend: Planking. A game where a person lies down in the most obscure and dangerous places and then uploads their pictures onto the internet. From planking grew the phenomenon of " Owling," where people perch like owls on objects such as stair rails, statues, roofs in what seemed to be a slightly harder game. Just as people started running out of creative " planking" and "Owling" photos a new community page has been launched on Facebook; Plowling.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Aug 17, 2011
The White House on Wednesday said President Barack Obama would unveil fresh ideas to jump-start the economy and cut deficits, but details offered so far appeared to be a compilation of old proposals.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 17, 2011
Protests swelled across India on Wednesday in support of a self-styled Gandhian anti-corruption campaigner fasting to the death in jail, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's struggling government at a loss over how to end the standoff.
Jack Kim
Aug 17, 2011
For the second time, rumors on Twitter suggested that martial arts actor Jackie Chan is dead.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 17, 2011
Flash mobs are increasing -- and becoming increasingly dangerous and frightening. Why is this phenomenon happening, and how can it be stopped?
Daniel Tovrov
Aug 17, 2011
An anti-corruption movement led by a feisty 74-year-old social activist is snowballing into one of the biggest challenges in decades for the ruling Congress party and if not contained risks sparking India's own version of an Arab Spring revolt.
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Aug 17, 2011
Russian space firm Orbital Technologies has unveiled plans to build a hotel in space.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 17, 2011
Taylor Armstrong, who stars in the American reality series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," is in dire straits after her ex-husband Russell Armstrong, 47, was found hanged in a bedroom on Monday evening at a house in Los Angeles.
Manikandan Raman
Aug 17, 2011
The French actor complained to flight staff before urinating on the floor.
Peggy Truong
Aug 17, 2011
Ford is at it again in social media-- this time unveiling a new Facebook-based countrywide mileage challenge.
John Talty
Aug 17, 2011
Reports regarding the death of Jackie Chan have erupted on social media websites like Twitter for the second time this year.
Nadine DeNinno
Aug 17, 2011
The United Arab Emirates is enforcing a law that can slap a 10-year prison sentence on anyone it thinks is spreading rumors through social media outlets.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 17, 2011
Look at Facebook community pages, blogs and twitter feeds. "Horsemaning" or fake beheading is the latest Internet trend that has taken other popular trends like planking, owling and leisure diving to a whole new level.
Monami Thakur
Aug 17, 2011