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A suicidal man caused the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge to come to a screeching halt after parking his white SUV in the middle of traffic and threatened to kill himself on Thursday. After several hours of confusion and chaos, Charleston Police were able to get the situation under control and detain the individual.

Eira Maghuyop, a 14-year-old student from The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, N.Y., committed suicide on Tuesday over bullying.

Groundhog Day 2012 swept the nation, with Americans across the U.S. getting a kick out of little Punxsutawney Phil. You could even say it was a bit maniac. The adorbale groundhog is a sure celebrity, with hoards of fans waiting for his arrival and dressing up in his honor. Did Punxstawney Phil see his shadow?

According to NBC News, South Sinai's chief of police confirmed that two American tourists were kidnapped in Egypt. NBC suspects that the Bedouin tribe will exchange the prisoners with police for land. It is also suspected that a possible motive for the kidnappings is revenge for the recent crackdown by Egyptian police.

The unusually low temperature conditions prevailing in Europe for the past one week have boosted the demand for gas supplies forcing Russian gas provider Gazprom to reduce the volume of its deliveries.

It's been 20 years since the little town of Woodstock was turned into Punxsutawney for the Bill Murray comedy classic Groundhog Day, but the Chicago suburb is still still feeling the impact.

Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, has seen his shadow, promising six more weeks of winter.

A powerful earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

A TV advert that uses a Steve Jobs impersonator dressed in wings and a halo to sell an Android tablet computer has been criticized for its poor taste. In the ad, Taiwanese comedian and impersonator Ah-Ken, dressed in Jobs' trademark black turtle neck sweater and blue jeans, extols the virtues of Action Electronics Co.'s combined tablet PC and multi-language dictionary, which runs on Google's Android.

UGA cheerleader Anna Watson became an overnight sensation when a photo of her flexing her ripped muscles circulated on the Internet.

Three years ago Gabe Collins was on the front line in Kandahar province, one of the most dangerous places in war-ravaged Afghanistan, conducting search and rescue missions with the U.S. Navy.

A 36-year-old personal trainer who had sex with her teenage client for two years, fainted after being sentenced for up to 15 years in prison. Suni Faith Andersen, who earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sexual abuse, passed out and hit her head on a table after hearing the sentence in a Utah courtroom on Tuesday.

A former YES Prep East End teacher was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old student, according to KHOU.com.

Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is in the minority

Eddie Long, the controversial Atlanta preacher of the mega-church New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, is making headlines again after he was proclaimed king.

Before the Justice Department went after Megaupload, a corporation called Viacom decided to sue YouTube and its parent, Google. Here's why the two cases aren't as different as you think... and why the prosecutors who wrote the indictment against Kim Dotcom are hoping you won't find out.

Facebook filed a $5 billion IPO on Wednesday, meaning that the social media giant will become a publically traded company, and anyone will be able to buy shares of Facebook starting this spring. But what is an IPO?

From sensing earthquakes to picking winners for the year's World Cup or Super Bowl, these seven animals, which include an octopus, a sheep and a crocodile put Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day 2012 prediction to shame. Find out what animal knows when you're going to die, which creature can help you in the stock market, and what animal can predict the future of a national election.

Aside from the brilliant blue tint, little Nong Yousui claims to be able to see in complete darkness, reportedly completing a test in a pitch-black room as proof. The report was originally shot by Chinese news channel CCTV in 2009, but has only recently gone viral across the Internet.

Scarlett Johansson is seeing advertising executive Nate Naylor

Ashley Duncan's parents are yet to comment on what may have caused their teenage daughter to take her own life on Monday. The 17 year old completed suicide after making several unhappy social media posts. However, a recent tweet by actress Keke Palmer, suggests that Duncan was experimenting with ecstasy before taking her own life.

For 35-year-old David Choe, a decision six years ago to be paid in Facebook shares rather than a few thousand dollars cash is about to land the once homeless graffiti artist a $200 million windfall. A day after Facebook's blockbuster $5 million IPO, Choe's few shares could put him among the thousand or so employees set to become overnight multi-millionaires.

Poor Charles G. Hogg-aka Staten Island Chuck-doesn't get nearly as much attention as his Pennsylvania rival, Punxsutawney Phil. But Chuck didn't see his shadow on Thursday, while Phil did.

Wislawa Szymborska, winter of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, died of lung cancer on Wednesday in Krakow, Poland. She was 88.

Egyptian activists and politicians are blaming Egyptian security for the chaotic riot at a soccer stadium in Port Said that killed 74 people and injured hundreds of others Wednesday night.

Madonna is planning to reveal her first new music video in more than three years on Fox's hit show, American Idol. Now Pop diva Madonna has also revealed that she plans to sing her new hit on Super Bowl Sunday, reported CNN.

Insiders report that Apple will be host a strange event in February involving the iPad 3, ahead of the tablet's release in early or mid-March. After some of the tablet's specs were leaked earlier this week, tech analysts are scrambling to discover what this unusual event will entail. Find out everything we know about the February showcase here, which Japanese publication Macotakara says will not be a simple product unveiling.

Groundhog Day is upon us once again! The day in which a cute, furry animal determines what the weather will be like for the next three months, give or take. So what are the predictions from the various groundhogs?

JC Penney made its first big splash in what will be a three-year effort to rebrand the 110-year-old department store chain. But makeovers can pay a hefty toll in the business world, and the past is strewn with good ideas gone sour. A change in direction does not always lead to success. Fortunately, some companies have the wherewithal to drop a bad idea soon enough to survive. Here are some corporate excursions gone horribly wrong.