A Florida man indicted for producing and recieving child pornography says that the naked photographs of his daughters were merely "family portraits," taken while the family was living at a nudist colony.

A new poll shows that Americans feel that only one-third of other Americans can be trusted, down from fifty percent in 1972.

With just a month left in his mayoralty, Michael Bloomberg gave New Yorkers one last look at what they'll be missing: Him disappearing during tragedies that happen to fall on holiday weekends.

[Protesters clash with police in Kiev, as more than 100,000 Ukrainians call for the resignation of the government. Photo by Efrem Lukatsky via AP]

It's a Hanukkah miracle! According to the Obama Administration, the Healthcare.gov website will now "work smoothly for the vast majority of users."

A former Ku Klux Klan "Exalted Cyclops" leader and his mother were indicted this week after the leader allegedly burned a cross at the entrance to a predominantly black neighborhood, then lied to police about it.

The Daily Dot outlines a horrific series of events that ended with a 20-year-old attempting suicide on internet livestream.

Thirty thousand Thai protestors staged a "people's coup" today, forcing the country's prime minister to flee a police compound amidst violent clashes between protestors and police. Protestors also seized a state broadcaster, but failed to actually breach the Prime Minister's heavily fortified home.

According to an article in yesterday's New York Times, America's western oil towns are turning into a modern-day "Deadwood," rejuvenating stagnant economies, and drawing oil speculators and drifters. Lots and lots of drifters. Don't say Upton Sinclair didn't warn us.

Elwood, a New Jersey canine that took home the distinction of the being the world's ugliest dog, died Thanksgiving morning at the age of eight (or, fifty-six, depending on your interpretation of dog years).

More than 100,000 Ukrainians have taken to the street in protest of President Viktor F. Yanukovich's decision to call off proposed political and trade accords with the European Union after he faced pressure from Ukraine's neighbor, Russia.

Five-month old Maverick Higgs was born with a severe heart defect, and two surgeries later was still in heart failure. He needed a heart transplant, and fast. But after initially saying he was a candidate, the child's New York-Presbyterian doctors decided there was nothing more they could do to help. They said Maverick had six months to live.

With the legalization of the sale of marijuana coming into effect in Colorado on January 1st, everyone in the Centennial State has been getting ready for the bloodshot eyes of the nation to be on them. In that spirit, the Denver Post has hired a marijuana editor, and their introductory interview with him is pretty amazing.

A Metro North train derailed early this morning in the Bronx, killing at least four and injuring scores of other passengers in a stretch of track where similar accidents have occurred before.

Bob Dylan is being sued by a Croatian community group for being racist.

After a U.S. strike on Syria was narrowly avoided this past September, Syria agreed to give up its entire chemical weapons stockpile. While a diplomatic success, the agreement still posed several logistical issues, the most pressing of which was who would destroy the chemical weapons. Left with little option, the United States has agreed to destroy the weapons itself at sea.

The mystery surrounding the death of Samuel See, a Yale professor who was found dead in a jail cell last week, has grown — according to the New Haven Register, photos of See, along with his phone number and address, were found on at least four male escort sites under the name Ryan Cochran. Authorities are still unsure of the cause of death.

A man whose real name and address were revealed on MTV's "True Life: I'm a Chubby Chaser" — a reality episode about men who prefer larger women — just lost a shot at a fat settlement from the network.

When Iranian leaders called last week's nuclear deal a "poisoned chalice," they may have meant it literally. The LA Times is reporting that America got the talks started by returning a 7th century BC silver ceremonial chalice believed to have been looted from an Iranian cave. US Customs seized it in 2003, and Iran had been calling for its return ever since.