A woman in Texas who was arrested and charged for attempting to offer her child up for adoption on Craigslist was released from jail Wednesday after posting a $1,000 bond.
It's taken 64 years, but Columbia University is finally responding to requests to lift restrictions on a fellowship that is only allowed to be awarded to white students.
Soccer aficionado Richard Swanson set off to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil to see the 2014 World Cup, but his 11-country,12-month tour was cut short on Tuesday when he was hit by a pickup truck and killed while traveling on a highway in Oregon.
A model in Japan, allegedly traumatized after enduring a childhood in which she was constantly teased for being "busaiku" (translation: ugly), has gone to unfathomable extremes to ensure she'll never be dubbed unattractive again.
A New York City teacher residing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan has filed a lawsuit against a former college friend for allegedly "torturing, mutilating and murdering" her cat, a 3-year-old Siamese named Cassie, amongst other crimes.
