IBT Staff Reporter

A vacationing President Barack Obama accused Congress on Saturday of holding back the economic recovery by blocking common sense measures he said would create jobs and help growth.

A freak flash flood caused by heavy rainfall in Pittsburgh, killed at least four people.The body of the possible fourth victim has been found, authorities said on Saturday. The heavy deluge overwhelmed the city's sewer system during rush hour, submerging dozens of vehicles along a street near the Allegheny River.

Russell Armstrong, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills husband found dead by suicide Monday, will receive two funeral services -- one in Los Angeles and one in Texas.

Los Angeles police said on Friday they were looking for a group of masked thieves who stole an estimated $2 million in diamonds in a backpack from a man whose car they intentionally struck.

The animators at Walt Disney Co's Pixar unit will explore dinosaurs and the inner workings of the human mind in two upcoming movies, studio executives told a gathering of fans on Saturday.

Reality star Kim Kardashian married basketball player Kris Humphries on Saturday in a lavish made-for-TV wedding following a whirlwind courtship.

Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering after being shot in the head during the January shooting rampage in Tucson, has been given the details of those who died in the shooting, her spokesman said.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Wednesday approved the Roche-manufactured drug Zelboraf, for the first-line treatment of both metastatic and unresectable types of melanoma, reportedly the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

For the first time, NASA researchers have mapped the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica.

The head of French bank Societe Generale said in a newspaper interview released on Saturday that markets could remain nervous until third-quarter earnings are published at the end of October.

About 45,000 Verizon Communications employees are set to end a two-week strike and return to work by Tuesday after the telephone company and unions said they reached an agreement to resume bargaining.

In the face of a lawsuit, a Missouri state senator defended on Saturday a new state law that will prohibit teachers from communicating privately with students over the Internet.

Germany on Saturday rebuffed renewed calls that euro zone countries should issue joint euro-denominated bonds and have a joint finance minister, arguing that would only be possible if fiscal policy were collective already.

Chris Drury retired from the National Hockey League (NHL) on Friday after a 12-season career where he earned a reputation as a solid two-way player and won a Stanley Cup championship.

Germany's SAP , the world's biggest maker of business software, said confidence among its clients in no way reflected reported fears of a looming economic downturn.

A federal judge in Manhattan overseeing a $1 billion suit against the owners of the New York Mets baseball team by the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm said on Friday he would decide whether to allow the case to go forward by the end of September.

One or more healthy lifestyles and behaviors may postpone mortality, says researchers who analyzed data from a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III Mortality Study, a mortality survey published online by the American Journal of Public Health.

Tolls on major New York City crossings and commuter train fares will rise starting in September under a plan approved on Friday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, but increases will be smaller than first proposed by the agency.

Scientists from the University of Birmingham found that a modified form of Ecstasy (MDMA) could be used in treating myeloma, lymphoma, and leukemia, after scientists modified the drug to increase its tumour-killing properties.

Anderson Cooper, whose Wednesday night laughing mess over his own puns over French actor Gerald Depardieu's incontinence went viral on the Internet, has put himself on RidicuList the next day.

Humans aren't just threatening the earthly inhabitants, but we may have become a threat to the entire universe, possibly prompting aliens to destroy humanity in order to end global warming.

Gold buyers in India, the world's largest consumer of the yellow metal, are investing in it on expectations prices may rise, but imports are likely to fall as limited budgets buy less gold, the head of India's biggest importing bank told Reuters on Saturday.

Multiple UFOs were spotted and filmed in a video across the sky over a motorway near Stansted Airport in Essex, England. The location of the allged UFO discovery is close to where BBC Radio 5 Live sports journalist Mike Sewell told listeners he saw a disc-shaped aircraft just five days later.

A European finance minister with sway over member states' taxes and budgets is needed to lead the euro zone out of its debt crisis, says the Chief Executive of Germany's second-largest lender, Commerzbank.

Pastor Zachery Tims' funeral arrangements are set for Saturday 11 a.m., at First Baptist church of Orlando, but the ceremony will be held privately and will not stream live online.

The overall economy may be struggling against a double-dip recession but in farm country the boom times have rarely been better.

Planking, a game between friends to have fun that involves simply lying down with face and feet straight down and arm by side, is viral on the Internet.

An increase in the number of people playing free games is providing the gaming industry with an additional source of revenue as gamers shell out millions for virtual goods and add-ons.

Just a day after, HP announced that it would discontinue with the webOS smartphone and tablet business, the company is selling its Wi-Fi only HP Touchpad 16 GB for $99 and 32 GB version for $149.