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The world's smallest puppy could end up being Beyonce, a two-week-old Dachshund mix who now weighs four pounds and is less than four inches long.

Fans are anticipating the newest addition to the “Diablo” series, which is set to be released on May 15 for PCs. However, there was one detail missing from the launch announcement earlier in March. Gamers were expecting the adventure RPG to come to consoles, but there was no mention of an Xbox or PlayStation debut.

Claire Lin, a woman from Taiwan killed herself on her 31st birthday on March 18, while chatting with her friends on Facebook. Lin inhaled poisonous fumes while on the social networking sites and none of her friends alerted authorities.

An apparently intended explosion in Roswell, Ga., rocked the home of Andrew Wordes, a local color in the community, known for his fight to keep chickens on his property and earning him the nickname of chicken man.

Researchers concluded that a 4,000 ancient stone monolith, known as Gardom's Edge Monolith, in found in England is most likely an astronomical marker.

The family of Ryan Henderson, the Jackson State University freshman from Atlanta who was shot and killed Sunday at an off-campus housing complex during an argument, is blaming the school's football team for their kin's death.

Jenna Talackova, the transsexual contestant disqualified from the 2012 Miss Canada Universe, is deeply moved by the support she has gained from fans following the announcement of her disqualification and an online petition to reinstate her entry in the competition and raise awareness. View the slideshow to see photos of Jenna Talackova.

With the world's population increasing by an estimated 1 million more people each week for the next 38 years and more of humanity shifting from rural to urban living, cities across the world will be feeling squeezed very soon.

The massive patch players were promised for “Battlefield 3” has just been delayed for those playing on computers, reported PC Gamer. The update of over 300 fixes, announced by DICE at the end of February, will hit PlayStation 3 owners today.

Vermont police say they discovered a dead body which they believe to be Melissa Jenkins, a local science teacher at St. Johnsbury academy who was declared missing on Sunday night. According to State Police Major Ed Ledo, it is likely Jenkins, though her identification cannot be confirmed until after the autopsy. The body has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington, Vt. The autopsy should be conducted on Tuesday.

Sharp Corp. announced Tuesday plans to sell new shares in itself to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., part of Foxconn Technology Group, in an effort to raise 132.5 billion yen ($1.6 billion) after forecasting a record loss for the year.

Some Games fans, infuriated that some characters from the series were played by black actors, took to Twitter to post a series of virulent and increasingly racist comments against 13-year-old Amandla Stenberg (playing Rue). Other fans, however, are now taking to the same site to mock the original posters and defend the actress from the slurs being hurled at her.

Al-Jazeera said on Tuesday that it will not show the video it obtained of the attacks on French soldiers, Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi.

Fans of the “Mass Effect” franchise may have found another reason to be angry about the trilogy’s ending. The conclusion that has created so much controversy may in fact be imitating the final moments of another series.

Tyler and Cameron Winkelvoss weren’t the only Harvard classmates of Mark Zuckerberg to dispute ownership rights to what became Facebook (NYSE: FB).

In an interview on Kiss FM in the UK, Usher said on the air that the world needs an Usher-Adele collaboration. It's a rumour now... but I would love to work with her. I think she's incredible as a vocalist and in terms of an artist.

A threatening Tweet aimed at George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old Florida man who ignited a firestorm of outrage when he shot unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death on Feb. 26, has gone viral as damaging reports of the victim's history have come out.

Are you a Greyjoy, a Stark, a Lannister, a Baratheon or a Targaryen? With only five days to go before the Season 2 premiere of political fantasy epic Game of Thrones, HBO has aired five new TV spots asking viewers to pledge their allegiance to one of the five houses. Watch them all here, and find out what they can tell viewers about the show's second season.

Can chocolate lead to weight loss? There are possible explanations for controversial study results that suggest it, but some critics aren't so sure.

National Geographic has released footage of James Cameron's trek 6.8 miles into the deepest section on the face of the Earth.

Beyonce, a puppy named after the megastar wife of rapper Jay-Z, was able to fit in a tablespoon when she was just one day old and now she could end up setting the record for the world's tiniest pup. She is not that much bigger than a business card and she is almost as big as an iPhone.

With the recent launch of Windows 8, Microsoft may have another new venture in the works. The software company could be releasing a pre-successor to its widespread gaming console, the Xbox 360. The new gaming system, which may be known as the Xbox Lite, will be launched before the next-generation Xbox console, according to rumors.

The Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference currently being held in Dublin between 26-29 March proposed the use of viruses called bacteriophages to wipe out bacterial strains that are resistant to the current crop of antibiotics. In a proactive stance, the FDA has been warned legally to to act on its long-drawn 35-year-old ruling that restricts the use of popular antibiotics in farms food.

New details about Trayvon Martin's record as well as his personal interactions on Facebook and Twitter have emerged recently, as George Zimmerman supporters defend his Stand Your Ground right.

A new research report published in the journal Pediatrics says that US teens may have trouble accessing emergency contraception as pharmacists might give incorrect information to them over the phone.

Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch captain, had been suspended from his Miami high school for drug possession, family spokesman Ryan Julison said.

The New Orleans Police Department Monday suspended a police officer indefinitely without pay after he posted incendiary comments online about Florida teen Travyon Martin.

George Zimmerman told Sanford, Fla., police that Trayvon Martin punched him, knocked him down and slammed his head into the pavement repeatedly before he shot and killed the teen Feb. 26. Rallies continued around the country Monday to demand justice in the case.