IBT Staff Reporter

A controversial billboard near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway displays a cigarette pack with a hot dog sticking out of the package indicating "Warning: Hot dogs can wreck your health."

When U.S. Immigration agents found a boatload of Mexican castaways huddled on a Malibu beach, and a larger group marooned a week later on an island north of Los Angeles, they realized it was a new trend.

The man accused of planning an attack on Ft. Hood soldiers was in a motel room in Killeen this week with a 40-caliber handgun and bomb-making ingredients, authorities said. Abdo was charged Friday with possession of an unregistered destructive device and could face up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted.

If you thought U.S. Apple fans are impatient, check out the latest news coming from China. According to M.I.C Gadget, manufacturers of iPhone 5 silicone cases are now sweeping across the country in preparation of Apple's latest smartphone release.

Stocks are likely to face more selling pressure next week as the Tuesday deadline draws near for raising the U.S. debt ceiling and Washington remains paralyzed by political brinkmanship.

Rumors of a light weight and cheaper iPhone sparked some life after a leaked photo reveals an iPhone 4S prototype. The prototype was encased with a white plastic backing rather than glass.

Warren Jeffs - the controversial leader of a fundamentalist Mormon church who is accused of sexual assault - on Friday defended polygamy on religious grounds, said God had threatened death on court officials, and said a 2008 raid of his compound violated "sacred rights."

The global population will likely exceed seven billion in 2011 and is expected to exceed nine billion by 2050. By 2100, it will reach 10 billion, said a Harvard School of Public Health press release about an article published in Science magazine.

Tropical Storm Don has lost momentum, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported as the storm was approaching Baffin Bay with maximum sustained winds of 25 miles per hour at 10 p.m. Don has steadily been moving west-northwest at speeds of 14 mph. At 10 p.m. Friday, the center reported the tropical storm was about forty miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Offshore oil and natural gas producers re-staffed their production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, the day after Tropical Storm Don made landfall on the south Texas coast.

A two-year-old chimpanzee named Do Do adorably bottle feeds tiger cubs at Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo located in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.

Angelina Jolie says she and partner Brad Pitt will make less movies going forward, signaling a new phase in her life with greater emphasis on family and traveling.

Young declares this year's Philadelphia Eagles "the dream team."

The FBI offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the disappearance of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl. A private citizen is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the girl's return.

The Philadelphia Phillies acquired prized right fielder Hunter Pence from the Houston Astros in exchange for four minor league prospects, the team announced on their website. Pence is batting .309 with 11 home runs and 62 RBI's in 99 games for the Astros this season.

STANFORD, California - Marion Bartoli is no longer needled by the "little voice" that told her she did not belong in the winner's circle at grand slams and finally regards herself a true contender ahead of next month's U.S. Open.

The Philadelphia Phillies roared to an early lead and thumped the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-3 allowing Roy Halladay to win his National League-leading 13th game. Halladay was in near perfect form, allowing just one hit while striking out five in seven innings. He retired the final 12 batters he faced.

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid close to Earth and moving in the same orbit around the Sun. The rock is 200-300 m wide and sits in front of our planet and is non-threatening.

A former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints said on Friday she wasn't surprised by an outburst by Warren Jeffs, the church's leader who is on trial for sexual assault.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble denied on Saturday that this month's Greek bailout deal paves the way for a future 'transfer union' in which euro zone countries are liable for each others' debts.

Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for the attacks that killed 77 people in Norway, is cooperating with interrogators, police said Saturday. Police did not confirm media reports that Breivik had plans to attack the royal palace and Labor Party Headquarters.

A downgrade of sovereign debt would not necessarily have a big impact on financial markets, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said.

Assessing whether Norway's confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is insane, as his lawyer asserts, will take months of observation, interviews and analysis -- and experts say it's hard to fake mental illness.

Global warming predictions have followed UN models and trends in describing how Earth traps heat due to carbon dioxide. The increased gases and rising temperatures would create large amounts of water vapors to develop into clouds. Those clouds would trap larger amounts of heat and devastate the planet's ecosystem leading to the end of mankind.

AT&T employees have been reportedly asked to work during the last two weeks of September, suggesting the next generation iPhone will release in the same period.

Did she lose her weight?

If you are short, you might envy a tall person but a study published in the Lancet Oncology shows that tall people are more prone to cancers.

The debt negotiations are getting down to the wire. Republican and Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to broker a deal to raise the country's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling before Tuesday, when the Treasury will no longer be able to borrow funds to meet all of its obligations. It all means the United States could face the possibility of defaulting on its debt and losing its prized triple-A credit r...

Positive news from Ireland is prompting a growing number of investors to look at the troubled euro zone economy, said billionaire Wilbur Ross, who this week invested 300 million euros in its largest lender.