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"He really wasn't saying much at all – a lot of yelling and screaming," Sgt. Goeff Fox said of the 41 year old Ohio man who ripped part of his genital after consuming the hallucinogenic mushrooms he got from a friend.

A woman who unleashed racist rants on an Asian student aboard a Sydney bus has been charged with using offensive language. Although no formal complaint was lodged either by the alleged victim or his family, police have identified and charged the 55-year-old woman after footage of the “disturbing” incident caused outrage online.

A US Airways flight 906 from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Charlotte, N.C., got delayed from its original take off schedule on Sunday not because of technical error or by causes lashed out by nature. Lindsay Capri Bien-aime delayed the flight's takeoff by 30 minutes because she refused to coordinate with airport security to get out of the plane. Plane staff had called in for support after Ms Bien-aime deliberately snubbed to follow orders to turn off her cellphone as they prepare to take off.

In 2011, Edwin Schmielding was arrested for growing 8,000 marijuana plants at his farm and greenhouse in Lenawee County, Michigan. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman felt sympathy for the 61-year-old cancer survivor and only sentenced him 2 years of supervised probation after receiving letters of appeal from family and friends who described Schmielding’s countless good qualities.

In 2011, Edwin Schmielding was arrested for growing 8,000 marijuana plants at his farm and greenhouse in Lenawee County, Michigan. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman felt sympathy for the 61-year-old cancer survivor and only sentenced him 2 years of supervised probation after receiving letters of appeal from family and friends who described Schmielding’s countless good qualities.

An 87-year-old retired Roman Catholic priest appeared on Wednesday before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court and was told by Magistrate Ann Collins there is sufficient evidence for him to stand trial for sex abuse.

Over 100 cannabis (or marijuana) plants were found to be grown hydroponically at a home located in Kingsland Road, Bexley in Sydney.

The Australian Government’s Classification Board banned the sale of Saints Row 4, an action-adventure open world game

U.S. do not spy on Australia, according to US former director of national intelligence

Today, when it is virtually hard to draw the line dividing the real from the online world, netizens must always be careful of what they share. Last Tuesday, two Swedish girls, aged 15 and 16, were found guilty of insulting other teens as evidenced by what has been posted on Instagram, as reported by Reuters.

Here are some of the world's richest men who ended up bankrupt.

Labor MPs refuse to show their ‘loyalty’ hands over Gillard and Rudd’s battle for the Australian Labor Party Leadership

Angelina Jolie appeared before the United Nations Council to urge officials to stop rape in the war zone.

Labor abandoned its plan of compelling internet and phone companies to save customer’s data for up to two years.

Fairfax Media journalist Joanne McCarthy admitted receiving “bizarre” requests from police handling the cases of a priest’s child abuse

If you are a male homesexual who engaged in a sexual act with your gay partner, that expression of love is considered a criminal act under the Jamaican law. But if you happen to be a lesbian who engaged in a sexual intercourse, you will not be held liable for any crime in reference to the same law.

Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich of Germany finally admitted to the blood doping scandal that had him stripped of a number of his titles.

Rivers, Coles, Target, Kmart guilty of Bangladesh factory worker abuse

A 12-year-old girl living in a prison in Bolivia is pregnant after being raped by her father and other men. The news has sparked outrage over the country's practice of letting children live in jails.

A report from the United Nations detailed the hapless case of Palestinian children tortured and used as human shields by Israeli Forces

Russia and China were angered by a US report naming the two countries as world’s worst fighter against human traffickers.

"Hopefully there will be a positive out of it and that he will decide it's not the thing to do. I would be taking that as pretty bad karma," said Hamilton Senior Sergeant Freda Grace as quoted by the New Zealand Herald.

After reporting an alleged rape that occurred to her right inside her campus room, the victim got the shock of her life when she received a letter from the college administration that she's been recommended for exclusion on grounds that she brought the college "into disrepute."

Dolce & Gabbana faces a minimum of one-year jail time as founders Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were found guilty of tax evasion

RSCPA had reported an alarming high kill rates for impound dogs and cats

Girls Education rights advocate Malala Yousafzi condemned the bombing of a bus in Islamabad by a female suicide bomber

A group of entrepreneurs called ArcView Investor Network encouraged entrepreneurs to join the growing Cannabis industry

In a Customer Privacy statement released by Apple, the company detailed what data they allow and do not allow for government to access.

Charles Saatchi has now admitted that he attacked his wife Nigella Lawson when he choked her in public. The advertising tycoon previously downplayed the incident, calling it as a "playful tiff" between husband and wife.