CULTURE

A rare 600-year-old Chinese coin was discovered on the Kenyan island of Manda by scientists from Illinois.

Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has a busy schedule leading up to the Mass of Inauguration.

Waddy, a British cat who could be the UK's oldest feline, turned 27 years old.

Photographers caught model Miranda Kerr wearing a neck brace on Wednesday. Her reps confirmed the star was involved in a serious crash.

Russell Jay, a producer on her reality show, admitted in court documents that Kim Kardashian faked scenes to make Kris Humphries look bad.

"Bachelor" Sean Lowe will bring "total star power" to "Dancing With the Stars" when he appears on the hit show, according to an insider.

Pope Francis was a trending Twitter topic Wednesday, but he didn't beat President Obama as the biggest Twitter event.

Pope Francis I's namesake is St. Francis of Assisi, the Italian patron saint.

Here are a handful of facts about Pope Francis I from Argentina, whose birth name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Fresh off the finding of King Richard III's remains and a debate over Stonehenge’s prehistoric significance, British archaeologists think they’ve discovered a medieval knight's skeleton.

A roundup of front page headlines around the world heralding the announcement that Jorge Bergoglio would be Pope Francis.

After Pope Francis I was elected on Wednesday, many began to wonder, "What is a Jesuit?"

Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter calls case "simple and direct," introducing damning evidence for viewers in courtroom and online.

The stances of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio on a wide range of issues are coming under intense scrutiny now that the Argentine has been named Pope Francis. And news reports from before his ascendancy to the papacy reveal inconsistent statements on the topic.

The Chinese blogosphere is abuzz with tales of discrimination in the Maldives against Chinese tourists and their beloved instant noodles.

Glenn Beck's TheBlaze TV network, which he founded after his departure from Fox News, is launching "For the Record," which purports to offer an objective viewpoint. Can a conservative network pull off investigative journalism?

Bindi Irwin, the 14-year-old daughter of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, shocked fans now that she's all grown up.

The World Wildlife Fund reports that 28 elephants were killed in Cameroon by poachers for nearly a month.

After a hero grandfather saved children from a potential shark attack in Queensland, 62-year-old Paul Marshallsea and his wife were fired.

Kim Kardashian decided to change her hairstyle, and now looks very much like her sister Kourtney Kardashian.

"Habemus Papam!" "We have a Pope!" These are the words the world's Catholics wait for each time the white smoke rises above the Vatican to announce a new pope. And they were spoken again Wednesday afternoon, when French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran announced Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis.

A sixth-grader at Taylor School District in Taylor, Mich., brought a backpack full of money to school, reportedly amounting to $20K in cash, which she then gave away to other students.

Nina Dobrev confesses to Conan O'Brien the embarassing sex scene tips her mom gives her on "The Vampire Diaries" set.

Anthony Johnson, 13, drowned in a swimming pool at Disney World.

Lamar Odom gave his wife Khloe Kardashian a puppy this week, adding a new member to their family

Three "killer dolphins" escaped, possibly to look for a mate, during a training exercise off the coast of Ukraine, according to Russian reports.

Warren Lahoud, Reeva Steenkamp's long-term ex-boyfriend, had coffee with the model two days before her death.

Felicia Barahona, 32, had sex with the student for four months at her home and began the relationship when the boy turned 18 years old in the fall of 2011.

Taylor Swift may be in trouble with fans after hundreds of unopened letters from admirers were found in a dumpster in Nashville