SOCIETY

Girls' T-shirt with an allegedly sexist and offensive statement I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me has been pulled from the website of its sellers J.C. Penney, after it sparked controversy among parents.

In a search for inexpensive clean energy, scientists have demonstrated how an inexpensive semiconductor material when tweaked generates hydrogen from water using sunlight. The likely key component in the transition to cleaner energy sources has long been touted to be hydrogen.

Los Angeles-based artist, Cain Motter, like many others, has tried to share his opinion about the impact of using credit cards on the modern society.

Scientists have successfully identified the relics of Ned Kelly, an Irish Australian bushranger, considered a symbol of Irish-Australian resistance against oppression by the British ruling class, 131 years after he was buried among other prisoners in a mass grave.

A Colorado man amputated all the toes on his right foot with a pocket knife to free himself after a trailer landed on his foot, trapping him in an isolated forest.

After years of research and investigation, the headless skeleton of the notorious Irish-Australian bush-ranger has been identified by forensic experts at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM).

The headless remains of Australia's most infamous criminal, Ned Kelly, have been identified, officials said. This has ended a decade-long mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the folk hero's body.

A 35-year-old Southern California man, who was arrested for throwing his 7-year-old son overboard, said in a round of television interviews that he and his child were just screwing around.

Researchers have managed to sequence the genes of the green anole lizard, which is the first non-bird species of reptile to have its genome sequenced and assembled.

Goodwin Liu, a University of California law professor whose confirmation to a federal appeals court was blocked in the U.S. Senate, was confirmed on Wednesday to serve as a justice on California's top court.

A study published in Nature, has rocked the very basis of our knowledge of antibiotic resistance by providing adequate substantiation for proving that antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon. The study has revealed that antibiotic resistance existed in microbes predating antibiotic discovery by man.

It was a DNA sample from one of Kelly's descendants that confirmed that one of the skeletons, which was missing most of its skull, was indeed that of the notorious killer, said Victoria Attorney General Robert Clark.

Researchers have shown for the first time that a single intravenous infusion of a genetically engineered virus can home in on cancer, killing tumor cells in patients without harming healthy tissue.

Harvard regained its top spot on a list of most talked-about U.S. universities on the Internet, beating its rivals just in time for a return to fall studies, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

Tennis star, Venus Williams, withdrew from the last grand slam of the year on Wednesday, revealing she is suffering from an autoimmune disease.

The government of American Samoa was accused of discriminating against older workers, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by a federal agency.

U.S. President Barack Obama has declared that there is a major disaster in New Jersey and plans to visit the state on Sunday. According to information from the White House, Obama has signed a New Jersey disaster declaration and has ordered that federal aid supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Irene.

Japanese scientists have discovered that a little bit of solution containing urea can make mouse embryos transparent in just two weeks or less.

Wednesday morning, a suspicious package was found in the mail room of at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, sending three service members who handled it to hospitals.The incident started a little after 9 a.m. in building 1650, and the discovery prompted a temporary closure of parts of the Air Force Base.

As if the damage to the Washington Monument from the hurricane wasn't enough, Hurricane Irene left behind water puddled inside the iconic structure's interior.

A green anole lizard named Anolis carolinensis is the first non-avian reptile to have its genome sequenced, and may unveil the secrets of evolutionary process of animals and humans.

Erica Abbot, a professional modern dancer in New York, was killed after a car ran her over while riding her bike in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still underwater on Wednesday and relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies.

A man from the Channel island of Guernsey became the oldest person to swim across the English Channel on Wednesday. It took him 17 hours.

A team of French and American researchers unearthed stone axes, cleavers and picks in Kenya that are at least 300,000 years older than previous finds.

Destitute North Korea's push to breathe new life into economic relationships with its neighbors China and Russia appears to be bearing fruit in its far north of the country where foreigners are busy helping rebuild a crumbling infrastructure.

The MS-13 gang, or Mara Salvatrucha, was dealt a crippling blow in San Francisco, Tuesday, when a jury convicted six men of racketeering and conspiracy.

Texas juror Jonathan Hudson has plead guilty to contempt of court after trying to befriend the defendant of the case, Courtney Downing.

The 7 billionth baby, according to the United Nations population division, is set to be born on October 31 this year during the Halloween.