IBT Staff Reporter

Eating in smaller plates and bowls can shed unwanted pounds from your body by helping you cut down on mindless eating.

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The European Central Bank will decide whether to buy Italian government bonds to try to stem the euro zone's debt crisis from widening in a crucial conference call on Sunday evening (one p.m. EDT), ECB sources said.

The latest attack by AntiSec hackers was targeted at the police. The hackers associated with hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous leaked over 10GB of information from over 70 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. on Friday.

Yet another Manchester derby is set to unfold, this time in the FA Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser for the English top-flight season.

Research shows that casual and occasional smoking is on the rise among U.S. high school students. While heavy smoking is down among teens nationwide, casual smoking rates are on the rise.

The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has issued a press release saying that they will picket the funerals of the Norway victims who lost their lives when Anders Breivik set off a bomb in Oslo and gunned down 69 at a youth camp in the island of Utoya.

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The United Arab Emirates will keep its currency peg to the U.S. dollar even after Standard & Poor's downgraded the world's biggest economy, and Oman sees no risk in investing in U.S. treasuries, officials said on Sunday.

Apple released the fifth version of its iOS 5, the upcoming OS of the company, two weeks after the launch of the iOS 5 Beta 4.

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered in the streets of Tel Aviv and other major Israeli cities on Saturday night to protest the high cost of living for the middle class, in one of the largest social rallies in Israeli history.

Yet another Manchester derby is set to unfold, this time in the FA Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser for the English top-flight season.

Yet another Manchester derby is set to unfold, this time in the FA Community Shield, the traditional curtain-raiser for the English top-flight season.

Lucille Ball remembered on her 100th birthday which was celebrated with around 900 Lucille lookalikes gathering in her hometown.

France's AAA rating is stable, ratings agency Standard and Poor's chief European economist Jean-Michel Six told France Inter radio on Sunday.

Polygamist Church Leader Warren Jeffs guilty of sexually assaulting underage brides was never charged with sexually assaulting his nephew, Brent Jeffs, who testified of settlement with uncle in a lawsuit.

The Group of Seven leading economies agreed to hold an emergency phone meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors on Monday, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the use of force against civilians "immediately".

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There was a whole lot of hacking going on in Sin City this weekend -- and right under the noses of federal agents.

Scientists in Japan successfully produced living sperm from mice stem cells. The research, published in an online academic journal Cell, sheds hope as it is a crucial step in treating human infertility.

A U.S. military guard known as a ringleader in the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison was released Saturday after serving more than six years in a Kansas military prison barracks, a U.S. Army spokesperson said.

The S&P cut in the U.S. long-term credit rating to AA-plus is an unprecedented blow. It called the outlook "negative," signaling another downgrade is possible in the next 12 to 18 months. The U.S. dollar may weaken and Treasury yields rise when Asian markets reopen on Monday.

Global policymakers held an emergency conference call on Sunday to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing market turmoil and stoking fears of the rich world sliding back into recession.

Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> said on Sunday it aimed to boost its sales in Japan in a move that would also help reduce exports by as much as a third and reduce the impact of the yen's crippling strength.

What Kate Middleton managed to pull off this season is bringing the nude back. Prince William's wife was spotted a number of times wearing nude.

Global policymakers were arranging emergency conference calls to discuss the debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing market turmoil and stoking fears of the rich world sliding back into recession.

The self proclaimed "Spam King" of Facebook, who sneaked his way into half a million Facebook accounts and flooded them with spam, could soon be paying for his actions.