At Northwestern University, one teacher is putting pornography on the required reading list. English lecturer Bill Savage will feature a pornographic novel in his Spring Quarter literature class; "Genius, Gender and Tradition. "

Music channel VH1 Classic will play Nena's 1984 hit 99 Red Balloons non-stop for an hour after a viewer pledged $35,000 for charity. The channel has been running a charity jukebox to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Viewers could pay per track or by the hour to request their favorite videos. One person has paid for 60 minutes of the song, to be screened in its English and German versions on Sunday.

The entire country of China has been left in outrage after viewing a video on the Internet of a woman stomping a kitten to death, according to Chinese state media. Wang Jue, a nurse from northeast China's Heilongjiang province, said she was persuaded into performing for the bizarre video after she had suffered a divorce.

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff ReporterThe live auction Briton Cooper Owen scheduled for Oct. 27 was canceled after the band objected to the event, reports DailyBreeze. com

Mary-Kate Olsen is leaving NYU, according to published reports. According to her publicist, Olsen is taking an approved leave of absence from New York University so she can concentrate on business matters. Olsen's twin sister Ashley, also co-president of their company Dualstar, will remain at NYU. Olsen's publicist tells People magazine that Mary-Kate's health is not a factor in her decision to leave school. The summer before classes began, Mary-Kate checked into the Cirque Lodge rehab facility in Sundance, Utah, for treatment of an eating disorder. The twins began attending NYU in September 2004. At the time, they purchased a $7. 3 million penthouse in the trendy West Village, but they never moved into the apartment. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are co-presidents of Dualstar Entertainment Group, a multimillion-dollar brand catering to young girls with home videos, CDs, books, apparel, fragrances and dolls. Fortune magazine last year estimated they were worth $137 million each.