Facebook Users email and telephone numbers shared.

Facebook said the impact of the data disclosure was "minimal"

Personal details of about six million people have been inadvertently exposed by a bug in Facebook's data archive.

Dirtiest items in hotels.

TV remote controls

The next time you stay in a hotel, you might want to bring some extra hand-sanitizer.

A study on contamination levels in hotel rooms led by the University of Houston, presented on Sunday at the American Society of Microbiology,

Woman selling husband on craigslist.

Alyse Baddley with her husband, Kyle

Alyse Baddley, 21, hadn’t spent quality time with her husband, Kyle, in quite a while. Kyle was too engrossed in his game of “Modern Warfare” to notice. So Alyse cooked up a scheme to put the 22-year-old in his place: by selling him on Craigslist.

Black rhino declared extinct.

Black rhino: For some species on the edge, captivity is the only hope

No wild black rhinos remain in West Africa, according to the latest global assessment of threatened species.

The Red List, drawn up by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has declared the subspecies extinct.

Rare archaeological artifacts found in Jerusalem

The stone artifact with an etching of the Menorah was probably done by a sharp nail.

Israel's Antiquities Authority announced Monday that a rare Roman sword in its leather scabbard which belonged to a Roman soldier and an engraving of a Menorah on a piece of stone dating from 66 CE were found in recent days in the 2000 year old drainage system in Jerusalem which ran between the City of David and the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden.

Atlantis final mission

Atlantis docks for the final time in the shuttle programme's history

Atlantis has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on the final mission of the US space shuttle programme.

It will spend at least seven days at the ISS and, on its return to Earth, will be retired along with the other shuttles in Nasa's fleet.

Amazon tribe contacted for the first Time

Pictures have been released by Brazilian officials which show the habitat of one of world's last uncontacted tribes.

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Russia arrests man who ate human liver with potatoes

Human liver

Russian police said on Tuesday they had detained a man who was caught eating an acquaintance's liver.

Police tracked down the suspect after a trail of severed body parts including limbs and a head were found across Moscow.

Girl 'murdered' by Roman soldiers

(Wounds suggest the girl was stabbed in the back of the head with a Roman sword)

The body of a girl thought to have been murdered by Roman soldiers has been discovered in north Kent.

Archaeologists working on the site of a Roman settlement near the A2 uncovered the girl who died almost 2,000 years ago.

Catholic priest gambling problem

Rev. Joe LeClair

The Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa says it has hired an accounting firm to conduct an audit of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Ottawa, after a report alleging the church had lax financial controls and its popular clergyman had racked up large credit card bills.

Bangladeshi woman dies after caning

Two people have been arrested after the death of a Bangladeshi woman who was publicly caned for allegedly having an affair with her stepson, police say.

Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup'

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is a 2,400-year-old pot of soup, state media report.

P. B. S. Pinchback: 25th Governor of Louisiana

(25th Governor of Louisiana In office December 9, 1872 – January 13, 1873)

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was the first African American to become Governor of a U.S. state. He was also the first non-white (biracial) Governor of Louisiana. Pinchback, a Republican, served as the Governor of Louisiana for thirty-five days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.

WikiLeaks, Facebook and the Perils of Oversharing

THE recent release of internal State Department cables by WikiLeaks, assisted by a coalition of news outlets in the United States and Europe, has been viewed as a national security matter — have confidential sources been compromised? Could relations between the United States and Russia (or Italy or France or Pakistan) be permanently damaged?

Polygamy in Canada: How many wives can a man have?

(Young women at a school in Bountiful)

An unusual legal test case is taking place in Canada aimed at clarifying whether polygamy is a crime. Does the country's anti-polygamy law violate a constitutional guarantee of the freedom of religion? Over the next few months, a court will decide.

Young man wears old man disguise

As the story of a young man who boarded an Air Canada flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver disguised as an old man makes headlines worldwide, the federal Conservatives have pledged a full probe of the incident.

Vatican warns of 'wayward' sect

The Vatican has warned Catholic bishops around the world to monitor carefully a secretive traditionalist sect which prays to angels to combat demons.

Best and Worst Years for the Stock Market

A historical perspective

As the current recession began, the stock market tumbled. Now, as the economy struggles to recover, the market has regained much of what it lost. How does this compare to 1929? What about 1987? How long will it take to bounce back? To get a historical perspective, here is a look at the five worst and five best years on the stock market measured by percentage change in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Psychic octopus dies

FRANKFURT - Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated soccer fans by correctly predicting results at this year's World Cup, died Tuesday.

Titanic's Gloria Stuart dies at 100

Actress Gloria Stuart, who played Kate Winslet's character as an elderly woman in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, has died. She was 100.