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The woman who claimed teen singer Justin Bieber fathered a baby with her has dropped her paternity lawsuit, but Mariah Yeater's lawyer said on Wednesday she is pursuing her claim out of court.

Bieber is expected to take a private paternity test

Former Charles Manson follower Charles 'Tex' Watson is seeking parole for the fourteenth time this week. He has been in jail since 1971 for the Tate/LaBianca murders committed by the infamous 'Manson Family' in 1969.

Eighteen school children were killed in China when an overloaded school bus collided with a truck in Gansu province.

The headboard from Michael Jackson's deathbed was withdrawn from auction on Tuesday at the request of the singer's family.

British singer Adele said she was on the mend after undergoing microsurgery in Boston to treat a benign polyp on her vocal cords.

Actor Jason Segel is best known for starring on the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother, and for comedies like Bad Teacher and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Maury Povich had invited Bieber to announce the result of the DNA test on his show. That will no longer be necessary.

Still of the opinion that Kim Kardashian's blink-and-you'll-miss-it marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries was all a big publicity stunt/money grab?

A lawyer who appeared on television to defend Michael Jackson's doctor during his manslaughter trial failed to show up on Tuesday for a possible contempt of court hearing.

A Chicago-based artist has transformed Gosling into pancake form.

Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander has won his first AL Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote on Tuesday, becoming the first Tigers pitcher to win since reliever Willie Hernandez in 1984 and only the second Tigers starting pitcher to win the award, joining Denny McLain, who won in 1968 and shared the award in 1969.

The 26-year has the same rare cancer that Steve Jobs had

The Dodgers center-fielder had a big 2011

TransCanada agreed on Monday to reroute its Keystone XL oil pipeline around the Nebraska Sandhills in response to environmental concerns. The concession, which came on the heels of President Obama's decision to order a State Department re-review of the pipeline project, was a strategic move that divided the coalition of locals and environmentalists opposed the pipeline.

Mexican soldiers found 140 migrants inside a truck in the state of Chiapas near the Guatemalan border.

As Twilight fans gear up for the emotional rollercoaster of weddings, babies and battles that is Breaking Dawn - Part 1, the movie's three stars are beginning to look to new horizons.

David Yates, known for directing the Harry Potter movies, will team up with BBC to direct the upcoming Doctor Who movie.

AT&T is the leading Internet Service Provider among businesses in the United States, handily beating out rival Verizon.

There are about 900,000 buildings in the five boroughs of New York City, the city Department of Buildings predicts, and a lone Brooklyn artist is attempting to draw them all.

The Los Angeles premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is on Monday night.