In 1997, Duane Buck was convicted of shooting and killing two people, including his former girlfriend, in Houston, Texas. A jury sentenced him to death. Among the factors that influenced their decision: testimony from a psychologist who said that black people like Buck are more violent and dangerous than other people.

While waiting for Green Day to come on stage, the record-setting crowd at London's Emirates Stadium (capacity: 60,361) decided to pass the time by singing along to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

A West Hollywood gay bar made their displeasure at being canceled on by Ciara publicly known on Saturday by serving her with lawsuit papers in the middle of a concert.

The principal of an elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area offered students a chance to trade in their toy guns for a book and a chance to win a bike as part of the school's first toy gun "buyback" program.

In the good old days, college students had respect for their elders. But now, it seems, we live in a time when it's considered "okay" for a tenured professor to be dismissed from his job just for suggesting that a student suck his dick. Has political correctness gone too far?

No decision on gay marriage or affirmative action from the Supreme Court today, though the justices did reverse the Ninth Circuit in the California raisin case.

All this "breaking news" about a covert government surveillance program being used to monitor the live conversations of civilians would have been several years old if we had just listened to Shia LaBeouf when he tried to warn us about it during a Tonight Show appearance back in September 2008.

Justin Bieber lost his virginity over the weekend. Well, his "having bras thrown on stage" virginity, anyway.

Last week, mustache-stroking corporatist sloganeer Thomas Friedman used his immensely valuable column space in the New York Times to write a love letter to a company run by his daughter's college roommate. Could Thomas Friedman possibly top that for sheer laziness and nepotistic indulgence? But of course.

In his new book, Out In The Army: My Life as a Gay Soldier, Lance Corporal James Wharton who served under Prince Harry in the British armed forces recalls the time "Lieutenant Wales" saved him from being "murdered" by six other soldiers in an anti-gay attack.

Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old who revealed himself on Saturday as the leaker behind The Guardian's NSA scoops, is holed up in a Hong Kong hotel. What's his next move?

Erin Brockovich didn't have the best weekend. The famous environmental activist (and the subject of her very own Julia Roberts movie) was arrested Friday night on suspicion of boating under the influence at Lake Mead in Nevada.

Jessie Thorton, a 61-year-old retiree, was arrested and charged with DUI in Arizona despite having a blood alcohol level of 0.00. The reason the arresting officer gave to Thorton: “I can tell you're driving drunk by the look in your eyes.”

Several large explosions were heard outside of NATO's headquarters in Afghanistan at Kabul's international airport. Details are sparse, but there are reports of ongoing gunfights and rocket attacks.

The only thing we know for sure about this story is that, on Saturday night, a sheriff's deputy from Monroe County in Florida removed a Doritos bag from a chip-loving deer's head.

The Purge, a $4 million horror movie starring Ethan Hawke, debuted at No. 1 this weekend, grossing an estimated $36.4 million. The Internship was a relative flop, coming in 4th with just over $18 million.

Last week, TSA agents in Denver detained actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies, as they reportedly attempted to confiscate his light saber-shaped cane, which the 7-foot, 2-inch actor requires to walk.

Remember the actress with bit-parts in The Walking Dead and The Vampire Diaries who called the feds on her husband, saying that he had mailed ricin-laced letters to President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg? She was just arrested. And that's not even the craziest part.

Edward Snowden, a former CIA technical assistant and current employee of the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, which assigned him to work for the NSA, has revealed himself as the leaker behind the documents this week that showed the extent of spying that the NSA does on American citizens.

A Philadelphia judge denied bail to Sean Benschop today. Police say he was operating machinery under the influence during the downtown building collapse that killed six people. Benschop turned himself in to police yesterday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.