IBT Staff Reporter

As advertised, the Pyrenees began the selection of the GC contenders on Stage 12 of the Tour de France. The remaining contenders for the overall yellow jersey into Paris are Leopard Trek's Andy Schleck, BMC's Cadel Evans, Liquigas's Ivan Basso, and Saxo Bank's Alberto Contador.

Kim Kardashian, who is engaged to Kris Humphries, is excited about Demi Lovato's new single Skyscraper.

The 2011 ESPY Awards took place Wednesday in Los Angeles and tennis beauty Maria Sharapova looked stunning!

Stocks fell on Thursday as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke backed off hints additional near-term stimulus could be on the way, removing a possible catalyst from a market already facing plenty of obstacles.

Apple's forthcoming update to its MacBook Air line may increase the notebook's standard memory and storage components, in addition to the latest ultra-low voltage Sandy Bridge mobile chips, AppleInsider reported.

California woman Catherine Kieu Becker's penis attack on her husband is making headlines around the world.

The U.S. economy will struggle to regain speed this year, data on Thursday suggested, as the number of Americans filing for first-time jobless benefits remained high and retail sales barely rose in June.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to walk the isle into wedding bliss.

The 2011 Emmy nominations were announced today, as AMC's Mad Men took a majority of the nominations including the Best Drama Series category. The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast on Fox on September 18, hosted by Glee's Jane Lynch.

Levi Aron's confession in the murder of 8-year-old Brooklyn child Leiby Kletzky has taken the Internet by storm, since it was obtained from police and published by NBC New York. We bring you the full text of the confession as published by NBC New York.

Britain's celebrities might no longer have to worry about the News of the World hacking phones or rifling their bins, but the manner of the paper's demise shows controlling information is getting much more difficult.

Who should have gotten an Emmy nomination and didn't?

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that overzealous cuts to government spending in the short term could derail an already fragile recovery and said a U.S. debt default may wreak financial havoc.

STOCKHOLM, July 14 - Swedish regulators have raided U.S.-owned bourse operator Nasdaq OMX Group in a competition probe likely to raise questions over exchanges' efforts to woo controversial high-frequency traders.

Kate Hudson named her baby Bingham.

A motive in the infamous penis-severing case may have been over an inappropriate relationship, according to a law enforcement source.

Stocks fell on Thursday as new comments from the Federal Reserve chairman dashed investors' hopes for the chance of further stimulus and tech shares pushed the Nasdaq down 1 percent.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, is the eighth and the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. This last film is very likely to create the final and biggest magic of all series, the culmination of everything so far.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are rumored to be getting married. Will Jolie get a new tattoo to honor the ceremony?

A new government study published in the Annals of Family Medicine shows that those who drink hot tea or coffee are about twice as likely as non-drinkers to ward off methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in their nostrils.

China on Thursday issued a second batch of quotas for exports of rare earths this year -- virtually making up for previous cuts -- after its commerce minister met with his EU counterpart to discuss this and other thorny issues between the two trading partners.

The following are highlights of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on Thursday to the Senate Banking Committee as part of his semiannual testimony on the U.S. economy and monetary policy. Bernanke repeated prepared testimony he delivered to a House of Representatives panel on Wednesday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co posted a higher-than-expected jump in second-quarter profit as it wrote off fewer bad mortgages and credit card loans.

The company plans on using established American brands to integrate itself into the culture.

Alabama's Jefferson County has finalized a plan to present to creditors aimed at settling its $3.2 billion sewer bond debt and avoiding the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

New York City should invest more of its pension funds in international equities and other assets as improving returns would help the city with its soaring contributions, Deputy Mayor Robert Steel said on Thursday.

The 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program, Atlantis has begun its final 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) since July 8. Once the space shuttle comes back from space, the 30-year shuttle era will be over.

The 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program, Atlantis has begun its final 12-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) since July 8. Once the space shuttle comes back from space, the 30-year shuttle era will be over.