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After six weeks of testimony, the high-profile Casey Anthony's trial is expected to end next week with both the prosecutor and the defense lawyers set to submit their closing arguments on Sunday.

Mass weddings are increasingly becoming common worldwide and sometimes are preferred over regular weddings by couples because of economic reasons, as the costs for the venue, decorations, and sometimes celebrations afterwards can be shared between multiple families.

The year 2011 was envisioned by many futurologists in the last 100 years to be full of jumpsuits, electronic cars and mobile satellite phones. While some of them came true, many others were not even past their successful trials.

On Fourth of July, 2011, as United States commemorates the adoption of Declaration of Independence, Earth reaches a point called Aphelion on its orbit and will be farthest from Sun than on any other day in 2011.

A new undercover investigation conducted by Mercy For Animals, an animal rights group based in Chicago, revealed that at this factory firm mother sows and their piglets are forced to suffer brutal abuse and lives of unrelenting confinement and misery.

The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Arlene has weakened into a tropical depression but not before causing widespread damage of lives and property in Mexico City.

As scientists continue to launch various Mars missions to know if life existed on the Red Planet, here are a few pictures from NASA’s past Mars expeditions suggesting evidence of water on the Martian surface.

America's 235th Birthday is just days away. Family and friends come together on this national summer holiday to barbeque, picnic, watch games, fireworks, party and have fun. It is a time to celebrate as a nation and as a people.

A freak lightning in Kiryandongo, Uganda, killed 18 children and one teacher at a primary school, triggering concerns about the death tolls caused by lightning strikes in the African country.

Despite the summer heat, numerous natural disasters across the nation have chilled the authorities and local citizens - not just because if their innate threats, but due to the extending threats posed by their neighboring nuclear power plants. The almost record-breaking wildfire in Los Alamos, New Mexico has been raging dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Nuclear Laboratory, while record floods in Missouri threaten two nuclear plants in Nebraska.

Missing Hayward nursing student Michelle Le’s family have denied a media report that two out-of-state calls were made from Le’s phone after she went missing.

Charlene Wittstock's beautiful, billionaire niece-to-be may steal the show, like Pippa did

The Las Conchas Wildfire burning near the Los Alamos National Laboratory is closing in on 100,000 acres. According to the Forest Service, the fire, which started on Sunday from unknown causes, is only 3 percent contained.

A dark cloud hangs over the 'Other Royal Wedding'

Tokyo's Levitating Girl, Natsumi Hayashi, is a Japanese teenager who has garnered an international Internet fan base after she published photos of herself floating on her blog.You too can 'levitate,' now that Hayashi has revealed her secret power:

The second night of Madrid's week-long Gay Pride festival saw the running of a high heeled race for men. More than 10 contestants take part in the annual race on high heels. The winner of the race receives a prize of 1000 euros.

Controversy surrounds the plastic surgery industry as more people make decisions to perfect their face or body through cosmetic enhancements. Photographer Philip Toledano explores the extremes of cosmetic surgery in a portrait photo series which questions true beauty.

Controversy surrounds the plastic surgery industry as more people make decisions to perfect their face or body through cosmetic enhancements. Photographer Philip Toledano explores the extremes of cosmetic surgery in a portrait photo series which questions true beauty.

NASA has planned about 14 DISCOVER-AQ flights through July for a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space.

The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, China, which was opened on Thursday, is now the world’s longest sea bridge. Spanning Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao City in Shandong Province, the bridge is 22 miles (36 kilometers) long, Xinhua News Agency reported.

On Thursday (Day 32), Casey Anthony decided not to testify in the court, whereas the alleged mistress of George Anthony, Casey’s father,'s mistress took the witness stand.

Check out the latest pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton from their first joint overseas tour as man and wife.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia opened the Christ of the Pacific monument in Lima on Thursday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn could walk from charges that he raped a hotel maid. NYTimes reports that US prosecutors are meeting with Strauss-Kahn's lawyers to discuss the possibility of dropping the felony charges against the former IMF director.

Krystal Holloway, also known as River Cruz, testified on Thursday that she had an affair with George Anthony, the father of Casey Anthony who is accused of killing her two-year old daughter Caylee.

On Thursday, as the Casey Anthony trial neared its end, a woman claimed to be Caylee's grandmother, thereby putting an end to the mystery behind Caylee's father's identity.

Two murderers jailed in an Orange County prison tied the knot June 27 inside a jail visiting area. The couple apparently met in January when the future bride sent the future groom a letter.

BART has agreed to pay $1.3 million Tuesday to Wanda Johnson, the mother of victim Oscar Grant III, who was shot in the back by a transit agency police officer two and a half years ago, to settle her civil case against it and the officers involved.

North Korea’s sporting exploits have made recent headlines. The country seems to be especially talented in entertaining the world by its endless, creative and bizarre excuses and stories, particularly relating to soccer.