LOS ANGELES

The NBA has added two more games to its Christmas Day tripleheader: the Orlando Magic vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers vs. the Golden State Warriors.

Nicki Minaj, the Harajuku Barbie, has just solidified her place in the doll-world with the Nicki Minaj Barbie, to be auctioned for charity.

Life is a vicious cycle, said the wise sage. Deal with it.

The United Nations High Commissioner for human rights on Friday urged the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands following a reveal of evidence by an independent panel that suggests the country's security forces have committed crimes against humanity as it attempts to clamp down on an eight-month-old uprising.

The starter would replace Hiroki Kuroda.

Scott Olsen, the U.S. Marine Corps veteran who made national headlines in October after he received a brutal head injury during a violent clash between police and Occupy Oakland protesters, spoke to media outlets about the injury for the first time this week.

The troubled Cooper Square Hotel in Manhattan's East Village has sold for $67.5 million, according to New York City records.

Honda Motor Co. on Thursday announced that it has expanded its previous recall of certain types of Honda and Acura vehicles in order to replace the driver's airbag inflator.

Forbes released a list of the top ten worst cities for finding a job in America this week. Based off aggregated data from Indeed.com, Forbes found that Miami, Los Angeles, Riverside, Calif. and Las Vegas topped the list as the worst metro areas for job seekers.

Federal officials on Tuesday arrested six people and seized more than 32 tons of marijuana with a street value of $65 million following a six-month investigation into an elaborate U.S.-Mexico border drug tunnel equipped with an elevator and electric rail cars.

Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger are trying to rekindle their relationship after splitting back in October after a four-year relationship, according to reports.

Check out the videos and pictures of the mesmerizing performances at the Nomination Concert.

The controversial horse slaughter issue has some interesting sides of how is for it, and who is against it -- particularly in the animal rights side. PETA, interestingly, supports the change, while the Humane Society is against it.

A duck hunter in Utah was shot in the buttocks by his partner's dog, law enforcement authorities said on Thursday.

Shaquille O'Neal's girlfriend, Nicole Hoopz Alexander, showed off her strength, as she carried her 325 pound, basketball-playing boyfriend across Jimmy Kimmel's stage.

Sustained, hurricane-force winds have been pounding California to Nevada, causing all manner of destruction, delaying flights and causing power outages.

Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp at Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, arresting nearly 300 people and fencing off the area.

After a brief break away from Twitter after posting racy pictures, Paulina Gretzky, the famous hockey player's daughter, has returned to the social media platform.

Kroger Co , the biggest U.S. supermarket chain, raised its forecast for 2011 earnings, helped by strong sales increases at established stores.

Rapper Kanye West led the field of Grammy contenders on Wednesday with seven nominations, including for his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and his joint venture with Jay-Z Watch The Throne.

Widespread Santa Ana winds, the strongest in five to ten years, pounded Southern California Wednesday night into Thursday, causing power outages for thousands and delays in the Los Angeles area.