Jenna Talackova, the first transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, fell short in gaining the Miss Canada title on Saturday, but was placed in the top 12 of 62 contestants in Toronto. Sahar Biniaz was crowned the title. View the slideshow to see photos of Jenna Talackova at the 2012 Miss Universe Canada competition.
Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail for broadcasting Clementi's sexual encounter with a man days before the teenager committed suicide.
A former Rutgers University student was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in prison for hate crimes after spying on his roommate's gay encounter with another man.
Graduation speeches don't always have to be a bore. Here are seven graduation addresses delivered to the Class of 2012 that imparted nuggets of wisdom. Others just plain made us laugh and some mixed both sound advice with comedic moments.
Talk about being fawned over. Will Smith is under fire after reportedly slapping a reporter named Vitalii Sediuk on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of Men in Black III after the Ukrainian television host reportedly tried to kiss Agent J. In the episode caught on video, Sediuk approaches Smith on the red carpet for an embrace and a kiss, to which Smith fends off. Oddly enough, this is the same reporter who gave Madonna the bouquet of purple hydrangeas at the Venice Film Festival.
Researchers from the University of Florida in conjunction with scientists from North Carolina State University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the Florida Museum of Natural History have published their findings regarding an extinct giant turtle that is estimated to be the size of a small vehicle from a Colombian coal mine.
On the one year anniversary of the country's deadliest single tornado that hit Joplin, MO. President Barack Obama is set to give a commencement speech for the 2012 graduating class, as they try and move past the event that defined the class before them.
Patricia Krenctil, more popularly known as the Tanning Mom, appeared on MSNBC's the Today Show on Monday to set the record straight about her life and the allegations she faces, charged with second-degree child endangerment after her six-year-old daughter Anna went to school with a bad sunburn. View the video where Krentcil says, I'm sorry, I'm tan. I like to be tan. It just feels good. I really think these moms [criticizing me] need to step off here.
Extra onions and ketchup in two McDonald's cheeseburgers resulted in two angry men heavily vandalizing a Tennessee branch of the restaurant.
Dharun Ravi's sentencing is today, and the whole country will be watching to see how he is punished for criminal charges including invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.
Three climbers who completed a dangerous climb on the famed Mount Everest have been found dead on their descent down, while two others are reported to be missing. German doctor Eberhard Schaaf, 61, Nepal-born Canadian Shriya Shah, and South Korean Song Won-bin have been reported dead, while a Chinese national and his Nepalese Sherpa guide have yet to be found, officials said on Monday.
The Great Googamooga festival takes over Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Shareholders of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, are set to get the shares Tuesday, following Friday?s tumultuous first sales after the $16 billion initial public offering.
Two extensive media reports trace the deterioration of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s once-disciplined corporate culture and its aftermath. They lay bare a top-down hierarchy characterized by misplaced trust and growing hubris that fueled a power struggle during a leadership vacuum.
Tropical Storm Alberto weakened off the coast of South Carolina on Sunday, as the first sign of the looming 2012 Atlantic hurricane season caused minor headaches along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
On Saturday, Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg married his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan at his home in front of around 100 guests.
Sixteen-year-old Melissa Bassi has died from injuries sustained in a bombing at her high school in southern Italy. Although no group has claimed responsibility yet, officials suspect it may have been a revenge attack from the Mafia, according to the Telegraph.
Fired for saying bye bye instead of goodbye to a customer? That's the reason The Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino gave for firing 37-year-old Melodee Megia in August 2011.
A Fort Collins man is being blamed for the Hewlett Fire in Colorado, which authorities say started from an alcohol-fueled camp stove.
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.
In a mysterious turn of events, a California woman's shorts ignited after she put a few beach rocks in her pocket.
Desmond Hatchett is hoping state officials from Tennessee will show him leniency because he cannot pay his child support for his 30 children with 11 different women.
Officials declared a disaster emergency in Colorado Friday as the Hewlett fire raged, swallowing more than 7,600 acres in its path.
Brand new French President François Hollande has already made his first foreign policy blunder: appointing Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, whose name will spark derisive snickering all across the Middle East.
Some blamed the Kennedy Curse, some pointed to her troubled marriage and others referenced clinical depression. Regardless of the motive, Mary Kennedy's death by suicide shocked the nation. Despite this seemingly perfect life, Mary Kennedy had a bad marriage, problems with drugs and alcohol and suffered deep inner turmoil. Her death has raised questions about her children, her divorce from Robert F. Kennedy and his relationship with new girlfriend, Cheryl Hines.
President Barack Obama announced Friday a private-public partnership of more than a $3 billion to fight hunger and malnutrition in Africa.
Time to update his Facebook relationship status; Al Gore has a new girlfriend. Former vice president Gore, 64, is dating serious girlfriend Elizabeth Keadle. Gore separated from his wife Tipper in 2010 after over 40 years of marriage and four children. The announcement of a new girlfriend comes just two years after their split with no reports about a coming divorce.
As soon as Facebook went public Friday, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg became an instant multi-billionaire.
As the wildfires in Colorado rages on, more than 500 firefighters are being deployed to 12 square miles of flames in order to prevent the blaze from reaching a reservoir for the city of Greeley. However, rising temperatures and dry thunderstorms will make their work all the more difficult and dangerous.
New documents released in the Trayvon Martin case showed that George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot the 17 year old through the chest, piercing his heart and lung. Zimmerman was also bloody and had wounds, evidence in the case shows.
