Ashley Portero

Two men were sentenced to four years in prison for allegedly using Facebook to incite disorder, even though nothing came of their plans.

Lawyers for Facebook claim that a New York man falsified a contract that he claims makes him a partial owner of the Web site.

Random House is publishing a collection of previously lost Dr. Seuss stories that were featured in Redbook during the early 1950s.

A Taiwanese study found that at least 15 minutes of exercise each day can increase life expectancy among inactive adults and reduce the risk for multiple illnesses.

Although Rep. Ron Paul came in second in the Ames Straw Poll, Monday's episode of The Daily Show recounted how the controversial congressman's candidacy has been largely ignored by the mainstream media.

The gigantic white cloud that appears on Titan's surface may be the result of planetary-scale atmospheric waves, scientists say.

A man who lived near Breeann Rodriguez confessed to police that he suffocated the 3-year-old before throwing her body over the side of a highway.

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a sleeping passenger during a May 2010 flight from Hong Kong to Newark.

Voodoo Doughnuts of Portland, Oregon, hopes to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records with its humungous doughnut creation.

More than 60,000 pounds of ground beef supplied by National Beef have been recalled after officials at the Ohio Department of Agriculture discovered the batch was contaminated with E. coli.

A Florida teenager who died over the weekend from a suspected amoeba infection became an organ donor at age 14, according to her mother.

On the heels of the retirement of the space shuttle program, NASA announced it has launched a new department that has targeted asteroids and Mars as the next targets for human space exploration.

Google said the purchase of Motorola Mobility will bolster the popularity of its Android mobile operating system.

Although Walgreens will reportedly sell health insurance in its stores, a recent court decision could alter the drugstore chain's plans.

A report recently published in the British Medical Journal predicted that a 15 percent reduction in salt consumption could save 8.5 million lives in the next decade.

A patent suggested that mini airbags, puffs of gas and even springs could be used to cushion a mobile devices fall.

The former juvenile court judge allegedly accepted nearly $1 million in exchange for sentencing minors to time in for-profit detention centers.

The Kepler spacecraft has discovered a huge gas planet that reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling into it.

Music therapy can improve mood and quality of life among cancer patients.

Nokia has decided to suspend sales of products running on its Symbian operating system in order to make way for a new Microsoft partnership.

In an effort to protect crime victims and discourage further criminal activity, Facebook has teamed up with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to remove illegal inmate accounts from the social networking Web site.

Starting in the second semester of the coming school year, New York City's public middle and high school students will be required to take sexual and reproductive health courses.

Researchers concluded that elderly women who suffer from sleep apnea are considerably more likely to develop dementia as well as other signs of cognitive decline.

The body of Donald Windecker was found in remarkable physical condition after spending 17 years underwater.

A German court ruled that Samsung Galaxy tablet computers cannot be sold in any EU country besides the Netherlands.

A Google spokesperson said human error, and not a technical malfunction, led to a minor fender bender near the company's California headquarters.

Smartphone makre RIM has said it will help police investigate BlackBerry users who have used its messenger service to aid the London riots.

A child hacker presented her findings at the annual DefCon conference.

A 26-year-old man has died after being shot during rioting in a south London suburb.