After an embarrassing snafu seen by the world after it was shared on social media, the University of Texas apologized for a typo error in its 2012 commencement program which used the word pubic instead of public when mentioning the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Lauren Odes, a 29-year-old woman from New Jersey, said she was fired from her temp job at a lingerie store in New York for being too busty and was not dressed demurely enough. Represented by Gloria Allred, she filed a suit for gender and religious discrimination against Native Intimates.
Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, kept falling Tuesday, three business days after its $16,7 billion initial public offering.
Former CNN executive and university professor Bob Furnad admitted to pulling a cruel prank on his neighbors after police caught him putting dog feces in their mailbox. According to ABC News, Furnad, who was the president of CNN's Headline News from 1997 until 2001, was caught on surveillance camera placing a bag of dog excrement in the mailbox of Benjamin Dameron and Ralph Miller as an act of revenge.
A high-profile designer, Takeshi Miyakawa, has been arrested by the New York City Police Department for planting fake bombs in ?I Heart NY? bags across the city. He is being held for a monthlong evaluation.
Researchers found that more than 2,000 defendants who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the past 23 years.
Jessica Ennis crossed the finish line of a scheduled race just two weeks before the London Olympics believing she broke her personal record in the 100m hurdles at the Great City Games in Manchester on Sunday. However, officials and event organizers made a fatal error; they did not have the correct amount of hurdles on the track.
Jenna Talackova, the first transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, fell short in gaining the Miss Canada title on Saturday, but was placed in the top 12 of 62 contestants in Toronto. Sahar Biniaz was crowned the title. View the slideshow to see photos of Jenna Talackova at the 2012 Miss Universe Canada competition.
Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail for broadcasting Clementi's sexual encounter with a man days before the teenager committed suicide.
A former Rutgers University student was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in prison for hate crimes after spying on his roommate's gay encounter with another man.
Graduation speeches don't always have to be a bore. Here are seven graduation addresses delivered to the Class of 2012 that imparted nuggets of wisdom. Others just plain made us laugh and some mixed both sound advice with comedic moments.
Talk about being fawned over. Will Smith is under fire after reportedly slapping a reporter named Vitalii Sediuk on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of Men in Black III after the Ukrainian television host reportedly tried to kiss Agent J. In the episode caught on video, Sediuk approaches Smith on the red carpet for an embrace and a kiss, to which Smith fends off. Oddly enough, this is the same reporter who gave Madonna the bouquet of purple hydrangeas at the Venice Film Festival.
Researchers from the University of Florida in conjunction with scientists from North Carolina State University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the Florida Museum of Natural History have published their findings regarding an extinct giant turtle that is estimated to be the size of a small vehicle from a Colombian coal mine.
On the one year anniversary of the country's deadliest single tornado that hit Joplin, MO. President Barack Obama is set to give a commencement speech for the 2012 graduating class, as they try and move past the event that defined the class before them.
Patricia Krenctil, more popularly known as the Tanning Mom, appeared on MSNBC's the Today Show on Monday to set the record straight about her life and the allegations she faces, charged with second-degree child endangerment after her six-year-old daughter Anna went to school with a bad sunburn. View the video where Krentcil says, I'm sorry, I'm tan. I like to be tan. It just feels good. I really think these moms [criticizing me] need to step off here.
Extra onions and ketchup in two McDonald's cheeseburgers resulted in two angry men heavily vandalizing a Tennessee branch of the restaurant.
Dharun Ravi's sentencing is today, and the whole country will be watching to see how he is punished for criminal charges including invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.
Three climbers who completed a dangerous climb on the famed Mount Everest have been found dead on their descent down, while two others are reported to be missing. German doctor Eberhard Schaaf, 61, Nepal-born Canadian Shriya Shah, and South Korean Song Won-bin have been reported dead, while a Chinese national and his Nepalese Sherpa guide have yet to be found, officials said on Monday.
The Great Googamooga festival takes over Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Shareholders of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, are set to get the shares Tuesday, following Friday?s tumultuous first sales after the $16 billion initial public offering.
Two extensive media reports trace the deterioration of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s once-disciplined corporate culture and its aftermath. They lay bare a top-down hierarchy characterized by misplaced trust and growing hubris that fueled a power struggle during a leadership vacuum.
Tropical Storm Alberto weakened off the coast of South Carolina on Sunday, as the first sign of the looming 2012 Atlantic hurricane season caused minor headaches along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
On Saturday, Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg married his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan at his home in front of around 100 guests.
Sixteen-year-old Melissa Bassi has died from injuries sustained in a bombing at her high school in southern Italy. Although no group has claimed responsibility yet, officials suspect it may have been a revenge attack from the Mafia, according to the Telegraph.
Fired for saying bye bye instead of goodbye to a customer? That's the reason The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino gave for firing 37-year-old Melodee Megia in August 2011.
A Fort Collins man is being blamed for the Hewlett Fire in Colorado, which authorities say started from an alcohol-fueled camp stove.
After raising a controversial issue that prompted a change in rules, transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova competed in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant Thursday in Toronto, Canada donning a white gown and a white bikini. View the slideshow to see photos of Jenna Talackova competing at the Bluma Appel Theater in Toronto with 62 other contestants.
In a mysterious turn of events, a California woman's shorts ignited after she put a few beach rocks in her pocket.
Desmond Hatchett is hoping state officials from Tennessee will show him leniency because he cannot pay his child support for his 30 children with 11 different women.
Officials declared a disaster emergency in Colorado Friday as the Hewlett fire raged, swallowing more than 7,600 acres in its path.
