Just had to get that upgrade? There is a lake in China filled with the toxic, radioactive sludge that is the byproduct of your new smartphone.

"Santa's elves" work for a pittance mass fabricating your useless holiday trinkets.

Charge up your electric car at Third and Marquette in Downtown Albuquerque.

Feds bust three clinics they say were dealing pills.

For the first time, Gov. Martinez uses the state plane--not the state jet.

Driver's license measure "eviscerated" in committee.

Richest person in the world now 38 percent richer. Guess where he lives? (Rhymes with Schmexico).

BBC reporters captured an tortured by Qaddafi's security.

Wisconsin union leaders promise two things: 1) a lawsuit and 2) the ousting of politicians who would snuff out their bargaining rights.

The Dalai Lama wants to give his political power to an elected representative.

Rep. Peter King's Muslim hearings begin today. He's said most mosques are run by radical imams.

Tucson shooter pleads not guilty. A victim still recovering from gunshot wounds went to the hearing to represent.

Nato forces may have accidentally killed the Afghan president's cousin.

Wait, we still care about Lindsay Lohan? She may go to jail today. In other tabloid-y news (same link), something something Britney Spears and Brangelina. (Seriously, it's been like a decade on Brangelina).

The celebrity contagion.

France shakes hands with Libya's rebel government.

Black people are leaving big cities and changing voter politics.

Julianne Moore is slated to play Sarah Palin on HBO.