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It's been more than a month since Florida teen Trayvon Martin was shot dead by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman.

Two studies published on Thursday may finally explain the alarming decline in U.S. bee populations over the last six years.

An alarming Texas drought that hit in 2010 withered fresh pastures and pushed out herds, leaving donkeys abandoned to roam the baron terrain, like destitute refugees in a foreign land.

The Apple iPhone and Android devices have the U.S. smartphone market locked down according to a new study released Thursday by Nielsen.

An audit of Apple products manufacturer Foxconn found serious and pressing Chinese labor law violations.

Nolan Ryan Henderson, the Jackson State University freshman who was killed Sunday at an off-campus pool party, was allegedly gunned down by his cousin in a tragic twist of fate, the Jackson, Miss, Police Department said.

A song posted to YouTube that incites riots and pegged to the shooting death of Trayvon Martin has caused a flurry of negative commentary on the site.

The internet exploded with a frenzy of excitement after a video of a drunken Canadian man singing every lyric of Queen's epic ballad, Bohemian Rhapsody while seated in the back of a cop car surfaced online. It is hard enough to remember every lyrics of the six minute song while sober, so belting out the entire thing while intoxicated is a pretty impressive feat. Check out the video footage of the unnamed drunk guy singing, and enjoy our roundup of eight other interpretations of the so...

The never-ending free roam RPG, “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” is known for its endless opportunities of continual gameplay. But for fans that may be getting a little bored, a new downloadable content could be in the works.

The Daily Texan, a University of Texas student newspaper, has fired Stephanie Eisner, one of its staff members, because of an editorial cartoon addressing the Trayvon Martin case, reported MSN News. The student was dismissed from the publication on Thursday, two days after the illustration first appeared on the Opinion page of newspaper.

The number of autism cases in the United States has reached one in every 88 children, reports the CDC. These five facts about autism may help shed some light on the new research.

As the calls for George Zimmerman's arrest for killing Trayvon Martin becomes more vocal, some individuals have expressed their opinion through Twitter. A Twitter profile, @KillZimmerman, has been created that calls for his death in the middle of the street.

The Weinstein Co. lost an appeal to get the movie's rating changed to PG-13 by one vote, and decided to release the documentary without a rating.

Researchers discovered a 3 million year old fossilized foot that shows two prehuman species coexisted

Friday's Mega Millions drawing is sweeping the nation with an estimated $540 million jackpot and there's a huge rush to buy tickets in hopes of hitting the winning numbers.

The ending of Mass Effect 3 has sparked an unprecedented reaction among the gaming community, with fans outraged about the epic conclusion of the space-based series. The primary complaint involves the ending seemingly misplaced from the events and themes that run throughout the series.

Dongyang, in the Zhejiang province of China, boasts one of the most unique delicacies to still be consumed in modern times: virgin boy eggs, hard-boiled eggs soaked and boiled in the urine of boys under the age of ten. While medical experts view the delicacy (see photos here) warily, the day-long process for making the eggs has made the unusual food a proud part of Dongyang life for centuries.

Andrea Yates, a mother who drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2011, has requested to leave her mental facility periodically to attend church, according to her attorney.

The good vibes in the Euro Zone did not last long, as two months of positive sentiments ended in March, with manufacturers and builders facing a drop in orders, according to a survey released by the European Commission Thursday.

A former federal security manager was arrested while on the job at Dulles International Airport for running a prostitution ring out of a Crowne Plaza Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland. According to the Washington Post, the man, 39 year-old Bryant Jermaine Livingston was involved in a prostitution scheme which involved men being escorted from the lobby of the Silver Spring hotel, to room 506 to engage in group sex for a fee. Livingston was charged with five counts of prostitution on March 16, acc...

The convicted sex offender and child killer was executed Wednesday for the murder of 10-month-old Karlos Borja, but Hernandez's death is really making headlines for his last words: a shout-out to his favorite football team. Read ten of the most unusual last words said by the condemned, from jokes about their impending execution to belligerent demands for different food and threats to return with the Rapture.

Facebook (NYSE: FB), the No. 1 social network website, will stop insider trades of its shares Friday because its initial public offering roadshow will begin next week.

Not too familiar with some of the terms on Reddit? Want to know what TL;DR means? AMA? TIL? YOLO? Check out this glossary.

Playing off the popularity of internet memes like planking, Tebowing and even cat breading, South Park created their own internet meme in their latest episode. Faith Hilling entails pulling out your shirt to look like breasts in honor of singer Faith Hill and then snapping a photo and posting it online. A fan page created on Facebook already has 84 likes, and people are quickly jumping on the new trend and uploading photos of themselves Faith Hilling to Twitter.

On Tuesday, former fifth grade teacher Christine McCallum, 32, was sentenced to 29 months in prison and 10 years of probation for initiating a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy.

A Florida teenager received a life sentence on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree murder for killing two British tourists last April.

Chris Singleton plans to spend $10,000 on Mega Millions tickets.

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton say Sanford police came to them after Trayvon was killed and told them he attacked Zimmerman twice before he was shot. Following the release of a tape that shows Zimmerman completely unharmed from the allegedly vicious attack, Martin's parents continue to assert their son's innocence, and say the tape shows how poorly the investigation into their son's death was handled by the Sanford police.

The odds of winning the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 176 million. How unlikely is that? Click through the slideshow to see what is more likely to happen than you hitting it big.