Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers student, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after being convicted of criminal charges including invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.The sentencing comes two months after Ravi was convicted of crimes that provoked the suicide of his Rutgers University roommate Tyler Clementi.
In the case of a prenuptial agreement, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan would have agreed exactly how to split assets, which obviously includes Facebook stock.
Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest, enjoyed his initial hours of freedom in New York Saturday even as his relatives and supporters are facing the ire of Chinese authorities back in his country.
Capping an extraordinarily eventful four weeks, Chen Guangcheng -- a blind attorney known as the Barefoot Lawyer -- flew to the U.S. from China on Saturday. Chen began the day in a Beijing hospital and ended it in a New York apartment building, according to multiple media reports.
After raising a controversial issue that prompted a change in rules, transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova competed in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant Thursday in Toronto, Canada donning a white gown and a white bikini. View the slideshow to see photos of Jenna Talackova competing at the Bluma Appel Theater in Toronto with 62 other contestants.
CNN's Italian football correspondent claims there is a 99% chance Fabio Capello will become the next Chelsea boss, if the club fails to win the Champions League.
A Michigan teen found his usual Arby's roast beef sandwich a little chewier than usual, only to discover it contained an extra ingredient: an employee's finger.
Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic's trial on charges of war crimes was postponed indefinitely due to a procedural snafu, prolonging a hearing that has already taken over a decade to get started.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, was found dead in her Mount Kisco, N.Y., home on in an apparent suicide by hanging, ABC News reported. The 52-year-old's body was found on Wednesday afternoon. RadarOnline.com reported that Mary Kennedy was depressed and despondent before her death.
As the city invests in tech, Councilwoman Leticia James wishes that Mayor Bloomberg would to more to make sure Brooklyn doesn't get left out
Donnell Battie from Winslow, N.J. is seeking $1 million in punitive damages from Wal-Mart after he said he was traumatized by a public address announced that said Attention, Wal-Mart customers. All black people must leave the store.
The German hamlet of Villa Baviera in Central Chile wants to put its macabre history in the past and promote itself as a tourist destination.
Linda Hogan and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Charley Hill, have called off their engagement, according to announcement posted on Hogan's Facebook page.
A federal judge in New York on Monday refused to delay the approval process for a controversial $20 million settlement between Bank of America Corp directors and shareholders who accused the bank of overpaying for Merrill Lynch & Co.
A group of Chevron Corp., shareholders has asked that the Securities and Exchange Commission investigate claims the oil major is not fully disclosing the effect that a multi-billion dollar environmental case in Ecuador would have on the company and its numerous stakeholders.
Emanuela Orlandi mysteriously disappeared on June 22, 1983. While in her second year at a scientific high school in Rome, Orlandie vanished after leaving her family's Vatican City apartment to go to a music lesson in Rome
Murdered veterans' advocate April Kauffman was remembered as a selfless woman during her funeral Monday morning as detectives continued their investigation into who killed the 47-year-old New Jersey woman.
Panamanian fisherman Adrian Vazquez has sued Princess Cruises for failing to rescue him and his now-deceased companions after a ship passed by when they were stranded at sea.
Greece's president met with party leaders on Sunday in a final bid to form a coalition and avert a new election, but the talks immediately appeared doomed because of deep splits over the EU/IMF rescue plan.
A Lawyer from Chris Andersen says the investigation into his client is part of an extortion scam targeting him, not child pornography.
On Thursday the fictitious Vampire Diaries restaurant, the Mystic Grill, caught on fire. According to Boston.com, authorities don't believe the fire will affect filming for the hit CW series.
A tip from a concerned citizen led the authorities to where the fugitive, Adam Mayes, shot and killed himself as his kidnapped victims, who have been held captive since April 27, watched.