Among porcelain antique dolls, whimsical Kewpies, Barbies and even paper dolls, cloth dolls in the image of African-Americans drew special attention among more than 1,200 collectors gathered in New Orleans.

These are good days for the "Anger Management" star Charlie Sheen, whose FX sitcom is halfway through its initial 10-episode run and poised to get an order for 90 more.

A Northern California mother is raising safety concerns after saying she found an old, rusty razor blade in a bag of Jolly Rancher candy.

Michelle Obama has arrived at the London Games to lead the U.S. delegation, starting her Friday schedule by having breakfast with American Olympians.

There are the five, colorful Olympic rings. And in London on Friday, there were some 40 chimes of Olympic ringing coming from one of the capital's most recognizable landmarks.

The politics of guns leapt to the top of the presidential race Wednesday, as President Barack Obama embraced some degree of control of weapons sales and Republican Mitt Romney seemed to suggest an alleged mass killer in Colorado had obtained his weapons illegally even though he hadn't.

Mitt Romney is meeting with former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he begins a day of meetings with British officials in London.

Federal prosecutors say a former Wilcox County jailer has pleaded guilty to a charge related to the cover-up of an assault of three inmates.

A toy company is suing Lady Gaga for more than $10 million, claiming the pop star improperly backed out of a deal to make a doll in her likeness that would play snippets of her music.

Kristen Stewart has apologized publically to "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson following tabloid reports she had a brief but steamy affair with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders.

North American trucks have arrived to collect electronic bingo machines at Center Stage.

Reality TV mogul Nigel Lythgoe is producing a new competition series where a dance company is created in just 28 days.

Montgomery police say a 6-year-old boy has died one day after he was found unresponsive at a swimming pool.

A Champaign County judge has sentenced a former University of Illinois football player to 90 years in prison for raping a student in 1995.

President Obama is unveiling a new education plan targeting African Americans.

Gun background checks in Colorado spike after movie theater shooting.

Reports of wild cats taking people's pets led to a prank gone awry in Southern California.

Two women leaving a Florida Wal-Mart are confronted for allegedly shoplifting and then the unthinkable happens...

It may or may not be the meanest prank ever. But the prankster is a loving husband who loves to make his wife scream.

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Los Angeles County officials have approved a ballot initiative that will ask voters to decide whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms in sex scenes.

A judge has delayed a ruling on whether the ousted president of the nation's oldest black fraternity should be reinstated.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty to three civil rights offenses for sexually groping three women at Miami International Airport.

A Florida woman is facing nine counts of mailing hoax anthrax letters to the offices of U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson.

The nation's governors are asking Congress to help states recover an estimated $20 billion in sales taxes that go uncollected by out-of-state online merchants every year.