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Casey Anthony, the young woman accused of murdering her young child using duct tape and chloroform. Anthony was acquitted July 5 on homicide charges and will be released July 17.

Mexican soldiers on Thursday discovered 300 acres (120 hectares) of Marijuana plants tended by dozens of men in San Quintin, about 350 km (220 miles) away from Tijuana, General Alfonso Duarte said.

'A Stolen Life,' a memoir written by Jaycee Dugard, a 31-year-old woman who was kidnapped by a paroled sex offender and held captive for 18 years during which time she was raped continuously, has become No.1 on Amazon's list of best-selling books.

Starting at midnight Friday, July 15th, 10 miles of the San Diego Interstate 405 Freeway will be closed. Rightfully named Carmageddon, the phenomenon will cloud Southern California with the closure of a portion of the most clogged freeway system in the city, all the way from the Hollywood Hills to the 10 Santa Monica Freeway.

Carmageddon countdown started for South Californians, who have been well informed of this pending phenomenon over the past couple of weeks via social media and the internet.

Zareh Manjikian, who is suspected of killing a North Hollywood teen after a text message dispute, has been arrested in Van Nuys.

Leiby Kletzky's murderer Levi Aron made a chilling confession that has taken the Internet by storm, since it was obtained from police and published by NBC New York.

Leiby Kletzky's murderer Levi Aron made a shocking confession that has taken the Internet by storm, since it was obtained from police and published by NBC New York.

Brooklyn resident Levi Aron on Thursday confessed to killing a child, in what is one of the most grisly murders to hit the greater New York area in a while.

Humans are killing off large predators-- everything from sharks to lions, provoking an extinction of the animals that are holding the equilibrium of the Earth's ecosystem in place.

The internet and social media have prepared Southern Californians for the Carmageddon countdown. It is just one day before Carmageddon, when a portion of the 405 Freeway from the Hollywood Hills to the 10 Santa Monica Freeway will close for the weekend starting Friday, July 15.

The Bornean Rainbow Toad, a lost species thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered and photographed again after 87 years.

Leiby Kletzky's murderer Levi Aron made a chilling confession that has taken the Internet by storm, since it was obtained from police and published by NBC New York.

Levi Aron, who has confessed to smothering and chopping up 8-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky, has been called a sick individual by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, even as his lawyer said he suffers from some hallucinations and hears voices.

Levi Aron, who has confessed to smothering and chopping up 8-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky, has been called a sick individual by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, even as his lawyer said he suffers from some hallucinations and hears voices.

Levi Aron's chilling confession in the grizzly murder of Brooklyn child Leiby Kletzky has taken the Internet by storm, since it was obtained from police and published by NBC New York.

According to a new government study in which 5,555 Americans were sampled, coffee and hot tea drinkers have double the advantage over non-drinkers in warding off superbug MRSA in their nostrils.

Niko Alm, of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, applied for a license in Austria with a pasta strainer on his head, claiming religious reasons.

Levi Aron, a Brooklyn man accused of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old boy who asked him for directions , was arraigned in a New York court on charges of murder and kidnapping in the first degree on Thursday. He was also remanded under suicide watch until a mental evaluation is completed, CNN reported.

Levi Aron's confession in the murder of 8-year-old Brooklyn child Leiby Kletzky has taken the Internet by storm, since it was obtained from police and published by NBC New York. We bring you the full text of the confession as published by NBC New York.

A motive in the infamous penis-severing case may have been over an inappropriate relationship, according to a law enforcement source.

Local scientists in Malaysia discovered the Bornean Rainbow Toad that hasn't been seen for about 87 years.

The Atlantis crew is halfway through the 13-day mission, the last in NASA's space shuttle program. The crew plans to host a virtual dinner on Thursday, July 14.

Read the full text of Aron's confession to the murder of Leiby Kletzky.

It was an incredible experience that none of us will ever forget, said Michael Fishbach, who narrated his encounter with Valentina, a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net.

Britian's Mark Cavendish blew kisses to fans as he crossed the finish line first in Stage 11 of the Tour de France. The race was Cavendish's third win of the Tour de France and earned him the green jersey, signifying his spot at the top of the points standings.

A woman from Southern California who has been accused of cutting off her husband's penis could face a life time in jail .

After two exhausting days of search for the eight-year-old boy, Leiby Kletzky's dismembered body was found by authorities in two locations in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Kletzky's funeral on Thursday drew thousands of people. Levi Aron, 35, will be in court Thursday, charged with second-degree murder of Leiby Kletzky.

Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old missing Brooklyn boy, was found brutally killed and dismembered on Wednesday morning. Him chopped up remains was found in the murderer's refrigerator and a nearby dumper. The murderer has already pleaded guilty of killing.