The tax returns for the president and first lady have been released. President Obama’s income dropped to $1.7 million last year. As with his 2009 income, most of the president’s 2010 income came from sales of his books. The Obamas also gave almost $250,000 to charity.

Match.com said it will begin checking users against the national sex offender registry, days after a class action lawsuit was filed by a woman allegedly sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating site. The decision came after years of considering the move but deciding against it because of the unreliability of the screening method, Match.com President Mandy Ginsberg said in a statement released late Sunday.

The deadly storm that struck Raleigh, N.C., has an incredible survival story. A 3-month-old baby was ripped from his cousin’s arms as a tornado tossed the child on to some debris. The child was found unconscious but unharmed.

The woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her was charged Monday with murder in the death of her boyfriend.

Crystal Mangum was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder and two counts of larceny. She has been in jail since April 3, when police charged her with assault in the stabbing 46-year-old Reginald Daye. He died after nearly two weeks at a hospital.

An attorney for Mangum and officials in the district attorney's office did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Mangum falsely accused the lacrosse players of raping her at a 2006 party at which she was hired to perform as a stripper. The case heightened long-standing tensions in Durham about race, class and the privileged status of college athletes.

Prosecutors declined to press charges for the false accusations, but Mangum's bizarre legal troubles have continued.

The star, who used to date Marilyn Manson, told Esquire magazine that she prefers to take the lead when dating women.