The pregnant widow of the paralyzed Indiana man who chose to end life support has defended his decision to the Indianapolis Star. “I completely understood,” Abbey Bowers said, “but I was devastated because I didn’t have much time with him.”

An Indiana man left paralyzed from the shoulders down after a hunting accident chose to be taken off life support Sunday. Timothy "Tim" Bowers, 32, of Decatur was deer hunting Saturday when he fell 16 feet from a tree and suffered a severe spinal injury.

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has reinstated a key part of Texas’ oppressive new abortion law, only days after a federal court in Texas struck down the same provision. Abortion-performing doctors will now be required to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic, a rule that will lead to 12 clinic closures.

Everyone's favorite lawyer show has been renewed for a second season. Cue champagne! Also today: John Goodman will make you laugh, Mimi Leder will make you cry, and Haley Reinhart will make you...dance?

While walking the carpet at the Teen Choice Awards, popular singer/actress Scarlett Johansson bent over when she noticed that someone had dropped a stack of business cards on the ground. The Scoop star bent down in a ladylike manner to pick up the discarded business cards, much to the dismay of the surrounding lensmen hoping to score a gossip blog friendly shot. A group of men ahead of Johansson dropped another set of business cards, but Johansson just stared at cards, shook her head and moved her fingers using the universal sign for "naughty naughty."