IBT Staff Reporter

Following Ryan Dunn's tragic death in a car crash on Monday morning, one fringe Christian group has gained a heated attention, rather notoriously. The Westboro Baptist Church proclaimed its protest at Dunn's funeral, saying, Ryan Dunn is in hell!

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling will unveil her latest venture involving the boy wizard Thursday, ending fevered speculation among fans about what comes next.

Pennsylvania's legal state blood-alcohol level is .08, and Dunn's was .196 at the time of his death.

The Treasury has a clear path to selling its remaining stake in General Motors Co shares, a senior Obama administration official is expected to say on Wednesday.

Yesterday marked both the summer solstice and the winter solstice, depending on where you are in the world.

The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver said this afternoon after meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for 90 minutes he and his Senate counterpart, Dean Skelos, the Senate majority leader have not yet worked out the details of a framework agreement containing a property tax cap, rent stabilization regulation and relief of municipal mandates.

Stocks edged lower on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve acknowledged the sluggish pace of the U.S. economic recovery, but gave no hint of further plans for stimulus.

Isis, the mobile payments venture of three top U.S. wireless network operators, said on Wednesday that Austin, Texas, would be among its initial service launch markets in the first half of 2012.

The fallen Dior designer blames drug addiction for his outburst.

TMZ is reporting that Jackass star Ryan Dunn had twice the legal blood alcohol level at the time of his fatal crash.

Shazam, whose technology lets people use their cell phones to learn the names of catchy songs, has raised $32 million in funding to bolster expansion plans and move the company closer to a potential public stock offering.

Californian voters are being reminded to think seriously about the existence of the death penalty, which costs the state more than what it costs to incarcerate convicts, according to a new report by two senior legal figures.

More than 120 websites have been down for over a day after the FBI removed servers from a web-hosting company in Northern Virginia in an early morning raid on Tuesday, according to the company that runs that facility.

From a tome of wizard info to Pottermort, the blogger behind thelastmuggle.com explores some theories flying around like pixies loose in a Defense Against the Dark Arts class about you-know-what.

There is no cyber warfare taking place between China and the United States, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday, after weeks of friction over accusations that China may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said the pace of U.S. economic recovery was proceeding more slowly than it had expected though it was primarily because of temporary factors.

Dunn was drunk when his car veered off the road.

Ai Weiwei, arrested last April on charges of tax evasion, was released Wednesday on bail.

If Huntsman was trying to intrigue us, he succeeded.

TMZ is reporting that Jackass star Ryan Dunn had twice the legal blood alcohol level at the time of his fatal crash.

Arsenal target Peter Odemwingie has turned down the chance to move to Arsenal after being offered peanuts for salary.

On the way of hacking government sites, LulzSec's own website was hacked by another hacker group. On the same day, Anonymous released a Youtube video to challenge the corrupt governments.

Britney Spears will have a new addition to the 'Femme Fatale' tour this summer, Jessie and The Toy Boys.

- The rogue hackers behind brazen cyber attacks are clever online technicians but have a critical human frailty -- petulant personalities prone to infighting that may spell disaster for their raids on spies, banks and companies.

Wall Street investors are a bit more pessimistic than they should be despite a host of negative factors such as a weak U.S. economy and high energy costs, Goldman Sachs strategist Abby Joseph Cohen said.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said the recovery was proceeding more slowly than it had expected, but it offered no hint of further monetary support, saying growth should pick up soon.

Dueling protests caused pandemonium to fill the hallowed halls of the New York State Senate as the Republican conference met privately to discuss various agenda items including a possible floor vote on gay marriage.

The London Stock Exchange has sweetened its friendly offer for the TMX Group with an enhanced dividend, bringing the value to $4.1 billion for the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Stocks traded flat to slightly higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve acknowledged the sluggish pace of the U.S. economic recovery, but provided no clues about any additional plans for stimulus measures.