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Chinese writer Chen Wei faces trial on Friday accused of inciting subversion for online essays advocating democracy, in the latest aftershock of a drive against dissent earlier this year, his wife and defense lawyer said.

If you're one of those people who sympathizes more with the Grinch than with Santa Claus, have we got films for you. From anti-Christmas movies like Bad Santa and Black Christmas to films like Die Hard and Batman Returns, here are 13 movies to help you survive the schmaltzy, corny holiday season one eggnog at a time.

The latest child molestation charges center around former Philadelphia sports columnist Bill Conlin, who hastily resigned his position with the Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday ahead of an expose that alleged he molested multiple children in the 1970s.

Jay Gray, an NBC News reporter on the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, was arrested for driving and driving (DUI) last week after partying with Sandusky's lawyer Joe Amendola.

Fred Shapiro, a Yale Law School librarian and well-known authority on quotations, just released his sixth-annual list of the most memorable quotations of the year. The top three quotes all deal with statements made by people protesting the income disparity in the U.S. The Occupy Wall Street protesters’ slogan --“We are the 99 percent” – was the list's top quote.

SRG Ventures has slapped Jersey Shore pint-sized star Nicole Snooki Polizzi a $7 million counterclaim, as the lawsuit between her and the licensing company heats up.

If ever there was a sale that begged a buyer beware disclaimer, it may be last week's auction of Elizabeth Taylor jewelry, gowns and art that fetched more than 400 times experts' estimate for at least one item.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) seem to be two sides of the same coin. Both pieces of legislation are, apparently, aimed at eliminating any kind of attack or even the possibility of an attack on the U.S. government and its corporate allies, a statement made by the government themselves. Essentially, the former is viewed as an anti-terrorist law and the latter an anti-piracy tool.

The federal government's Home Affordable Modification Program is far from perfect, said Josh Zinner, an advocate with the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project in New York, "but the biggest problem is servicers not doing their job."

'Dark Knight' star Christian Bale has been the center of cinematic buzz not just his for upcoming role as Batman in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, but also for a China car chase after a visit to blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng turned sour.

Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina have sought to halt Department of Justice challenges to their Arizona-style immigration laws, pending a U.S. Supreme Court review.

There are reportedly gruesome depictions of beheading in the video.

The Dark Knight Rises trailer may have been topped in excitement by a recent Christian Bale China car chase on Friday after the British actor and the star of the next spring's much-anticipated Batman movie attempted to visit blind lawyer and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng in the city of Linyi and got into a brief altercation with Chinese guards, according to reports.

Love thinks that landlord is using her to help sell the multi-million dollar West Village townhouse

Norex Petroleum is suing Russian oligarchs and New York residents Leonard Blavatnik and Victor Vekselberg for orchestrating the theft of its oil field in Siberia.

With the death of a 75-year-old woman on Thursday, Nordine Amrani killed five people in his attack on Tuesday. His suicide brings the death toll to six.

Karen Swift's family is asking for donations to help pay for the funeral of their mother, who was found Wednesday after going missing for nearly two months.

The young woman, identified only as Gulnaz, has become a symbol of the hundreds of Afghan women who are believed to be languishing in prison.

John Robinson, the man who found the body of the missing Dyersberg mother Karen Swift on Saturday, depicts his discovery. We noticed a body part from a distance and the closer I got, you could tell it was a body, he said.

Liege, Belgium attacker Nordine Amrani killed six people on Tuesday, including his cleaning lady, a child, an elderly woman, and eventually, himself.

Authorities are investigating the apparent murder of Karen Swift, the missing mother from Dyersburg in rural western Tennessee last seen in October.