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• Nov 11, 2011

  Jerry Sandusky Biography on Amazon Turns Into Outlet of Rage Toward Accused Child Rapist

  A biography about alleged child rapist Jerry Sandusky titled Touched: the Jerry Sandusky Story is no longer for sale on Amazon, but customers are still leaving reviews on the book's product page — expressing their outrage over the child sex abuse scandal that has shocked the country.

• Nov 11, 2011

  10-Year-Old Gives Birth to Baby Boy; Are Mexico's Abortion Laws 'Too Strict?'

  A 10-year-old girl in Mexico recently gave birth to a premature baby boy, bringing the country's strict abortion laws into the spotlight.

• Nov 11, 2011

  Black Friday 2011 Ads: Home Depot Reveals Early Sales Deals on Refrigerators

  Black Friday is usually a time when Americans clamor for the best deals on laptops and TVs, but some people need to upgrade their kitchen. For shoppers searching for deals on the best appliances, there are plenty of great early Black Friday deals on new refrigerators for under $999 at Home Depot.

• Nov 10, 2011

  Is Australia's Ban on Tobacco Branding a 'Violation of Rights'?

  Australia is close to becoming the first nation in the world to completely outlaw branding on cigarette packages in an attempt to make cigarettes less appealing. However, tobacco companies say that the move is an infringement on their intellectual property rights.

• Nov 10, 2011

  Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Penn State; Atheist and Gay Groups to Counter-Protest

  Westboro Baptist Church, best-known for picketing funerals of dead soldiers, is now taking its show of hate to Penn State - to protest the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the country and shocked the university.

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  Nov 10, 2011

  Penn State's Jerry Sandusky 'Obsessed' and 'Clingy' with Sex Abuse Victim, Claims Indictment

  A grand jury indictment describes former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky as being obsessed with one of the alleged victims and becoming "clingy" and "needy" when another victim tried to distance himself from the alleged pedophile. In addition, a Pittsburgh radio host believes Penn State administrators knew of the child-sex scandal, but offered to keep quiet if Sandusky retired. Eventually, Sandusky began coaching high school football, giving him "unfettered" access to young boys.

• Nov 10, 2011

  Justin Bieber Says Night with 'Baby Mama' Mariah Yeater 'Didn't Go Down Like That?'

  Justin Bieber's friend and self-proclaimed "big brother" said that the pop teen idol is going through the hardest time of his life because of the baby rumors and that despite Mariah Yeater's accusations, the alleged sexual incident between Yeater and Bieber "didn't go down like that."

• Nov 10, 2011

  Early Black Friday Sales at Target and Walmart: Laptops and TVs for Under $200

  Millions of shoppers around the country will be clamoring to be one of the first to get their hands on amazing Black Friday deals next week. But big stores around the country, like Target and Walmart, are already getting in on the Black Friday action with excellent deals on laptops and TVs for under $200. Here are some of the "early" Black Friday deals available now.

• Nov 9, 2011

  Iowa College Allows Students to Share 'Gender-Neutral' Locker Rooms

  Co-ed dormitories are being implemented in various universities around the country, but Grinnell College, a small, liberal arts college in Iowa, is taking that idea one step further by creating "gender-neutral" locker rooms, an idea propelled by transgender students who choose not to identify themselves as either male or female.

• Nov 9, 2011

  Black Friday 2011: Best Buy Customers Invited to 'RSVP' on Facebook for Black Friday Sales

  Best Buy is inviting customers to RSVP on its Black Friday page on Facebook in order to get up to date sales information on the best Black Friday deals, including $25,000 worth of gift cards that can be used on anything in the store.