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Casey Anthony, the most hated name in the U.S., yet one of the expensive names as well. The 25-year-old has got an offer from Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine. The porno magazine wants Casey to pose naked and if she does that, she will be paid $500,000.

Comedian Andy Dick pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges he sexually abused a security guard and another man at a West Virginia bar by grabbing their crotches.

California has moved its presidential primary to June, consolidating trips to the poll to save money in an election that most voters in the Democratic leaning state see as a foregone conclusion.

Larisa Popa, 24, has been crowned as Miss Universe Romania 2011 in Bucharest July 29, 2011. Popa will represent Romania at the Miss Universe beauty pageant due to take place on September 12 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Porno mag "Hustler" has offered Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old who was acquitted of murdering her daughter, Caylee, half a million dollars in cash if she poses naked.

Bank of America was sued by 15 former Countrywide Financial institutional investors who said they lost money after being misled about the mortgage lender's financial condition and lending practices.

A California woman was in jail on Thursday after being charged with making threats at the Philadelphia International Airport after a flight from England, including references to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Competitive Power Ventures Inc (CPV), GE Energy Financial Services and Diamond Generating Corp (DGC) began construction at their co-owned, 800-megawatt gas-fired CPV Sentinel Energy Center in Riverside County, California, the companies said in a release on Thursday.

The United States has hired Jurgen Klinsmann as its next national team coach, according to a report.

The publishing magnate said that he had not seriously considered making Casey an offer in the immediate aftermath of her trial, reasoning that no one wanted to see her, with or without her clothes. But he reconsidered while on a book tour recently, when numerous people across the country approached him and asked why he had not featured the much-reviled Anthony in his magazine.

Paris Powell, an Oakland man, was shot on the street on Wednesday, when he and his family were feeding the poor and homeless on the streets. He died from the wound late Wednesday, authorities said Thursday.

There is a short list of candidates to replace Bradley

Star baseball player Hideki Irabu was found hanging in his California home, and the police have said it was a case of 'apparent suicide'.

Astronomers discovered a twisted ring of gas that looks like an "infinity symbol", stretching past 600 light-years across the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home in an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on Thursday.

Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home of an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on Thursday.

Grammy Award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt will release a memoir in 2013 called "Heart Like a Wheel," borrowing the title of one of her albums, her publisher said on Thursday.

Grammy Award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt will release a memoir in 2013 called "Heart Like a Wheel," borrowing the title of one of her albums, her publisher said on Thursday.

Researchers found those who ate the most of the healthy plant components were 11 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate the least. Their findings don't prove fiber itself lowers cancer risk, however, because women who consume a lot of it might be healthier overall than those who don't.

The federal government can continue to fund embryonic stem cell research, a U.S. district judge ruled Wednesday.