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A Georgia student has begun a federal lawsuit against administrators of Alpharetta High School for removing him from the position of student body president after he proposed gay-friendly changes to prom.

During a major regional basketball recruiting showcase, where many young prospects play in front of college assistant coaches and other scouts, it's typical that competition is played at an extremely high level. That's why many in attendance of a recent showcase in North Carolina were stunned when a referee decided to call an entire game from a folding chair set up in the middle of the court.

Maria Sharapova is getting married on Nov. 10th.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered regulators to start proceedings to withdraw approval for the use of common antibiotics in animal feed, citing concerns that overuse is endangering human health by creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

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.

An Oracle Corp. investor sued the company and members of its board of directors on Thursday for allegedly trying to stonewall a whistleblower lawsuit that ultimately resulted in a $200 million settlement.

The Badgers face the Orange in Boston.

As the dust settled the details of Merah's life began to emerge, painting a picture of a troubled young man who was swept up in and radicalized by Middle Eastern jihadism.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Colorado woman who posed as mentally instable to avoid jury duty, reported Reuters. The woman, Susan Cole, 57, was charged on Thursday for first degree perjury and attempting to influence a public servant during jury selection last June. Cole called into Denver's Dave Logan Show during a session on ways to avoid jury session last October.

Where to watch tonight's Syracuse-Wisconsin NCAA Tournament game.

The United States Senate is setting up a Judiciary Committee to investigate injury for bounty programs in pro sports.

Dharun Ravi was convicted of on several charges last week, including a hate crime, for spying on his college roommate Tyler Clementi, who jumped from the George Washington Bridge. Now, Ravi has apologized for everything happened.

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.

The city of Milan reached a tentative settlement in a two-year-old fraud case against four major banks that arose from a disastrous derivatives contract sold to the Italian city in 2005, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Walt Osterman is the author of Not Home Yet: A Tale Concerning Israel's Rebirth. He served in Vietnam and is a Bronze Star recipient. He lives in Wyoming.

A Zimbabwe court judge announced that six activists who had been arrested for watching videos of the Arab Spring would not be sent to jail. Autocratic politicians there may be learning a lesson from uprisings abroad: the importance of restraint.

Fernando Gonzalez retired from tennis yesterday, in Miami, after which a tribute video, featuring Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray was played.

Michael Bloomberg's charitable foundation will commit $220 million over the next four years to fight tobacco use globally, including for the funding of legal challenges against the industry.

Apple vs. Samsung cold war is in progress, be it a legal court battle relating to patent infringement issues, or comparison of their flagship smartphones. Galaxy S2 and iPhone 4S were often compared for the title of Best Smartphone of 2011. And this year, both the tech giants are changing their flagship with new Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 smartphones.

The worst of the euro zone crisis is over and the European Central Bank will act if inflation risks grow, ECB President Mario Draghi said in a German newspaper interview released on Thursday, seeking to ease angst in Germany about price rises.