Late last month, a female student at Bandeirante University in Brazil was expelled after wearing a dress to campus that nearly caused a riot. Geisy Arruda, 20, says that she “always dressed in a way that makes me feel good and that doesn’t. . . READ FULL STORY

The shooting death of a 17-year-old in Buffalo, NY remained unsolved for 11 years until a pastor admitted to committing the crime. Buffalo police say Jose Figueroa, 31, confessed to killing Alex Martinez in January 1998. A tip led police to. . . READ FULL STORY

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between his country and Colombia. Tensions between the two countries continue to rise, and Chavez insists that if a. . . READ FULL STORY

Sounds like an unlikely evolution, right? But that's exactly the path that Ben Reed followed. Reed is a longtime Idaho radio DJ and a former Mormon missionary. He was also a committed Republican, until love changed everything. Idaho became. . . READ FULL STORY

59-year-old Ademir Jorge Goncalves shocked his family when he showed up at his own funeral service in southern Brazil. After a fatal car crash, local police called in relatives of Goncalves, who identified him and set about arranging funeral. . . READ FULL STORY