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A plan to sell Crystal Cathedral, a California mega-church known for its Hour of Power broadcasts, to a Roman Catholic diocese for $57.5 million was approved on Thursday by a U.S. bankruptcy judge.

Throngs of anti-Wall Street demonstrators snarled traffic by blocking a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, and later pitched tents outside a bank tower before police advanced to make arrests.

A man convicted in the 1998 murder of a 9-year-old boy was found hanging in his death row prison cell on Thursday in an apparent suicide at a Northern California prison, officials said.

Nothing like a little alleged molestation to tickle the ol' funny bone.

London's renowned Claridge Hotel has a new designer this year for creating their iconic Christmas Tree. The luxury hotel has announced that Lanvin's Alber Elbaz will be designing this year's dazzling centerpiece that will be displayed at the main lobby of the hotel.

Mexican painter, Rufino Tomayo's Watermelon Slices was the top lot of Sotheby's Latin American sale fetching a staggering $2.2 million and setting new auction records.

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators blocked a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, snarling traffic on surrounding freeways before police moved in and arrested 23 people.

The Vatican is taking legal action against Benetton's advertising campaign showing the Pope kissing an Imam. The Italian clothing company has said it will pull the ad, which is made up of montages of several political and religious leaders locking lips. The images are part of a global advertising campaign from Benetton.

Green tea, taken in a capsule or drunk in a cup, may shave a few points off bad cholesterol readings, according to a U.S. study involving more than a thousand people.

California's Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for supporters of the state's same-sex marriage ban to defend it in federal court, a crucial ruling that allows the pitched battle to decide if gay marriage is a U.S. right to go forward.

A Fed Ex employee's husband opened fire at a shipping center Thursday morning, eventually committing suicide.

A nun active in fighting for the rights of villagers threatened by coal miners was hacked to death with an axe by unknown assailants in Jharkhand.

At least six people in three states were killed, dozens injured and several home destroyed when a tornado-causing storm system swept through the Southeast on Wednesday.

Occupy protesters in Toronto have at least until Saturday to determine their next move after a Toronto court ruled the city cannot evict them from their downtown park encampment until a hearing is held.

The suspect, who has been arrested for last Friday night's White House shooting,is suspected to be linked to Occupy Rally.

Homeland security arrested over two dozen of Mexican gang members on Wednesday. Those arrested were reportedly part of the Los Vagos gang, who terrorize residents in East Harlem and parts of the Bronx.

Ever since she can remember, Katherine Cummings knew she had been born into the wrong body.

Green tea, taken in a capsule or drunk in a cup, may shave a few points off bad cholesterol readings, according to a U.S. study involving more than a thousand people.

Police have discovered a major cross-border drug tunnel running to California from Mexico, and seized more than 17 tons (12,700 kilograms) of marijuana, U.S. and Mexican authorities said on Wednesday.

In what may prove to be the greatest heist since Boston's Gardener Museum theft, designer Marc Jacobs' entire spring/summer 2012 collection has been stolen.

A Queens activist, Patricia Dolan, who fought for pedestrian safety was killed when she was struck by a car Tuesday night, after stepping off a bus. She had planned to attend a committee meeting on transportation.

Puerto Rico has been touched by Angels. Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio and Erin Heatherton landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in a bright pink Angel helicopter to attend the grand opening of Puerto Rico's first Victoria's Secret store

The video footage of the man alleged to have murdered Larisa Komsky has been released.

Shelby Dasher was arraigned in St. Louis County on Thursday on the second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of her 1-year-old son Tyler Dasher whose body was found in a wooded area near his home. A judge entered a not guilty plea on her behalf and assigned the public defenders office to her case.

The probation department had serious concerns about one of Sandusky's six adopted children.

A latest staggering ad campaign launched with the intension to enlighten the parents about the dangers of co-sleeping with the baby in Milwaukee has sparked outrage among the parents and is a leading topic of debate nationwide.

Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder charges of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, just missed a near-death scenario recently.

A previously unknown manuscript by Bengali poet and Nobel Literature Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore is expected to fetch up to $250,000 when it is auctioned next month in New York.

A rare notebook, unheard of before, belonging to Nobel Laureate and Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore will be auctioned in December in New York.