Bars and restaurants serving alcohol in Utah ended the practice of charging membership fees to beer, cocktail or wine drinkers as part of a new liquor law that took effect Wednesday.

The new law aims to attract more customers, diners and tourists to the state's bar clubs and restaurants. It will also end incidents of visitors walking out of restaurants upon learning they have to pay membership fees.

Soft drink maker Coca-Cola pulled its sugar-free Coke Zero from stores in Venezuela on Thursday on the order of the country's health ministry, which said the product is unsafe to consumers.

"This product must be taken off the market to safeguard Venezuelans' health" as it has "an ingredient that can be harmful to people," Health Minister Jesus Mantilla was quoted by Agence France-Presse as telling the state's news agency ABN.

Angelina Jolie is the most powerful celebrity in the world. The 34-year-old actress topped the annual poll by Forbes magazine, knocking U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey - who has held the top spot for the past two years - into second place.

Explaining that the magazine took into account earnings as well as fame, Forbes senior editor Matthew Miller said: "In addition to nearly doubling her earnings in the past year, from $15 million to $27 million, Angelina Jolie is the most famous star on the planet."

Apple Inc. has rejected an iPhone application that puts a person's face within a religious figure, including Jesus Christ, finding it objectionable.

The application called "Me So Holy" was rejected because it does not conform with Apple's iPhone agreement provision against obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind, the unnamed app developer said in a blog on Monday, according to Businessinsider.com.

A father from an indigenous Mexican community in California has been arrested and charged with selling his 14-year-old daughter for marriage. The groom also has been arrested and may be charged with statutory rape.

Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, will be arraigned Wednesday in Monterey County Superior Court after prosecutors charged him with violating a state law against causing a person to cohabitate in exchange for money.