IBT Staff Reporter

Summer solstice happens precisely when the Earth's axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun, at the degree of 23° 26'.

Comic-Con International will be held at the San Diego Convention Center July 21-24, 2011, with Preview Night on July 20th, according to the Comic-Con Web site.

More than 20,000 chanting protesters besieged the Greek parliament on Tuesday before Prime Minister George Papandreou's embattled government faced a confidence vote crucial to avoiding a sovereign default.

Mark Kelly is going to retire from NASA and focus on writing a memoir with his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, who was nearly killed in a well publicized homicide attempt earlier this year.

The number of food allergies in children in United States is much more serious than government thinks, according to a new study.

Dunn died in a car crash June 20, 2011.

No-frills Southwest Airlines Co again topped rivals in customer service while premium-paying business travelers are the least satisfied with U.S. carriers overall, a new survey showed on Tuesday.

As Pottermore approaches, author Dee Garretson looks at how the Harry Potter creator fixes characters' images in readers' minds.

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have come up with new cigarette warning labels, its first in more than 25 years. The new labels are required to be on all cigarette packs, cartons and advertisement by no later than September 2012.

Ryan Dunn, 32-years-old, has been killed in a car accident. It is known that he was drinking a few hours before the accident, evidenced by a photo he tweeted of himself hanging out with friends and drinking beer at a bar.

The first lady is in South Africa with her daughters.

What is this affliction that causes pro baseball catchers to lose their ability to throw back to the pitcher, or makes a golfer five-putt on an easy hole?

Rambus played dirty in the market for PC memory chips and blames its competitors for the consequences of its own bad choices, a lawyer for Hynix said in court.

Tracy Morgan returned to Nashville Tuesday to apologize for a stand-up performance the comedian gave June 3rd at the Ryman Auditorium, the New York Times reports.

Airbus dominated the Paris Air Show on Tuesday with a stream of new orders for its fuel-efficient A320neo and hammered out a long-awaited final deal with an Indian airline that will set a new record in terms of numbers of planes sold.

Roger Ebert blogged about his controversial tweet regarding Ryan Dunn on his website today, saying he was probably too quick to Tweet.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes hit a six-month low in May and supply rose, pointing to a housing market still struggling to regain its footing.

Nicholas Brooks the man who prosecutors say strangled his girlfriend in the bathtub of a SoHo House hotel room is contemplating taking a plea deal instead of going through with a trial.

JPMorgan Chase & Co said it agreed to pay $153.6 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it misled investors about a mortgage securities transaction just as the nation's housing market was starting to plummet.

Shocking news revealed that MTV Jackass stuntman Ryan Dunn was killed in a motor accident on Route 322 in West Goshen Township. His Porsche 911 ran into a tree and caught fire engulfing the vehicle in flames.

Sales of existing home sales were down 3.8 percent in May and the median price for a home continued to fall, the National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday.

Britney Spears Femme Fatale Tour, featuring Nicki Minaj.

The FBI and Scotland Yard arrested a British 19-year-old man suspected of masterminding behind LulzSec. However, LulzSec and its enemy Web Ninjas alike said that the suspect is not LulzSec's leader.

If the physical ramifications of smoking aren't enough to deter customers from lighting up, maybe a clearer picture of the financial ramifications will.

Social networking sites, including Facebook, are not doing enough to protect children from online bullying and potential sexual predators, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

When it comes to branding on the Internet, 2012 may be the dawn of a chaotic new era with companies and other groups expected to battle over suffixes like .cancer, .chocolate and just about .anything.

The New York Knicks have been asking about the Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash, according to the NY Post. In the proposed swap, Nash would be traded straight up for Chauncey Billups.

The risks of the U.S. losing its prized triple-A rating over the medium term have increased as the country faces a political impasse and nears its debt ceiling, Standard and Poor's said on Tuesday.

With Andre Villas-Boas resigning from his manager's role at Porto, poising himself to join Chelsea as soon as Abramovich meets his £13.25m release clause, Chelsea has almost ensured a deal for Porto goal-machine Radamel Falcao.