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Jenna Talackova is a beautiful, 23-year-old Vancouver native who embodies drive, determination and charisma. She seemingly boasts all the qualities the perfect Miss Universe Canada would have, yet she was disqualified because she is transgender. Her case reveals the glaringly outdated beauty pageant rules that remain even in the most progressive of societies.

U.S. House budget chair Paul Ryan endorsed Mitt Romney Friday morning, making him one of the most high-profile Republicans to back the former Massachusetts governor for the GOP nomination.

It's been more than a month since Florida teen Trayvon Martin was shot dead by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman.

An audit by the Fair Labor Association has raised serious concerns over the working conditions at the Chinese factories of Foxconn Technology Group, which manufactures Apple products.

It is unclear if Roseanne tweeted the same address as Spike Lee did.

The Daily Texan, a University of Texas student newspaper, has fired Stephanie Eisner, one of its staff members, because of an editorial cartoon addressing the Trayvon Martin case, reported MSN News. The student was dismissed from the publication on Thursday, two days after the illustration first appeared on the Opinion page of newspaper.

As the calls for George Zimmerman's arrest for killing Trayvon Martin becomes more vocal, some individuals have expressed their opinion through Twitter. A Twitter profile, @KillZimmerman, has been created that calls for his death in the middle of the street.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's, R-Fla., endorsement of Mitt Romney Wednesday night is yet another sign that the Republican presidential race is finally coming to the end.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, located the engines from the Apollo 11 rocket that brought Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon in 1969 14,000 feet underwater.

Kansas Jayhawks assistant coach Danny Manning has agreed to become the next coach at the University of Tulsa, becoming the latest ex-college basketball superstar to take over an NCAA men's basketball team.

The convicted sex offender and child killer was executed Wednesday for the murder of 10-month-old Karlos Borja, but Hernandez's death is really making headlines for his last words: a shout-out to his favorite football team. Read ten of the most unusual last words said by the condemned, from jokes about their impending execution to belligerent demands for different food and threats to return with the Rapture.

Florida East Coast Industries announced plans last week to run private passenger trains from Miami to Orlando, which would be the first new private passenger rail service in the U.S. in decades.

The 35th annual McDonald's High School All-American Game showcased some of the best young basketball talent from high schools around the country. Here, we break down each player who was featured in Wednesday night's match-up of high school's elite, and tell you which colleges they'll attend next.

A Florida teenager received a life sentence on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree murder for killing two British tourists last April.

Chris Singleton plans to spend $10,000 on Mega Millions tickets.

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton say Sanford police came to them after Trayvon was killed and told them he attacked Zimmerman twice before he was shot. Following the release of a tape that shows Zimmerman completely unharmed from the allegedly vicious attack, Martin's parents continue to assert their son's innocence, and say the tape shows how poorly the investigation into their son's death was handled by the Sanford police.

Neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman appeared uninjured when he was being led into the police station a few minutes after shooting Florida teen Trayvon Martin, according to the new security video exclusively obtained by ABC News.

A police video showing Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, has surfaced, contradicting claims and police reports from the night of the killing.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Wednesday it is getting ready to open parts of the Atlantic coast to surveys that could lead to drilling for oil and natural gas, but the biggest industry group is not satisfied

Miss Asia Pacific World is a new beauty pageant/model search spotlighting the gorgeous, talented women from all over the world. The U.S. is hosting its own pageant to select a lucky girl to represent the country in the Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 pageant.

If President Barack Obama had a Hispanic uncle, he would look a lot like George Zimmerman.