A mother of seven and grandmother to two was arrested and jailed in Mexico for allegedly attempting to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana into the United States. Her husband has accused Mexican authorities of imprisoning her only after the couple refused to pay a $5,000 bribe.

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged seven people with running what might be the largest money-laundering operation in United States history. The case revolves around the online payment company Liberty Reserve, which allegedly helped launder $6 billion for criminals around the world, including drug dealers, credit card fraudsters, and child pornographers.

Variety is reporting that Newsweek is for sale again, just three years after merging with the Daily Beast and one month after Barry Diller said publicly that he regretted buying the flagging brand.

People are so mad at Robert Pattinson and Katy Perry.

A bride and groom in Georgia thought they had avoided being soaked by an expected rainfall that never materialized, but wound up getting wet anyway when their entire bridal party — 29 bridesmaids and groomsmen in all — fell into Lake Lanier after the dock they were taking photos on collapsed.

Today, Wal-Mart workers in at least three cities launched the first "prolonged strikes" in the company's history.

Flippers. Record home prices. Stock markets at record highs. Record low-interest rates. Just add some sad tales about young couples making $250,000 per year in Silicon Valley who still can't afford a million-dollar bungalow and you've got 2007 all over again.

A freight train collided with a tractor trailer in Rosedale, Maryland, near Baltimore this afternoon, causing a derailment, damaging nearby buildings, and ultimately leading to an explosion that residents felt miles away.

I don't know this for sure, but I'd guess that almonds are one of the most popular nuts in America. And why not? They are good. In fact, I'd say almonds are the fourth-best nut you'll find anywhere.

The mother of a 10-year-old girl who was seen riding in the back of a pickup truck inside a dog cage is defending her decision to allow it, saying her daughter "wanted to be with her dog."

Nicki Minaj and Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg. Together. At last. If this means nothing to you, fair enough: the story has been over for almost a year. Last June the morning-show host rather rudely dissed Minaj's pop tendencies at Summer Jam just hours before she was supposed to perform at the Hot 97-sponsored festival. She ended up pulling out of the show and discussing the whole thing with Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex.

A high school student from Columbia, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of felony property damage after she allegedly changed a classmate's last name in the yearbook to "Masturbate."

While promoting their upcoming blockbuster After Earth, Will Smith and Will Smith: Nano (Jaden Smith) gave a very bonkers interview to New York magazine in which they espoused wondrous theories of high level imagimathematics previously published only on the wrinkled insides of fast food takeout bags in a frantic, crayoned hand. “I think that there is that special equation for everything, but I don’t think our mathematics have evolved enough for us to even—I think there’s, like, a whole new mathematics that we’d have to learn to get that equation,” said Jaden. “I agree with that,” agreed Will with that.

LulzSec hacker Jeremy Hammond has pleaded guilty to helping hack the private intelligence firm Stratfor and leak their documents to Wikileaks. Here's his statement.

News Corp will soon formally split itself into two companies: an entertainment and television company, which actually makes money; and a newspaper and publishing company, which is worth a nickel— but which has a fabulous new logo!

The official U.S. unemployment rate stands at 7.5%. For African-Americans, young people, and Europeans, the situation is much worse. Each week, we bring you true stories of unemployment, straight from the unemployed. This is what's happening out there.

The saga of Bridget Jones will continue onwards in a new installment from Helen Fielding titled Mad About the Boy. In England, the word "mad" usually means "shamelessness of pursuing money, despite tired, recycled premises."

A Papa John's employee was unwittingly recorded making extremely racist remarks about the customer he had just delivered a pizza to after he accidentally butt-dialed the customer and left a message in his voicemail box.

An active-duty Marine named Esteban J. Smith has been identified as the suspect in a violent and apparently random series of shooting in West Texas.

It used to be that only the very rich had the opportunity to lose money by investing in hedge funds. Now, you can too!