Former Houston Chronicle journalist Sarah Tressler, who was fired after her stripper past came to light, is suing her former employer and claiming her dismissal was due to gender discrimination.
The discovery of oldest known Mayan calendar to date gives no hint that the world would come to an end in Dec. 2012- a belief held by 10 percent of the world?s population. Archaeologists in Gautemala have uncovered a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes used walls like blackboard to write astronomical records some 1,200 years ago. The walls used for writing astronomical records also revealed the oldest known astronomical tables from the Maya.
Who is Jamie Lynne Grumet? Jamie Lynne Grumet was just another blonde wife and mother of two living in Los Angeles and writing her blog, I am not the babysitter. Then Grumet's life changed Wednesday when TIME Magazine's May 21 cover showed her breastfeeding her nearly 4-year-old son, Aram -- turning Grumet into an international topic of conversation.
Jack Wendell Pursel, 66, walked into the Waterloo, Iowa police station requesting the audience of a police officer on Wednesday. When he sat down with a detective, Pursel explained how he viciously murdered and elderly couple nearly three decades ago.
University of West Georgia student Aimee Copeland, who is fighting the flesh eating disease necrotizing fasciitis after a zip line injury, is recovering slowly despite the amputation of her left leg. Her family remains optimistic, though doctors say they may have to amputate her other leg and both her hands.
Astrologer David Mallard was walking around the area of Culver Cliffs when he saw a Renault Scenic car crash through the fence and drive off the cliff, falling on the rocks on the beach below.
Some say it's never too late to find love and that is certainly the case for Pam Shaw, a 70-year-old virgin who is looking for a suitor.
Adam Mayes, the Mississippi man accused of killing a Tennessee mother and daughter, is dead, and the two other missing daughters were found safe, authorites said Thursday night.
Paul Pasquarosa woke up the day before his birthday feeling lucky. Taking a chance, he went to the store, bought a scratch off lottery ticket and appeared to win $1 million. Unfortunately for him, the ticket was a misprint and he received nothing.
Chinese citizens are extremely upset after a Ferrari sports car drove across Nanjing's ancient landmark, leaving tire tracks and possibly permanently damaging it.
Nina Dobrev, the 23-year-old Bulgarian-born Canadian model and actress, recently paid a visit to Conan to promote the hit television show she stars on, the Vampire Diaries. During the show, Dobrev demonstrated a yoga move to Conan during which she groped him with her feet.
The parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a United States soldier taken prisoner by Taliban affiliates, have revealed previous secret attempts by the U.S. to trade him for Taliban prisoners.
A Florida man charged with downloading child pornography hacked at his computer with a samurai sword as federal agents raided his home, according to an affidavit filed by the U.S. attorney's office for the Middle District of Florida.
?How old is too old?? That question crossed the minds of many on Wednesday after TIME Magazine released the cover photo for its May 21 edition, with the lead story, ?Are You Mom Enough?? The cover photo shows 26-year-old California mom Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her soon-to-be 4-year-old son. What do you think of the photo that has ignited such controversy?
Thirteen year old Minnesota teen Rachel Ehmke hanged herself after months of bullying by a group of girls who threatened her and called her names.
Police in Syracuse, N.Y., said a man refused to pay a $12 taxi fare even though he was carrying over $5,000 in cash as the man searched for cheap cigarettes.
A Florida high school teacher faces dismissal after allegedly using a dog color as a disciplinary measure on her students, the Associated Press reported.
For the past nine years, one Fort Worth, Texas elementary school had misspelled its own name and issued a correction this week.
The new Beastie Boys lawsuit over samples on two classic albums has re-opened the tired debate over hip hop artist's practice of re-purposing of snippets of music to make beats.
The latest development in the case of the yet unsolved mystery of MI6 spy Gareth Williams' death is that a veteran Army officer demonstrating how Williams could have got himself locked inside the sports bag and perhaps been suffocated to death. According to Jim Fetherstonhaugh, 49 - a sergeant in the Royal Artillery for 22 years, it is not only highly possible that Williams locked himself, is also a very simple and easy task to do (including padlocking himself). Many MI6 agents, after the dea...
Maker's Mark, an American bourbon company, won a court battle today over its trademark dripping red wax seal.
The lead actor of AMC's hit series Mad Men, Jon Hamm, recently filmed a video for Rookie, the online publication for teenage girls. Hamm answers several questions for teenage fans including sensitive subjects such as whether it's okay to fart in front of significant others and whether guys experience the same gut-wrenching feelings that girls do when they fall in love.
A collection of 49 live lizards was found in the luggage of a 28-year-old German man as he tried to get them through customs at Munich Airport, said officials on Wednesday.
University of Georgia student Aimee Copeland is in critical condition after contracting flesh-eating bacteria during a zip lining accident in Georgia.
The largest current public works project in the United States, the East Side Access project in New York, which will link the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Station, may not be finished until 2019. Here is a slideshow of the giant project.
The Beastie Boys were slapped with a lawsuit of the eve of the death of band member Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, adding insult to the devastating injury of losing the musician at the age of 47.
Remember that great story last week about the Polish dentist ex-wife pulling all her ex-husband's teeth out under anesthesia and he didn't realize what happened until he got home? Yeah, well it's just that - a great story. A hoax. And we should've known - the clues were all there.
Adam Mayes, the man suspected of kidnapping Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters, and then killing two of them, has been placed on top of FBI?s list of Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. He has been on the run for about two weeks and is considered armed and dangerous, still holding hostage Alexandra Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8.
Joran Van Der Sloot, the main suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance, has challenged his extradition to the United States by indicating he wants to remain in Peru and serve his 28-year murder sentence.
A real-life version of a Transformers-like robot has been revealed in a new Japanese video, wowing web users with its similarity to the robots seen in the mega-popular franchise's movies, cartoons and comics.
