Or, as his lawyer put it, “If you’re going to raise a murderer, you’re going to take responsibility.”  MORE

It’s common to have a crush on a celebrity, particularly Robert Pattinson who has left many Twilight fans swooning for him. However, one girl went as far as to marry a cardboard cut out of Pattinson in Las Vegas.

Lauren Adkins, 25, was walking by a record shop in her native Las Vegas, when she spotted a life-size cut out of Pattinson and knew that’s who she wanted to marry. MORE

Developers of artificial micro-humans, or ‘mini GM humans,’ are hoping to release their technology on the market by 2017. No this isn’t a sci-fi joke. Scientists are developing artificial humans in the same vein as GM plants with the hope that these creations will replace the need for using animals in laboratory testing. MORE

Ted Cruz was booed off stage after he praised Israel and condemned religious bigotry during his keynote speech at a conference for Middle Eastern Christians in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. The sold out event was hosted by the non-profit group In Defense of Christians. MORE

World War 3 is on the tips of the tongues of many, and now that Russia has fired its nuclear weapons as a show of force, Vladimir Putin is already warning the United States and NATO he believes this new Cold War 2 will cause a planned arms escalation in response to threats made over the Ukraine crisis. MORE

Ukraine’s military published a map that suggests Russian-backed forces have secured crucial territory between the stronghold of Russian-backed separatists and a strategic Ukrainian city.

A shaky cease-fire is currently in place in eastern Ukraine, although residents say it still feels like war. MORE

One of the biggest lies in America is that Christians are not supposed to judge. Take our quiz to see how you score in the judgment department. MORE

The Yosemite wildfire, which has been raging for weeks in the back country of the national park, has been captured on camera by fine art landscape photographer Darvin Atkeson.

His epic pictures show the 4,500-acre blaze making its way through one of the most beautiful national parks in America. The Meadow Fire was started by a lightning strike and has turned into a raging inferno due to the drought affecting parts of California. MORE

On 9/11/2014 at 8:42 UTC the Lake Tahoe region experienced a rare earthquake of M 3.5. More precisely the earthquake was located under the dormant Mt. Pluto Volcano. You can read about it here. (HT Karen for all the data) MORE

Anne Marie van Blijenburgh, a key eyewitness to ritual child killings by Dutch royalty and other elites including George Soros, describe the murders that have occurred since 2004 in Belgium and Holland. This is part one of a four part statement she made before officers of the International Common Law Court of Justice this past summer, as part of its prosecution of Pope Francis and others for child trafficking and Ninth Circle ritual killings. MORE

Director of the advertising agency Vanilla Brief (www.vanillabrief.com), Ben Slater, proves that the team at the ad agency are literally at the bleeding edge of exploration into the future of interactive. MORE

Angry teen? Looks more like a grown man (31 yrs?) throwing a tantrum over his unwarranted lifestyle. If he doesn’t calm down, other hateful vices might start brewing. He should be closely monitored under suicide watch. MORE

Authorities say last month’s high surf caused about $20 million in damage to a breakwater at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday the money is needed to make emergency repairs to breaches and near-breaches damaged by the impact of Hurricane Marie. MORE