Former Senator Arlen Specter passes away at age 82. Arlen Specter, the moderate Republican who became a Democrat, passed away at age 82. Specter died Sunday from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer of the lymphatic system, according to the Los Angles Times.

Stamps' prices will go up in January 2013 from 45 to 46 cents and pricing for Priority Mail Flat Rate products will also increase, the United States Postal Service announced.

The iPhone 5 unlocked release date has been rumored to be sometime later this month. The iPhone 5 unlocked release date has been rumored to be sometime later this month.

Elizabeth Escalona, a Dallas woman who made headlines when evidence showed she glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall, was sentenced to 99 years in prison on Friday, Oct. 12. State District Judge Larry Mitchell stated the sentence was appropriate due to the nature of the crime. "On Sept. 7, 2011, you savagely beat your child to the edge of death," Mitchell said. "For this you must be punished." When Judge Mitchell announced the sentence, one of Escalona's family members reportedly sobbed and screamed, "No!" in the courtroom.