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The number of executions and death penalties in the U.S. has continued to steadily decline, reaching a record low in 2011 as public support for capital punishment appearing to languish.

What do Ryan Dunn, Breaking Dawn, Revision, Asda and the royal wedding all have in common? They all topped the charts in this year's most popular search terms in the UK, as provided by Google.

Kardashian has paid $64,900 to own three Lorranise Schwatz bangle bracelets of the late actress at the Christie’s auction in New York.

A discovery timeline of subatomic particles which made particle and nuclear physics so interesting.

Hollywood style icon Elizabeth Taylor's legendary collections, which include diamond jewellery and clothes, are up for auction at Christie's Rockefeller Center headquarters in New York.

She was sensationally disqualified from the America's Next Top Model All stars finale and forced to hang her head in shame as her rival Lisa D'Amato took the converted crown but who is Angelea Preston?

Apple opened its biggest-ever store last week, at the Grand Central station, New York.

Stefan Frei has been given permission by MLS club Toronto to make a temporary move to Liverpool, to train with the side during the American league's off season.

Dutch architects have come under fire for designing buildings which resemble the twin towers collapsing during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has cautioned Thierry Henry to think long and hard before making the switch to club management and indicated the former Gunners' striker can still compete at the highest level.

Chelsea, the only child of America’s most famous couple, would be premiering with her first report with the profile of Annette Dove, who runs an afterschool programme for underprivileged children in her home state, Arkansas.

Hundreds of white-bearded and red-suited Santas gathered at Trafalgar Square in honour of SantaCon - a boozy festival which happens every year.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry was overcome with emotion during the club's tribute to him after he was immortalized with a bronze statue outside the Emiratres Stadium.

The Théâtre du Rond-Point in Paris has become the latest target in a wave of Catholic demonstrations across France against what they call "blasphemous" plays.

A repeat of last December's "big freeze" is almost ruled out now.

The ex-Beatle has said guns are like the death of choice.

The Hollywood actor was forced to get off an American Airlines flight for apparently playing "Words with Friends" on his mobile

A former Miss Russia has been jailed in New York after she was thrown out of her rehabilitation programme following an assault on another patient.

The International Business Times UK takes a look back through 2011 and the Occupy movement's place in it. Exploring how a fringe magazine feature managed to capture the hearts and minds of the world, beginning with the Occupy Wall Street protest before crossing oceans to become a global call-to-arms for the discontented.

According to experts, there is a 65 percent rise in the UFO sightings reported over the past two years.

"I worry about my heart, so I don’t want to go through those things," the Associated Press has quoted Lenore Zimmerman as saying.

BlackBerry manufacturer RIM sold just 150,000 PlayBook tablets in the third quarter of 2011, significantly lower than Apple, which sold more than 11 million iPads.

The legendary actress' collections of jewellery, couture, household items and art have been on a world tour. New York is the last stop of the tour, which is named The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, prior to the four-day sale.

British advertising regulators have referred Groupon to the Office for Fair Trading over "serious concerns".

News has recently broken out that the Katla volcano in Iceland could be about to erupt, with the potential to cause global damage.

The Bush family is continuing its health awareness African trip despite Amnesty's international calls for the former President's arrest over human rights violations.

The U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has slammed a new campaign by Israel's Ministry of Absorption to entice expat Israelis to return home.

Vintage couture gowns and designer accessories are the highlights of an auction to be held at Christie's in South Kensington, on Dec. 1.

The Italian fashion council, the Camera Nationale dell Moda Italiana, has finally agreed to revert to the originally scheduled programming for the 2012 Milan Fashion Week, after heated discussions and debates.

Profanity can be good for you if practiced in small doses, says new research.