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In examining the impact of technology use on the physical and mental health, and the interpersonal relationships in college students, assistant professors Sue K. Adams and Tiffani S. Kisler found that two-thirds of a group of 204 college students sexted sexually suggestive messages. Both assistant professors are leading a team conducting three studies on this issue.

The Brooklyn boy who was killed and dismembered was given a lethal cocktail of drugs before he was smothered with a towel, authorities said Wednesday.

Update on the Ratko Mladic war crimes trail in The Hague.

Basketball star Yao Ming officially announced his retirement in Shanghai, China.

Authorities in Serbia have captured Goran Hadzic, the last remaining fugitive suspected war criminal sought by the United Nations tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

The man who pied faces the courts next week.

Same-sex couples are scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday about their struggles with the Defense of Marriage Act, adding to intensifying efforts to overturn the federal ban on same-sex marriage.

Ming, 30, announced his retirement during a press conference in his hometown. The 7-fooot-6 center from China said at the end of last year he suffered a third foot fracture that caused him to leave the basketball court. Those injuries also forced him to retire.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested 14 members of hacking group 'Anonymous' for their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal's website.

The effort to repeal a federal ban on gay marriage gained some momentum on Tuesday as President Obama and 27 senators endorsed a measure to end the Defense of Marriage Act.

In Phnom Penh, the scars of the past are everywhere, but so too is hope for the future.

Another missing persons locator is suing Casey Anthony

Evidence that Casey Anthony ostensibly repeatedly searched the word chloroform on her computer stemmed from a computer flaw, according to a software designer who testified at the trial.

The deal brings to an end the litigation between recording companies and Baidu over piracy charges

Rapper Ja Rule of Murder Inc. fame, who was sentenced last month by a New York court to a two-year jail term for illegal possession of weapons, was slapped with a new 28-month prison term by a federal court for tax evasion.

Rapper and actor Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins) was sentenced on Monday to a new jail term of 28 months in a case related to evading 1.1 million in taxes.

It's official, Borders is liquidating. The company could not find a bidder to keep its remaining 399 stores open. The company will sell its assets to two liquidation firms.

Liquidators hold lead bid for Tuesday's bankruptcy auction

The disaster killed 270 people on board and on the ground.

President Barack Obama's march to $1 billion in campaign cash continues, as a combination of small donations and effort by fundraising heavyweights garnered the president $46 million in the second quarter.

The legal team for cycling superstar Lance Armstrong, who is under federal investigation for doping, has asked a U.S. judge to probe apparent leaks of secret grand jury proceedings examining the sport.