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A judge Tuesday ruled that a woman, who threw away the $1 million winning lottery ticket right after she had bought it, was entitled to the money.

A mysterious humming sound and rattling noise has been baffled authorities of southwest Windsor, Canada.

Last May, a 22-year-old Austrian named Maqsood Lodin attempted to smuggle documents from al-Qaeda into Germany. Police in Berlin were suspicious of him after he returned from Pakistan by traveling through Budapest, Hungary and then to Germany. Police were shocked to discover several digital storage devices and memory cards.

Dania Suarez, the Colombian escort made infamous by getting caught up in the Secret Service prostitution scandal last month, may now become even more famous, as rumors are abuzz that she is negotiating a deal to pose nude for Playboy or Hustler. View the slideshow to see photos of Dania Suarez.

Tom Morello and his 'guitarmy' will play a free concert at NY's Union Square Park today at 4 p.m. alongside Immortal Techinque, Das Racist, Dan Deacon and other musicians. Watch the live stream here

The U.S. will seek out the death penalty against three Somalis if they are convicted of murder following the shooting deaths of four Americans aboard the hijacked Quest yacht last year.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief who faced sexual assault charges, failed to convince a New York judge that he has immunity from the civil suit against him from his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo.

A Latino fraternity at Pace University has set up an online donation campaign to help one of its brothers, who lost seven family members in Sunday's accident along the Bronx River Parkway.

Little Avery Lynn Canahuati, the 5-month-old girl with spinal muscular atrophy who captured everyone's hearts on the Internet for her bucket list, died yesterday, her family announced on her blog.

U.S. authorities arrested five self-described anarchists in the Cleveland area for allegedly plotting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge over a national park, but had no ties to foreign terrorism, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

A dolphin swimming in the shallows of the Bolsa Chica wetlands in Orange County, Calif., apparently fled there after being bullied by other dolphins in its pod.

Five suspects were brought into custody by the FBI for conspiring to blow up the Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge in Cleveland after months-long sting operation.

The section of the Bronx River Parkway where the tragic SUV accident claimed the lives of seven family members on Sunday was again identified last year as one of the states' intersection with the most severe safety needs.

The United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense?s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, also known as DARPA, has decided to auction one of its most well-known and stealthy boats. The $195 million dollar ship, the Sea Shadow, went on the auction block with the government asking for bids at approximately $50,000 with only $10,000 as a down payment. The boat garnered attention after movie producers revealed they used the Sea Shadow as inspiration for a boat in the James ...

May Day, also referred to as International Workers' Day, is a holiday with pagan roots that has slowly morphed into a worldwide celebration of worker solidarity.

Paul and Belinda Perloni, the grandparents to a 7-year-old girl, were busted for a DUI after cops spotted them towing the young girl in a plastic car behind their SUV in Sarasota, Fla.

A South Carolina teacher was accused of dragging a seventh-grade student by his shirt collar under a table, telling him that this is what the Nazis do to Jews, police said Monday.

For most people, pole dancing is pre-conceived as an exotic dance form restricted to the modern generation. However, for Sun Fengqin, her sixty years won't hold her back from performing.

Dumping a girlfriend is never easy but having all 32 teeth pulled out by that girlfriend is the worst that could happen to anybody. A 34-year-old dentist in Poland is under investigation after she allegedly pulled out all her ex-boyfriend's teeth during dental surgery just two days after he dumped her for another woman.

Nadya Suleman, the infamous Octomom who made headlines after giving birth to eight children in 2009, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, stating that the decision was for the best for her children.

A German artist planned to strangle two live puppies to death during an art show at a theater in the Spandau district of Berlin. An administrative court judge has ordered him to not go through with the violent act, saying that it would violate Germany's animal protection laws.

A California teen publicly thanked actor Patrick Dempsey for saving him from what could have been a fatal car wreck last week.

Peggy McAlpine regained her title as world's oldest paraglider after a 101-year-old American snatched the honor from her last year.

Brendon Grimshaw traded in his fast paced life in England for a little slice of paradise in the Seychelles.

Researchers discovered a new type of bee in New York City that feeds on sweat and uses humans as a salt-lick.

One World Trade Center is officially the tallest building in New York City. It claimed the title on Monday afternoon when it topped the 1,250 feet of the Empire State Building. But One World Trade Center isn't done yet and when it is complete, NYC's biggest skyscraper will stand at 1,776 feet, including its 408-foot antenna.

Children that have grown up in the 90s? may remember the ?Mighty Morphin? Power Rangers,? with recollections of tight brightly colored suits, cheesy action scenes, and even cheesier dialogue and villains.

An 18-year-old man dressed in a cow cuit lugged 26 gallons of milk out of a Wal-Mart without paying for them. To boot, the thief crawled on all fours out of the store.

Two women saved an eight-year-old boy from being ritually killed by his father, who was attempting to cut off his arms as part of a human sacrifice in a cemetery in San Diego on Saturday.