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Political groups and lawmakers from both parties are making cases that U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas should recuse themselves from deciding the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care reform law.

In America, people spend thousands of dollars to have straight teeth through orthodontics. In Japan, however, a trend has been underway for a couple of years in which crooked teeth through purposeful dental cosmetic surgery have become the rage. In Japan, the crooked teeth trend is called yaeba, or double tooth.

Moammar Gadhafi and his son Mo'tassim were buried at dawn Tuesday in an unknown location, ending a wrangle over their rotting bodies, a Libyab official said.

Levi Aron, the man charged with the kidnapping and murder of an eight-year-old boy from Brooklyn, and his attorneys are now saying that a previously offered confession from Aron was the outcome of coercion by the police.

Pop icon Madonna's brother is apparently homeless and living under a bridge in Michigan. Tony Ciccone Jr, who was fired more than a year ago from his father's Ciccone Vineyard in Suttons Bay, Mich., now claims to be homeless and told the Michigan Messenger newspaper he had been living on the streets of nearby Traverse City since then.

Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will be buried Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said Monday night, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many to fear for Libya's governability.

When unpacking her luggage after a weekend flight, Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic found a wildly inappropriate note written by a TSA official upon discovering the personal item, also known as her sex toy.

Rihanna is a girl who seems to know what she wants and wastes no time in getting it. Reports are that the singer recently went on a spending spree in Paris Sex Shop called Lovestore where she blew $1,500 in just five minutes.

As if the first two weeks of the regular season down the drain because of the NBA lockout wasn't enough for fans, the NBA will cancel at least two more weeks of its season, according to the New York Daily News.

The total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpasses $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, according to an analysis released on Monday.

The Arab Spring of pro-democracy uprisings features prominently -- both directly and more subtly -- in the selections at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off in the Qatari capital this week.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's no stranger to protests, but that the rule of law must be respected.

The University of Missouri has decided to withdraw from the Big 12 and will officially apply to join the SEC soon, according to a report.

Wikileaks, a whistle-blowing Web site known for releasing secret government files, on Monday said it is suspending its publication in order to seek funding to sustain its work. Wikileaks has been forced to shift focus toward fundraising because 95 percent of its revenue has been destroyed.

Jack the Cat has been missing for two months now, since he escaped from his carrier in the American Airlines baggage area at John F. Kennedy International Airport. But his owner and her thousands of online supporters aren't giving up hope, as Saturday was dubbed Jack the Cat Awareness Day at the airport.

Anonymous has set its sights on a Web hosting service for refusing to take down child pornography as its next target with its OPDarkNet plan.

Could the Turkey earthquakes (or the 9.0 Japan quake in March of the L'Aquila, Italy quake in 2009) have been predicted in advance?

Arizona Cardinals running back Beanie Wells could miss 1-2 weeks with a bone bruise injury, according to a tweet from Jason La Canfora of NFL.com. Coach Ken Whisenhunt offered no timetable for recovery.

Apple is lowering prices. Why?

Even before he was elected, some on the right have questioned President Barack Obama's place of birth. Will Rick Perry's recent comments bring the issue back to the forefront?

A TSA officer allegedly left a note in one travelers' bag that read GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL after he discovered her vibrator.