IBT Staff Reporter

Hackers broke into the Senate's public website for the second time in a week but were prevented from getting any sensitive data, a security spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Bankrupt book store chain Borders Group Inc said on Wednesday it canceled an auction to select a liquidator to close some of its most profitable and high profile stores.

Google Doodle has come to the rescue of people in North America who missed a rare opportunity of witnessing a long lunar eclipse that began on Tuesday night.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has officially been released Wednesday from a hospital in Houston and is set to receive outpatient treatment.

Democratic lawmakers in California trying to pass a state budget by a Wednesday deadline are considering forcing Internet retailers like Amazon.com to collect sales taxes, cuts at universities and one-time accounting moves to help close a deficit of about $10 billion.

The hacker group Lulz Security, which has already hacked into PBS, the FBI, the U. S. Senate and, abive all, Sony, took a bolder step by launching a hotline for taking hacking requests.

As of June 15, Apple quietly but surely started selling unlocked iPhones in the U.S. for the first time via its websites and stores, priced at $649 and $749.

New York-based money manager Josh Brown says he is plugged into the news to make his trades, but not how you might expect.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban bought a $90,000 bottle of champagne for his players after their hard fought series win over the Miami Heat in six games.

Television personalities are always in the public’s sights. They are very smart and they have abilities to catch the public’s interest.

I'm not superior to anyone, Lebron James said one day after his 'get a life' press conference where he blasted his critics telling them to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today.

With just two weeks to go before a referendum on the future of Canada's TMX Group , operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, shareholder Chris Damas is finally climbing off the fence.

Stocks tumbled on Wednesday, driven lower by escalating Greek debt woes, while troubling U.S. data pointed to further losses ahead.

In a major victory for victims of Allen Stanford's alleged Ponzi scheme, U.S. regulators have concluded that they should be compensated by a brokerage industry-backed fund.

Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, struggling to recover from the earthquake in Japan in March, told its U.S. auto dealers to honor discount offers, even on cars they do not have in stock, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

The number of the Academy Awards Best Picture nominees will be from 5 to 10 nominees in any year, depending on the number of votes the films get during the preliminary nominations round.

Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million went down slightly in stock trading today, while shares of bankrupt Borders went up by a penny.

NASA's Voyager 1 could exit our solar system by 2012 and go where no man-made object has ever gone, says a new study.

Pandora Media Inc made a splashy public debut as investors shrugged off years of financial losses by the online radio company for the chance to get in on the red-hot market for startups.

In a major victory for victims of Allen Stanford's alleged Ponzi scheme, U.S. regulators have concluded that they should be compensated by a brokerage industry-backed fund.

Greece's prime minister said he would form a new government and seek a vote of confidence from his parliamentary group after violent protests against austerity on Wednesday, with Athens teetering on the brink of default.

Pole dancing classes have become so popular that strippers want it to be an official Olympic sport. And now, England is offering the class to toddlers.

It seems the best place for Representative Anthony Weiner to spend Lunar Eclipse 2011 is on the moon, where he would be shielded from sight.

After hitting a couple of easy layups by opening small stores in its home state, Wal-Mart Stores Inc is ready to take some more difficult shots that will show whether it can win over shoppers from small towns to big cities, a top executive said on Wednesday.

More photos surface of Anthony Weiner

The 2011 NBA Draft is on Thursday June 23, 2011 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It will be broadcast on ESPN at 7 PM Easter Time, 4 PM Pacific Time.

The 25-year-old actress has not been shy about posting information about her personal life and even posing for sexy pictures.

Najla Said, Palestine advocate, acclaimed performer and daughter of the legendary author of Orientalism discusses Tom MacMaster's fabrication.

Man admits to the 1994 shooting.