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A North Carolina legislative committee voted almost unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill that would compensate victims of the state's forced sterilization program with $50,000 each, according to WFAE radio from Charlotte. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former UCLA player Reeves Nelson is suing Sports Illustrated for $10 million, citing defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress over its recent article about problems in the school's basketball program. (more)

The Coalition of African American Pastors announced Tuesday that it does not agree with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's decision to endorse the legalization of same-sex marriage. (more)

In an interview with Fox News, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels tried put to rest rumors of a potential campaign as Mitt Romney's running mate. (more)

The Secretary General of the United Nations said he believes al-Qaida is responsible for a series of bombings in Syria last week and may be trying to establish a foothold in the troubled Middle Eastern nation. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday. He was 83. (more)

In the 24 hours or so since Facebook filed its long-awaited S-1 and started on the way to a second-quarter public offering, some of the focus has been on the near-certainty that the bulk of the social network’s shares being sold will be snatched up by big institutions and high net-worth individuals. There are some signals though, that retail investors will not be shut out of the offering entirely. (more)

(CNN) - According to always-outspoken Charles Barkley, Mitt Romney's "going down" in November's presidential election. (more)

VALLEJO, Calif. — On a suburban block with six family homes, palm trees and views of the surrounding green hills, nothing at 110 Windsor Court stood out. Its occupants, who had moved into the foreclosed house a few years earlier, were quiet types. (more)

KABUL –  The US has been secretly releasing captured Taliban fighters from a detention center in Afghanistan in a bid to strengthen its hand in peace talks with the insurgent group, the Washington Post reported Monday. (more)

Who is Robert Procop? He's about to be a household name, we predict. (more)

Britney Spears and Simon Cowell are about to become TV's next power couple. The pop princess is thisclose to signing a big-bucks deal to become a judge on X Factor, multiple sources have exclusively confirmed to E! News. (more)

“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria is leaving Wisteria Lane for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. (more)

Amanda Bynes probably shouldn't have quit acting. (more)

More than 200 real estate brokers and lawyers, many of them among the most ambitious in the Manhattan real estate world, filed into an Off Broadway theater last month for three hours. (more)