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The world’s smallest puppy, a Dachshund mix, made her television debut on “The Today Show” on Monday along with her four other brothers and sisters, including a brother named Jay-Z. Beyonce spent most of her appearance on television shaking and cooing while being held by the hosts of “The Today Show” and at one point was put into a coffee mug, which she was much smaller than, as seen in the video of the show. View the slideshow to see photos of Beyonce, the world's tiniest puppy.

Conventional wisdom holds that Manson won't and shouldn't be paroled, but the convict retains a small but noisy fringe of followers determined to get him freed, or at least improve the conditions of his confinement.

Did Courtney go too?

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney had a relaxing Easter this past weekend at his California beach home, dabbling in a bit of boogie boarding, Easter egg painting and tag with the kids as seen in photos that have been passed around on the Internet.

Google celebrates the 182nd anniversary of the birth of Eadweard J Muybridge, a British groundbreaking photographer who was renowned for his film-strip racehorses that captured all four of their hooves off the ground at the same time.

Just last year, Andrea Jung was among the most powerful women in the world. On Monday, Avon announced her replacement as chief executive -- Sherilyn McCoy, a 30-year veteran of Johnson & Johnson.

A new study of mothers and children in California finds that kids born to obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with autism or related developmental delays than the children of slimmer moms.

More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now.

Negative attitude towards homosexuality is likely to be more pronounced among individuals who harbor unacknowledged attraction towards the same sex, and who grew up in conservative authoritarian households which forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies have found.

Before you buy the new iPad, have you figured out how you will be making use of it? While most people use the device for browsing the Internet, chatting with pals and watching movies, there are some out there who use the device for completely different purposes.

Pet owners in the US are looking at the lower-cost option of cremation rather than burial of their deceased pets as the economic downturn continues to affect them.

Pot school founder Richard Lee on Friday said he will quit Oaksterdam University, a Northern California medical marijuana training school, after a federal raid left him bankrupt.

Jordan Powers, the California teen who made national headlines because she gave up school and her family to live with her teacher boyfriend, Christopher James Hooker, 41, dumped him after he was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting another teen.

American artist Thomas Kinkade passed away on Friday at the age of 54. A statement from his family reveals that he died in his Los Gatos home from what appears to be natural causes. Take a look at five things you may not have known about the late artist.

At the beginning of the year Christopher James Hooker made headlines when the 41-year-old high school teacher left his job and family to move in with 18-year-old Jordan Powers, a former student. The teacher who formally taught business and IT at Enochs High School in Modesto, California was arrested for Friday for sexual abuse of another teen dating back to 1998. Hooker was arrested for investigation of oral copulation with a minor, reported the Associated Press.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries (DNR) is offering $200 gift cards for dead snakehead fish, but before you grab your fishing gear there are a couple things you should know about the fish from hell.

California artist Thomas Kinkade, one of the most popular in America, died at home on Friday from what appeared to be natural causes. A family spokesman confirmed the death with the media.

Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light and one of the most popular artists in America, died Friday at his California home. He was 54.

The top U.S. nuclear official said on Friday his agency has not set any timetable for restarting the troubled San Onofre nuclear station in Southern California and that it would only do so if safety was assured.

George Soros and John Paulson may have to make room for the late Tony Marohn, who possibly pulled off one of the greatest financial trades ever -- at an estate sale.

Richard Lee, the founder of a Northern California medical marijuana training school, Oaksterdam University, said he was giving up the business after a federal raid bankrupted his organization.