IBT Staff Reporter

Sarah Palin continued her One Nation bus tour of historical sites on Friday, visiting sites in Boston marking the eve of and early stages of the American Revolution in 1775, including the home of famous intelligence messenger Paul Revere, church-turned-signal house Christ Church, and Bunker Hill, site of an early battle won by the British at the cost of heavy losses.

Google, the internet search giant, has decided to stop supporting its online apps in older browsers starting on August 1, 2011.

Sony Pictures has confirmed on Friday night that its website has been broken into by the hackers.

Friday afternoon, Raymond Clark III was sentenced to 44 years in prison for the murder and sexual assault of Annie Le in September 2009. Ray Clark Jr., the defendant's father, issued a statement prior to the sentence.

Ida, One of two beloved polar bears in Central Park, was euthanized because of cancer on Friday. She was 25.

Around noon on Friday, 11-year-old Abiah Jones fell from a Ferris wheel, and was pronounced dead 45 minutes later at Cape Regional Medical Center. Just a day after the tragedy, Morey's Mariner's Landing Pier in Wildwood reopened at noon Saturday.

Judgment Day May 21, 2011 ads are still seen on New York City subway today, two weeks after the failed prediction of Harold Camping. As much as the notorious legacy of the failed Doomsday prediction lingers in the air, a widow and her investment in the Doomsday preacher's radio station is fueling the anger of her family.

Giant rats as big as cats have killed and eaten two babies in separate attacks in South Africa's run-down townships on the same day last week, according to Mail Online, a UK based media.

Raymond Clark III, a lab technician at the Yale University research building where doctoral student Annie Le was slain in September 2009, was sentenced to 44 years in prison Friday for her murder.

World number seven Li Na created history as she became the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title after winning in straight-sets against holding champion Francesca Schiavone in the final at Roland Garros.

Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench told the Tulsa World that if Giants catcher Buster Posey had taken a different position instead of blocking home plate, his season-ending injury would have been avoided.

Sony has confirmed on Friday that its Sony Pictures websites have been compromised and broken into by hackers.

Sony Pictures has admitted and confirmed on Friday night that its website has been penetrated by the hackers.

More bad days may be in store for stocks in coming weeks, but investors aren't pressing the panic button. Not yet.

Somehow the moral ground shifted dramatically under Scott Cousins' feet after he collided with catcher Buster Posey on a game-winning play. Giants GM Brian Sabean is more than willing to vilify Cousins for wanting to win, and playing to win under the accepted rules of baseball.

Singer Pink, 31, and husband Carey Hart, 35, on Thursday celebrated the birth of their baby named Willow Sage Hart.

The 31-year-old singer Pink and her husband Carey Hart have a baby girl. The baby has been named Willow Sage Hart.

Neither David Wright nor Ike Davis are healing quickly, which means the New York Mets will need to field replacements for first and third base until July.

With the recent publication by the World Health Organization listing hazardous phones due to radiation level emissions, consumers are now being more careful at selecting smartphones.

The German Finance Ministry has come up with a model for a new aid package for Greece that would include the voluntary participation of private creditors, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Environmental Working Group, a Washington based organization specialized in research in the areas of toxic chemicals and corporate accountability, has done a great service of compiling a list of major carriers’ phones which measure the SAR levels based on phone manufacturers data from December 2010. Notably, a few brand name manufactures stand out on the list.

The Apple iOS 5 version has received much attention as the mobile OS will be introduced by CEO Steve Jobs next week. Talks have been swirling about possible features that may range from enhanced notifications, widgets, integration of iCloud, and the inclusion of social network platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

Credit Suisse is offering clients that had invested in Lehman Brothers products the opportunity to bundle their capital and sell this to third parties, the bank said on Saturday, confirming a Swiss newspaper report.

Microsoft office 365,the next generation in cloud productivity is coming in June to beat the market of Google’s free office suite.

Microsoft is rumored to announce an Xbox LIVE subscription TV service next week at the E3 conference on the heels of Apple's unveiling of its iCloud service.

Bing,Google and Yahoo have joined hands to upgrade the search engines, by including more semantic data on websites to help users find the right page easily.

Internet connection has come to halt in Syria after government agencies blocked the internet services to quell the prodemocracy revolt in the nation.

Digital activist group Anonymous Operations has announced on Friday to hack Syrian Embassy all over the world in response to the internet crack down in the country to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations.

Al-Qaeda terrorist and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Ilyas Kashmiri were among nine militants killed in a US drone strike, BBC reported today, quoting residents of South Waziristan tribal region.