IBT Staff Reporter

Georgia, which faced severe tornadoes and thunderstorms in April that killed more than a dozen people, is now facing an extreme drought situation even as cities like Atlanta are suffering from high levels of ozone.

A 25-year-old man Christopher Erdman fired gunshots at Shannon Lawrence, a student at Kennessaw State University, in the parking lot of an Alpharetta Wells Fargo Bank in the presence of their children, Emma (almost 3) and Peter Erdman (almost 1), Sunday, before driving the three of them to Northside Hospital Forsyth where the mother later died from wounds to her head and neck.

A former Credit Suisse Group AG broker will spend two more years in prison in addition to time already served for his role in running an investment scheme involving risky auction-rate securities.

Apple has updated its iBooks iOS app. The latest iBooks 1.3 has a few notable features such as read-aloud features.

Nintendo, a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan, has unveiled its new videogame console, which is called Wii U, at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles.

Conflicting reports flooded the media regarding a mass grave found near Hardin, around 50 miles northeast of Houston, Texas.

The One for One shoe retailer introduces its new line of sunglasses.

Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed his views on Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY who is facing Republican calls for him to resign and a lack of support from Democrats. Trump describing the Congressman as a 'bad guy,' 'psycho,' and a 'boiler ready to explode.'

The trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud won court permission on Tuesday to file a $975.5 million lawsuit against two feeder funds he said contributed to the Ponzi scheme.

A man who police said was caught on video at a local Dunkin Donuts moments before he followed a 28 year old woman home and forcibly raped her, turned himself into Brooklyn SVU claiming he is the man on the surveillance tape but he had nothing to do with the crim

Congressional leaders withheld any support for Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY after he admitted sending lewd photos to a Seattle woman and saying he had 'inappropriate' online relationships with six women in total.

Self-proclaimed billionaire Lynn Tilton has dumped one of her retail companies into bankruptcy to rinse it of its debts while maintaining control, according to an attorney for a leading creditor.

A defense lawyer for a technology consultant who faces insider trading charges tried to shatter the credibility of a key prosecution witness, citing his disoriented romp on a San Francisco street after a bad drug experience.

IBM has created the chips that will go into the Wii U.

Two teenagers were arrested by East Palo Alto police on Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead a 3-month-old baby. The incident left the baby’s parents seriously wounded. Investigators said it happened mostly because of mistaken identity.

Web companies including Google, Facebook and Akamai are joining forces on Wednesday to test the Internet's readiness for a future in which billions more people and devices will be connected.

A blogger sued for defamation over comments posted on an Internet message board is not entitled to the same protections as a journalist, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

French TV and radio stations can tweet as much as they like but must stop telling people to consult them on Twitter and Facebook, which amounts to advertising for those sites, France's media regulator says.

Job openings were harder to come by in April as private sector hiring ebbed, further evidence that the labor market remains precarious, Labor Department data showed on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged euro zone countries and bondholders to make tough decisions to contain Greece's debt crisis while the International Monetary Fund said more work was needed for Athens to receive its next block of bailout aid.

Top lawmakers will tackle the politically treacherous topic of tax hikes in their next round of debt-reduction talks, a Republican involved in the discussions said on Tuesday.

A female Kuwaiti politician called for the legalization of the sex slavery, saying it would protect decent, devout and virile Kuwaiti men from adultery. It would keep them from the temptation of being seduced by another woman's beauty.

Why are analysts so high on the iCloud, when consumers and investors aren't as thrilled? Stickiness is the reason.

iRobot Corp, whose products clean homes and disarm bombs in war zones, expects to see better growth overseas this year as the United States, its domestic market, keeps a tight rein on spending.

Suri Cruise was in the spotlight even before she was born, thanks to her famous moviestar parents. Now the attention shifts to her shoe collection.

A major forest fire along Arizona's eastern border is burning completely uncontained as high winds and low humidity have triggered a declaration of emergency that coordinates the entire state's response.

An image of the space shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS.

It seems Sarah Palin isn't so fashionable in Britian

The New York congressman made his pictorial debut in 1996 in a Cosmopolitan magazine. The headline of the article was The Future President?