IBT Staff Reporter

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On Monday a 38-year-old woman who ignited a fierce right-to-die debate that convulsed Italy and dragged in the Vatican died after spending 17 years in a vegetative state.

On Monday a suicide car bomber struck a U.S. patrol in northern Iraq killing four American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter.

Across General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC there are fears of more plant closures and job cuts as the companies approach the February 17 deadline to show government they have viability capabilities.

A Moscow-based security company admitted today to an almost 11 day exposure of a database containing customer information.

Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant and bluegrass singer Alison Krauss are the big winners at 51st Grammy awards, grabbing five prizes for their hit album collaboration Raising Sand, including album of the year.

The Cardinals have just freed Adam Kennedy.

Red Bull unveil Racing's car for the 2009 Formula one season Monday at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain, according to reports.

Alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff and Securities and Exchange Commission reached a partial judgment on Monday for Madoff without admitting or denying fraud charges to pay a civil fine and return investor's money.

Ford Motor Co. announced Monday plans to introduce its first all-electric vehicle in 2010, a van based on its Transit Connect commercial vehicle platform engineered in Europe.

On Monday, February 9, the Project 30 Task Force issued a final report to analyze the USA Team performance in Beijing five months ago.

Chris Brown, 19, who was being held on a $50,000 bail under a felony charge, spoke about his family's history with alleged abuse, in a 2007 interview with GIANT magazine, according to NBC reports.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may introduce private funding as one component of his bank bailout plan to help institutions deal with the bad debt weighing on their balance sheets.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may introduce private funding as one component of his bank bailout plan to help institutions deal with the bad debt weighing on their balance sheets.

Tiger Woods and his wife Elin have announced today the birth of their baby a younger brother to daughter Sam Alexis, who was born in June 2007.

Egyptian archaeologists have found about 30 mummies and at least one unopened sarcophagus in a burial chamber believed to be about 4,300 years old, in the latest excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, The associated press quoted, Monday.

A crowd of civilians in Sri Lanka were the target of a woman suicide bomber on Monday.

Barclays Plc will see a tough environment in 2009 but is committed to resuming dividend payments in the second half of the year as it adjust its strategy to realities of a global financial crisis and economic recession, the bank's chief executive John Varley said on Monday.

PearC, a German computer maker sells custom-made desktops that come with Apple's Mac OS X operating system which made them popular causing much trouble with Apple.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is among 13 celebrities who will compete on Dancing with the Stars eighth season that begins March 9, ABC network said Sunday, the Associated Press reported. .

Barclays announced Monday its plan to overhaul pay policies across the bank as it confirmed the turmoil in the credit markets and the global economic recession weighed on its profits.

Amazon.com Inc. today unwrap the company's upgraded reading device, this second generation version of the electronic device goes on sale next week.

According to reports from Reuters, the Australian bushfire death toll has risen to 171.

American chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has this week officially released a set of Phenom II processors which include a brand new 45nm triple-core offering.

Microsoft launched a new software program on Monday that aims to help midsize businesses to capture and analyze energy consumption data and convert it into the amount of greenhouse gas emissions their company produces.

R&B singer and dancer Chris Brown, was arrested Sunday night and being held on $50,000 bail after an alleged battery incident over girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna, who, according to reports, was hospitalized with bruises on her face.

Amazon.com Inc. rolled out a new, slimmer and talking version of the Kindle, its electronic reading device that will begin shipping February 24, the company's chief executive said Monday.

Well's Fargo & Co. in a full-page ad in Sunday's New York Times and Washington Post defended corporate events that recognize high achievers after the bank canceled at least two because of misleading news coverage.