Laura Trowbridge

It's an old story of young love being thwarted by disapproving parents, just like in the classic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, only made more devastating in real life.

It is hard to believe that something made out of feces would be worth tens of thousands of dollars, but one poopy creation from a Chinese artist recently sold for $45,000.

Darjeeling - For the past five years a young man, now 27, has been marrying almost one girl a month in order to sell them to brothels in Pune and Mumbai, India.

It may be the latest trend around the world for the most uninhibited to get married in the nude. Young couples in China are having their wedding photos taken in the nude.

Denver - A 27-year-old man was found guilty of beating his three-week-old son and leaving him to die while he surfed the internet for information on the tools he had stolen.

Have you ever wondered about those gloves the TSA agents use over and over on all the intimate patdowns they do on passengers at the airport? Doctors are speaking out about how unsanitary this practice is.

A young boy who lost his parents to AIDS and who now is infected with HIV must now fend for himself in his parent's shack in China since no one wants to get close enough to care for him.

Mumbai - A teacher in a Mumbai, India nursery school allegedly molested the children in her care by demonstrating how to French kiss on them.

The South Korean government has launched an investigation into why the girls in Korean popular music bands, or K-Pop, have become much too sexy, especially ones performing for the Japan music industry.

Most people are interested in having a satisfying sex life. By the time we reach the age of 40, we should have a good amount of knowledge concerning what turns each other on.

Miami - A doctor in Miami is suing a restaurant because he feels they had a legal obligation to tell him the proper way to eat an artichoke.

Jobs are hard to come by, especially in Michigan, but one woman spoke out against an unnecessary humiliation she went through with a potential employer belittling her and calling her a nasty name.

November 1 began a new Wii service for the Japanese consumer. Over 10,000 items became available 24 hours a day to purchase through their Wii console.

Detroit - Actress Erin Cummings of ABC's hit show "Detroit 187" has come up with a wonderful way to give back to the people of Detroit.

For those who love cupcakes, it may be a distressing time to be a child or a parent of a child in Michigan schools. Cupcakes are no longer welcome now in some schools with the new voluntary Michigan nutrition standards, which may soon become mandatory.

A veterinarian is lucky to be alive after the hippopotamus he was testing a new sedative on woke up and attacked him. The hippo was not so lucky, however.

Domino's Pizza is celebrating its 25th anniversary of opening in Japan by giving a cash prize of 2.5 million yen for one hour's pizza delivery work to the lucky winner.

One of the best known cartoon cats, famous for being a bit cantankerous, extremely lazy and completely obsessed with food, may have stepped on some sensitive toes over a comic strip published on Veterans or Remembrance Day.

So many good things have come out of Detroit in the past, like Motown music, the automobile industry, and even the "smaller" things like Faygo sodapop.

Dunkin Donuts launched a new breakfast food last week for a limited time only as a market test item. The Sausage Pancake Bites are a quick breakfast on the go.