The man who shot and killed John Lennon in 1980 has spent more than half his life in prison, growing from an overweight, glasses-wearing suicidal young man to a balding, middle-aged Christian pleading for parole. Mark David Chapman, who was 25 when he killed the......

The father of a recent high-school graduate who has been denied a diploma because she said 'hell' in her valedictorian speech accused her Oklahoma principal of bullying his daughter.
Dry conditions have worsened in the key farming states of Kansas and Nebraska as the worst U.S. drought in decades continues, the latest national report.
A team of Marine biologists at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station led by Professor Barbara Block has deployed a solar-powered, self-propelled robot off the coast of San Francisco that listens and follows White Sharks. You can listen to the sharks it sees via an app for the iPhone and iPad.
When you're traveling, the only thing better than finding a nontouristy restaurant that serves amazing local delicacies is having a local chef teach you how to prepare those dishes yourself. These cooking classes come with high ratings from TripAdvisor travelers.
Last night as Diana Nyad, 62, continued her attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage "all hell broke loose," according to her team's blog.
It’s taken 8 months and 22 days — and 59 guest hosts — but the decision we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. “Live! With Kelly” has announced that the show has hired a permanent co-host to replace television giant Regis Philbin, who retired...
By DR. SHARI BARNETT and DR. SWATI SHROFF “Honey, get me a beer,” might be said more by women than previously thought. A study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association on Saturday found that married women drink more than previously married...
The Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, admits women for the first time ever. Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore are the club's first two women members.
Autopsy: Death of man shot in head while hands cuffed in Arkansas patrol car was suicide
If you’re on the tall side, the view from the the cheap seats may be blocked by your knees on your next airline flight. In an effort to generate more revenue, some airlines are cutting even further into available leg room to cram more seats...
If you thought that perhaps Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy were just pals and weren’t actually dating, think again. Photos have now surfaced of the two smooching up a storm. The New York Daily News has the photos, which it says were taken in...
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) set a new record as the most valuable company in stock-market history, after its stock hit a new intra-day high today. Its stock passed the $664 mark on Monday, up over 2.4 percent. The market value of Apple, which is its...
Famous people's inflammatory rants about the presidential candidates.
ABC News’ John Schriffen reports: United Airlines says it is conducting a thorough review this morning of three weekend incidents that left hundreds of passengers stranded and some wondering whether the airline’s rocky merger with Continental has undermined its operations. Since their merger two years...
In a nail-biting stunt, world record-holding highliner Faith Dickey walks on a rope between two speeding trucks on a highway in a new viral video produced for Volvo. Called the “Ballerina Stunt,” the made-for-the-web video throws several challenges at the 23-year old Dickey. She must...