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Zimmerman will be arraigned on second-degree murder charges on May 29.

Pennsylvania's state court issued an injunction against the state's latest hydraulic fracturing legislation, days before it was scheduled to take full effect.

A letter sent to Mel Gibson from ex-film collaborator and screenwriter, Joe Eszerthas has hit the web, revealing not only more about Gibson's rage issues, but his continued death threats to ex-girlfriend, and mother of his child, Oksana Grigorieva. According to Kris Herzog, owner of the Navy SEAL Bodyguard Group, The Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills and former bodyguard for Mel Gibson and Oksana, Gibson has said on numerous occasions that he was going to kill Oksana.

Chris Dodd, a former U.S. senator who heads the Motion Picture Association of America, said there will be another push for some kind of anti-piracy legislation after the 2012 elections.

A former employee of an upscale Manhattan Chinese restaurant, Chin Chin, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that claims her co-workers harassed her with phallic shaped dumplings, some of which would end up on diners' tables. Yvonne Diaz, who worked as a bartender at the restaurant between 2007 and last year, claims that workers at the eatery put the dumplings in their crotch areas making it look like they had big penises, reported the New York Post.

Iron-eating bacteria is slowing disintegrating the the Titanic, scientists said. The wreck could be completely gone in 30 years.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday urged food producers to voluntarily stop using antibiotics in livestock for non-medical uses as part of a broad effort to prevent the rise of drug-resistant superbugs. The FDA said antibiotics should only be used under the supervision of a veterinarian to prevent or treat illnesses in animals. It asked companies to start phasing out the use of antibiotics for non-medical purposes.

Months after announcing their split, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez have made their spilt official, with Anthony filling for divorce Monday last.

The delay in resolving the crisis situation of Italian nationals being detained and held hostages on Indian soil may have something to do with India's ruling coalition United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's Italian roots.

Paola Bosusco, one of the two Italian hostages who was held hostage by Maoists in India's Odisha state, was released late Wednesday night.

Texas affiliates of Planned Parenthood are suing the state over a law barring the women's health organization from receiving funding.

Soon Tennessee classrooms will be able to debate the merits of creationism and evolution side-by-side, after Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday refused to sign a controversial proposal dubbed the Monkey Bill, but allowed it to become law anyway.

Plus, is he leaving 30 Rock earlier than expected?

Former Michigan beauty queen and winner of Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih, reached a plea deal in her drunken driving case on Wednesday.

The government on Tuesday defended graphic tobacco labels and advertising that use pictures of rotting teeth and diseased lungs as accurate and necessary to warn consumers about the risks of smoking.

The measure, passed in the state House of Representatives by a 37-22 vote, would bar healthcare professionals from performing abortions after 20 weeks, except in the case of a medical emergency. The bill now goes to the state's Republican governor for approval.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Apple and publishers worked to eliminate competition. Three publishers settled the case.

Tatsuya Ichihashi, a Japanese man who raped and killed British teacher Lindsay Hawker, lost an appeal against his life sentence.

Captain Francesco Schettino of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship will remain under house arrest, Italy's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department sued Apple Inc. and Hachette, owner of Macmillan on Wednesday for allegedly fixing the price of e-books.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, will be arraigned at the beginning of May at Guantanamo Bay, according to U.S. Pentagon officials. Mohammed, along with four other co-conspirators, will face charges including terrorism, hijacking an aircraft and murder, for their roles in the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001.