Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions.

Police have raided a private hospital in Nigeria where they suspect new-born babies were being sold to traffickers.

French film legend-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot took a swipe at Sarah Palin on Tuesday, saying the US vice presidential candidate was a disgrace to women.

When the Obamas mentioned that they would be getting a new dog, 50,000 people signed a petition urging them to adopt a rescued dog from a shelter. They listened -- on October 3, 2008, Michelle Obama announced that they will be adopting a rescue dog!

"This is the story of the real John McCain...McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity."

Rajani Majhi, a 20-year-old Hindu, was gang-raped before being burnt alive by a mob at the church-run orphanage in Orissa's Bargarh district where she worked, says a senior priest. They

The two-eyed look remains too seductive for Sheikh Habadan. A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye.

"..."politically minded Anchorage college students and even some local high schoolers, are banding together to reform the way sex education is taught around the state."

90-year-old Ohio woman, facing eviction from the home she has lived in for 38 years, shot and wounded herself this week, becoming a grim symbol of the U.S. home mortgage crisis. Deputies tried 30x's before Polk tried shooting herself.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office has named Casey Anthony as a suspect in the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee. However, no new charges have been filed. Anthony has been uncooperative, has