WALTHAM, Mass. — When Shaquille O’Neal was much, much younger and a good deal smaller, too, he chose as a role model one of the most successful big men in NBA history.

The House passed a bill Tuesday afternoon providing $26.1 billion to cash-strapped state governments, and preventing roughly 161,000 teachers and 158,000 public works employees from being laid off. The vote was 247-161.

Recently, two privileged girls have made the news by turning to prostitution and pornography. To many, the sight of Maia Campbell and Montana Fishburne being turned into prostitutes is disturbing. But what is even more troubling are the thousands of young women who aren’t famous, yet turn to prostitution out of the belief that it […]

Fantasia Barrino’s overdose last night was caused by a combination of aspirin and a sleep aid … this according to the “American Idol” champ’s manager. The rep just released a statement saying Fantasia ingested the medication after feeling “overwhelmed by the lawsuit and the media attention” surrounding her relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Antwaun […]

A Mexican baby that had been pronounced dead was discovered to be still breathing -- just hours before she was scheduled to be buried.

American comedian Whoopi Goldberg denied supporting Mel Gibson as the "Lethal Weapon" star faced scandal over a series of foul-mouthed and allegedly racist rants, London's Metro newspaper reported Tuesday.

Legs covered in skin-toned stockings, her skirt crisp to the knee, Patty Davis slips on the black heels she has shined for the day.

Former United States Senator Ted Stevens was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska on Monday night, a former member of Mr. Stevens’s Congressional staff said on Tuesday.

A 70-year-old man was busted Friday for allegedly selling $20 bags of cocaine from his home, according to today’s editions of The Jersey Journal.

"Young, Fat and Fabulous" blogger Gabi Gregg is MTV's new "Twitter Jockey." Gregg, who goes by @gabifresh on the social networking site, won the network's "Follow Me: The Search for the First MTV TJ" on Sunday, August 8.

Fantasia Barrino was rushed to a North Carolina hospital last night where she was treated for a “medication overdose,” according to WCNC.com.

Now I am an illusion, just like the films. They see me but they can’t recognize me.” –Mignon Duprée (played by Lonette McKee), Illusions, directed by Julie Dash, 1982.