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Irina Kristy, a college professor who taught math at Boston University and Suffolk University for decades, will be arraigned later this month on charges of running a methamphetamine lab out of her home, according to Boston.com.

Ron Paul dominated the Oklahoma Straw Poll, pulling in 46 percent. Herman Cain, who recently dropped out of the race, received 25 percent.

Social news Web site Reddit claimed its recent fundraising campaign has generated over $150,000 in donations to Doctors Without Borders (DWB).

Businessman Donald Trump said Ron Paul has “zero chance” of securing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Fox Business program Follow the Money, hosted by Eric Bolling, has gripes with The Muppets, a 2011 film.

On December 2, Western media reported that a 46-year-old former monk set himself on fire to protest against the Chinese government's rule of Tibet.

Now that Herman Cain is out of the race himself, the big question is who his supporters will flock to. While Cain will likely endorse Newt Gingrich, Texas Congressman Ron Paul hopes to win some voters from Cain’s camp.

Boxing great Miguel Cotto peppered his opponent Antonio Margarito's right eye all night long on Saturday.

Popular social news Web site Reddit has been taken over by “upvote and I’ll donate to Doctors Without Borders” posts.

The Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito fight was lopsided. Cheered by his fans who filled the Madison Square Garden, Cotto dominated and retained his title as the WBA (Super) light middleweight title.

Reality TV star Farrah Abraham’s recent tweet both confused and offended many Twitter users.

KGO Radio, formerly “Newstalk 810,” will now tout itself as “KGO-810 - the Bay Area news and information station,” reported the San Francisco Chronicle.

The latest news out of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s camp is that he will not be attending the Donald Trump-moderated Newsmax debate on Dec. 27 in Iowa.

KGO Radio will undergo a major restructuring. The San Francisco-based station will switch to an “all-news” format from 2 p.m. to 12 p.m. starting next week. It will let go some of its most senior and recognized hosts.

An Australian sex worker who specializes in disabled clients has sparked praise from around the world.

A video from Penn & Teller for their Discovery Channel program on gold mining in New York City has gone viral.

Gaining weight is not simply a matter of counting calories, according to new research from Tel Aviv University Professor Amit Gefen.

The Stanford marshmallow delayed gratification test is one of the most influential behavior studies in modern history.

On Thursday morning, a class of ninth-graders at Maple Grove Junior High School were told to turn towards a table where the teacher was performing a science experiment.

The ignoring of Ron Paul in the 2012 presidential race is a well-documented phenomenon. It was most famously illustrated in a clip from Jon Stewart. Now, Stewart may have to add another example to his list.

Scientists at the University of Seville in Spain have developed a technique that can distinguish among beers made in Germany, Spain and Portugal with 99 percent accuracy.

Scientists have long known that animals change their phenotype (observable characteristics) to cope with the rising temperatures seen in the last decade.

Is it ethical to kill one person in order to save five? Known as the “trolley problem” – which poses the question in the context of diverting a trolley from a path that would hit five people to a path that would hit one – this is a hotly debated question in ethics and philosophy.

A New White House anti-piracy campaign, which enlists the widely recognized McGruff the Crime Dog, has so far been met with ridicule.

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have come up with a gene therapy approach that has proven “completely” effective in protecting mice (with humanized immune systems) against HIV infections.

In 2008, 762 fatalities in the U.S. resulted from drivers running red lights at intersections, according to the Federal Highway Administration. Each year, an estimated 165,000 people in the U.S. are injured by red light runners.

Researchers led by North Carolina State associate professor Xuxian Jiang have discovered a serious flaw in the Android OS's approach to app security.

Carrier IQ (CIQ) is emerging as a bogeyman of the mobile devices world thanks partly to the efforts of Trevor Eckhart, a mobile developer and security researcher.

“The beauty of using this ‘extremism’ tactic is that you don’t have to attack a popular value that you know most people support,” said Thomas Nelson, an associate professor of political science at Ohio State University.