In the mess of media reporting about the Obamas, we’ve been a little disappointed over the seeming paucity of knowledge when it comes to the Sidley Austin years. We knew that Michelle Obama (Princeton, Harvard law) joined Sidley’s Chicago headquarters in 1988, and that, a couple years later, Barack came along as a summer associate. They met. She left the …

General Motors today said chief executive Dan Akerson will step down next month and be replaced by Mary Barra, the company’s global product development chief, making her the first female CEO in the global automotive industry. The company said in a statement that Mr Akerson, who is also the chairman, will leave on January 15th, pulling ahead his planned departure …

Don’t know much about the origins of daylight saving time? Maybe it’s time to learn about the semi-annual time shift, which goes into effect on Sunday across most of the U.S. and in 69 other countries around the world. Benjamin Franklin is sometimes credited with the invention of daylight saving time. In 1784, he made a joking reference to something …

Joseph Baena, the resulting child of an affair between body building action star Arnold Schwarzenegger and family maid Mildred Baena, has been spotted around Hollywood looking more and more like his famous father.

State District Judge Kathleen Hamilton ruled Thursday in Conroe that a Texas man can be tried as an adult for a childhood attack on a boy who died nearly 13 years after the incident. Don Willburn Collins was 13 when authorities say he poured gasoline on Robert Middleton and set him on fire on Middleton’s eighth birthday in 1998. Middleton …

Ke$ha is back and feeling good. After she checked into rehab two months ago in order to seek help for an eating disorder, it was unclear as to when the “Die Young” singer would return, but it seems that Ke$ha has completed one part of her recovery process — Ke$ha has left rehab and, according to her, is “feeling healthy” …

New DNA evidence apparently claims that Brandon Howard is the secret son of Michael Jackson. So who exactly is this artist who goes by the moniker B. Howard?

Sometimes distinguishing between furry cuteness and pure destruction is not an easy task. In fact, many of the animals kingdom’s cutest critters also happen to be its most prolific killers. You think that cute little puffer fish is adorable? Will you hold your breath as you reach to pet it? The answer is yes. Forever. So keep that in mind …

Halle Berry’s ex-lover Gabriel Aubry (father to her daughter Nahla) and her current fiancé Olivier Martinez made headlines during the American Thanksgiving weekend. The two men got into a scuffle outside of the Oscar winner’s West Hollywood home and both landed in the hospital (though it appears Aubry took the brunt of it). He claimed that Martinez threw the first …

American TV anchor for Russia Today resigned live on air after she accused the station of “whitewashing the actions” of Vladimir Putin. Liz Wahl told viewers “I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth and that is why after this newscast, I’m resigning.”

Pope Francis admitted Thursday that he took the rosary cross of his late confessor from the dead man’s casket and still wears it in a fabric pouch under his cassock. Francis made the confession during an informal chat with Roman priest about the need to be merciful to their flocks. He said he told the late priest: “Give me half …