IBT Staff Reporter

A high school student at the Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach, SC was shot this morning and died after an altercation with the school's resource officer, the SunNews reported.

The slowest U.S. grain harvest in 30 years is increasing the cost to feed cattle, hogs and chickens, adding to the pain from the recession that has cut demand for meat.

Crude oil prices fell from a one-year high above $78 a barrel on Friday, as investors questioned whether an $8-a-barrel rally since last week was warranted with global oil stocks still high.

A Dutch court gave DSB Bank a weekend reprieve on Friday, saying it had until Monday to come to terms with a mysterious potential buyer from the United States, Dutch television reported.

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News Corp plans to examine Comcast Corp's possible deal to take over NBC Universal to see if opportunities present themselves, but it is not involved in any talks, its top executive said.

Euro zone exports fell sharply in August from the previous month and imports eased too, data showed on Friday, signalling weakness in global and internal demand and raising concern about the bloc's recovery prospects.

General Electric Co helped to pull the plug on Wall Street's recovery rally on Friday, reporting sales that missed expectations and cautioning that recovery from the brutal recession would be gradual.

Most U.S. coal miners are looking at sharply lower third-quarter earnings, but those who produce coal for steelmaking and export should enjoy higher prices in the longer run than those whose coal is sold for power generation, analysts say.

There is something about coming to this sun-baked corner of California that feels like inspecting the scene of a crime.

The number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United States fell by five this week to 721, according to a report on Friday by oil services firm Baker Hughes in Houston.

European Union states are struggling to agree on a common stance for a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December, after leading the way among rich nations, draft documents indicated on Friday.

Footage of a shocking incident of a six month old baby in his/her stroller that survived being hit by a train was released on Friday.

U.S. stocks dropped sharply on Friday after quarterly results from General Electric Co and Bank of America Corp showed that an economic recovery may be slow and bumpy, denting a four-day rally fueled by earnings optimism.

You can't say that the producers of the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie didn't offer theatergoers bang for their buck at a recent preview. Besides the show proper, there was stand-up comedy by Bob Saget and sarcastic jibes thrown by Don Rickles from his seat in the audience.

Actress Anna Deavere Smith portrays cyclist Lance Armstrong, a bull rider and doctors in a one-woman play that looks at how people deal with dying.

Dr. Sanford Siegal's Cookie Diet consisting of allowing patients to eat cookies to kill hunger, has gained extreme popularity in the United States including among celebrities such as Jessica Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Denise Richards.

So, you've made the critical decision and settled on a holiday in South Africa. It's going to be

No knock on his good friend Jeff Bewkes -- or on Superman -- but Ted Turner wishes he was running Time Warner so that he could make some changes at Cartoon Network and CNN, the cable news channel he founded 19 years ago.

Okinawa, Japan was once an independent group of islands known as the Ryukyu Kingdom and kings built castles just like Wal-Mart builds shopping centers today. There are around 300 castle ruins,

Paige Turco and Barry Bostwick will star in The Mountain, a two-hour movie for NBC.

Controversial conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams after several black NFL players objected and the league commissioner weighed in against Limbaugh's divisive comments.

ABC is opening The Gates, handing a 13-episode order to a crime drama set in a gated suburban community.

Bon Jovi has a new album and a new gig -- artist in residence with U.S. television network NBC, its affiliated cable TV networks, and all its news, information and digital brands.

With Halloween just around the corner, you may be wondering where some of the spookiest, creepiest, eeriest, most haunted and/or best places to visit on Halloween are located around the

Two weeks after the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West, Lady Gaga has announced the details of a solo tour.

Ian Somerhalder, star of the CW's The Vampire Diaries, has signed to topline the Gothic fairy tale Cradlewood.

A television producer charged with attempting to extort $2 million from U.S. talk-show host David Letterman threatened to write a book about the TV star's affairs with employees, court documents showed on Thursday.

Actress Lindsay Lohan has been ordered to appear in court on Friday following media reports that she may have violated the terms of an alcohol education program imposed for a 2007 drunk driving case.