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Casey Anthony signs up for on-line Spanish classes.

An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Saturday, launching a $2.5 billion nuclear-powered NASA rover toward Mars to look for clues on what could sustain life on the Red Planet.

Less than a third of the $16 million gathered in 2010 by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean for earthquake relief in Haiti actually made it to emergency efforts in the country, the New York Post reported on Sunday.

Wycelf Jean is facing new allegations of embezzlement within his former charity, created to benefit the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Reuters found a Japanese banker who is a key figure in the Olympus Corp accounting scandal at a luxury apartment block in Hong Kong on Sunday, where he exploded in anger at finally being tracked down.

Q&A with Kevin Mitnick, the author of Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker, about celebrity hacking, common mistakes and online protection tips for the average Joe

It is a knock out loss for pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan after his ex-wife Linda Bollea got 70 percent of their liquid assets in a final divorce settlement.

An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday, launching a $2.5 billion nuclear-powered NASA rover toward Mars to look for life habitats there.

A judge on Thursday set a $15,000 bond for fake doctor Oneal Ron Morris, a 30-year-old transgender woman who has been accused of running a black market business injecting people with a toxic substance to make them curvier. Authorities have also arrested a second person in connection with the notorious toxic tush case in South Florida.

Revenues for U.S. states may be getting better, but generally they are still not good enough.

NASA plans to launch its next-generation Mars rover, the Curiosity, to scope out the red planet in a highly-anticipated liftoff scheduled for Saturday.

ESPN commentator Urban Meyer is expected to be named Ohio State's football coach next week, according to a report.

Florida A&M's famous marching band has been suspended following the death of Drum Major Robert Champion. A probe is being conducted to see if hazing had anything to do with Champion's death last weekend.

It's no secret social conservatives are scrambling to find an alternative to Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, but with the Iowa caucuses just six weeks away, time is rapidly running out. That's why several socially conservative groups in Iowa held a secret meeting this week to strategize, CNN reported on Wednesday.

American Atheists has posted seasonal billboards in different locations including the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel. The billboards are the next stage of the You KNOW it's a MYTH campaign it started last year.

Apparently an increasing number of victims of Oneal Ron Morris, 30, a man living as a woman and posing as a doctor are coming forward. Morris was arrested last week for allegedly injecting cement and other toxic chemicals into the buttocks of a woman, claiming the procedure to be a form of cosmetic enhancement of the region.

After BYU had been courted for weeks about joining the Big East conference, the school has ultimately decided it won't be part of the Big East's expansion, according to reports.

New Arizona Wildcats football coach Rich Rodriguez made his first public appearance as coach in Arizona at the McKale Center on Tuesday after signing a five-year, $9.55 million contract.

New evidence shows that Michelle Parker, the 32-year-old mother from Orlando who went missing, filed a restraining order against her ex-fiancé in 2009, years before their appearance on The People's Court.

The Black Eyed Peas are not breaking up, they are just taking a break.

Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun has won the National League MVP, beating out Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, who came just short of the Triple Crown.