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A coalition of advocacy groups is asking the United Nations to intervene to help stop California's widespread use of solitary confinement, saying the routine isolation of inmates is akin to torture.

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing Afghan civilians, most of them women and children, in a shooting rampage in Kandahar province last week, will be charged with 17 counts of murder, a U.S. official said Thursday.

A woman’s group has mounted spirited opposition to a prospective nomination of former Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers, 57, to be president of the World Bank.

El DeBarge was riding high off the recent Grammy nomination he received when he was arrested in Encino, CA. for drug possession with intent to sell.

Two gay men were arrested for buggery and indecent exposure while docked in Dominica on a week-long Caribbean cruise.

Showrunner Paul Lieberstein is leaving 'The Office' to work on a possible new Dwight centered spinoff for the NBC network. Lieberstein's announcement comes at a time when the future of 'The Office' is in jeopardy.

Two U.S men were arrested on Wednesday while on a gay cruise in the Caribbean, reported the Associated Press. The two have been identified as John Robert Hart, 41, and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, from Palm Springs, California. Hart and Mayer were taken in by police in the city of Roseau, Dominica, where sex between two men is illegal, were charged with indecent exposure and now have pleaded guilty to indecent exposure.

Its unique position straddling Europe and Asia and a tumultuous history tell only part of the story of why Russia faces an unprecedented challenge for an industrialized country.

Last Friday, 15-year-old Sierra LaMar disappeared from the driveway of her home and was never seen again. Her cell phone was discovered on the side of the road.

The best remedy for heartbreak is joining the U.S. Marine Corps, according to Perry's latest music video.

Apple has reportedly placed orders for a 4.6-inch screen to be featured in the company's next-generation smartphone, presumably called the iPhone 5. If accurate, this news would mean that Apple is breaking from tradition yet again, and giving consumers a bigger iPhone experience.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 - Hewlett Packard Co will merge its printer and PC businesses, combining two of its largest divisions as Chief Executive Meg Whitman tries to jumpstart growth at the technology company.

On Friday March 16, high school student Sierra LaMar left for school and was never seen again. Police dogs picked up her scent as far as the driveway of her home. A few days later her cell phone was discovered by the side of the road.

A 22-year-old police officer who posed as a high school student over the past eight months made a series of arrests in Exeter, California, according to the Los Angeles Times. The undercover operation is not unlike Hollywood's recently released film, 21 Jump Street, which opened in theaters across the nation last week.

Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are reportedly expecting their first child together.

On Tuesday, three major online dating services announced that they will start screening their sites for sex offenders and other criminals. The online dating services have teamed with up the state attorney general to make their sites safer for customers. The effort to screen was brought on after numerous customers of the online dating sites were sexually assaulted.

Moody's downgraded more than $2.5 billion of Detroit's municipal debt as the city continues to struggle through a prolonged fiscal crisis and the state debates the possible installation of a financial advisory panel or an emergency manager to administer the finances of Michigan's largest city.

Noise pollution has a cascading effect on ecosystems, according to new research.

This is Debarge's third drug-related arrest.

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer company, said it will merge its PC with its printers unit, amid other internal changes ordered by new CEO Meg Whitman.

New Mexico residents are up in arms over a casting notice for an upcoming tourism ad that calls for Caucasian or light-skinned Hispanics only.