Brittney Baxter, a 7-year-old girl who was caught on security cameras as she fights off her kidnapper, said she was kicking as hard as she could to escape the clutches of Thomas Woods, 25, the man suspected of trying to take her from an Atlanta Wal-mart.
Sydney Spies, the Durango High School senior who caused controversy with her yearbook photos, will have to settle for a picture designated by the yearbook committee.
Alyssa Bustamante was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. Learn about her and 5 other killers who had prescription drug problems in this photo slideshow.
It appears as if the long-though-extinct mammal, the woolly mammoth, is actually alive and well. A video surfaced on the Internet showing a large animal with reddish hair, a trunk and tusks crossing a river in Siberia.
Jeremy Lin's amazing plays for the New York Knicks has some sports fans swapping Tebow Mania for Linsanity. But one fan of Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is unwavering in his devotion: Jeremy Lin himself. He's a polarizing figure, but the things he says in interviews, his approach to the game, is just unbelievable, Lin, a fellow devout Christian, said in a recent interview.
What happens when you put two Ivy League graduates together to play basketball for the New York Knicks? The nerdiest pregame handshake in the history of the NBA (watch here), and a sure sign that Linsanity and Lin fever aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
A Chinese father has sparked a blacklash of outrage after forcing his nearly naked 4-year-old son to race around in the New York snow even while the boy pleads for him to stop, according to the New York Post. The video which has been made available online shows the little boy running around in the snow in nothing but a pair of shoes and yellow underwear. The child begs his father, 44-year-old He Liesheng, to pick him up but dad just keeps pushing him to run even more.
The 81-year-old grandmother of an officer on Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's security detail was struck in the face by a stray bullet Wednesday as she was preparing to sit down for dinner, according to the New York Post. Agripina Camacho was shot in the cheek as a bullet pierced the window of her Brooklyn apartment.
The Brooklyn police officer who was shot in the head just last week is already walking again, according to the New York Post. 29-year-old Officer Kevin Brennan was shot by Latin King member Luis Baby Ortiz, 21, during a violent encounter at the Bushwick Houses on January 31. He has been recovering at Bellevue Hospital since the incident.
The next supercontinent, Amasia, may still be a few hundred million years away, but there have been three others in the past that can give an approximation of what it might look like.
The mystery over the disappearance of the top Chinese police officer, Wang Lijun, continues to deepen as details emerge about the missing cop.
Brandon's apology came after Gisele criticized Patriots receivers for dropping several passes from her quarterback husband Tom Brady in last Sunday's 21-17 Super Bowl defeat.
Fresh off the Louis Vuitton condoms hype on Twitter and as the birth control debate gains more steam, a new type of condom is making a splash on the Internet: Romney condoms. They are the latest attempt at poking fun at Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, and were launched on Wednesday.
Alyssa Bustamante, a Missouri teenager who strangled and stabbed her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten, apologized to the girl's family before being sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
A 911 call made by a social worker on the day there was an explosion at Josh Powell's home revealed not only the woman's terror for the two young boys killed by their father, but police delays also.
Created by Harvard professor David Edwards, the AeroShot delivers 100 milligrams of caffeine powder in an inhaler, giving users an instant fix equivalent to that of a large cup of coffee.
Oracle, the world’s biggest database developer, said it plans to acquire human resources software provider Taleo for $1.9 billion. The news sent shares of Taleo up 17 percent.
That's what Globe, a British magazine, is claiming. In its February issue, palace insiders assert that the Duchess of Cambridge, after becoming pregnant near the end of 2011, suffered a miscarriage just as Prince William prepared to depart for military duty as an RAF pilot in the Falklands. But is there any truth to the rumor? Judging by Globe's track record, we'd say not.
Happy National Chocolate Day! Every Feb. 9 marks that special day when chocoholics across the nation united to celebrate their love of that tasty cocoa treat.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) plans on eliminating 1,800 jobs across Europe, nixing positions in Belgium, France and Italy.
New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, a government report showed on Thursday, providing further evidence the U.S. labor market was gaining traction.
Washington finally became the seventh state to approve of same-sex marriage in the U.S. after state lawmakers Wednesday voted to pass the marriage equality bill by a 55-43 vote.
Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, made her first official solo appearance in an engagement Wednesday night since she joined the Royal family.
A lawyer suing on behalf of three students who say they were sexually abused at a Los Angeles area school where two teachers have been arrested said Wednesday he represents nine victims and expects many more to come forward.
The 18-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her nine-year-old neighbor. Here, get a comprehensive timeline of the murder of Elizabeth Olten, and the Alyssa Bustamante murder trial that followed, including what evidence was stricken from the record, why Bustamante changed her plea, and Olten's family's reaction to the verdict.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University claim that eating chocolate cake in the morning is good for slimmers as this is when the body's metabolism is most active--and gives them the rest of the day to burn the calories off.
We all know about designer lingerie and bed linens, but Georgia Republic architect Irakli Kiziria has introduced another designer in the bedroom --Louis Vuitton condom.
According to relationship experts, Valentine's day 2012 should be dubbed Mistress day as this is one time of year cheating partners are guaranteed to break their partner's hearts and meet their lover on the side for an illicit encounter.
The international shark attack fire report for 2011 shows that fatal shark attacks across the world broke a two-decade record while attacks in the United States decreased over the last ten years.
Child killer Alyssa Bustamante, 19, has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten. But Bustamante is far from the first teenaged thrill killer. From infamous killing pairs like Leopold and Loeb to sadistic teens like Jesse Pomeroy and Eric Harris, here are eight more teen thrill killers whose murders have shocked the public.
