Oddities! Woman turns 40, had no man...and decided to marry herself.

Yasmin Eleby from Houston, Texas promised herself when she was much younger that if she hit 40 and wasn't married, she would marry herself. And so when she hit 40 recently and wasn't married and didn't even have a man, she kept that promise to herself. Yasmin threw herself a full wedding, complete with a candlelit ceremony.

She had her mum walk her down the aisle, and had her sister who is a minster, help her say vows, in a spiritual ceremony - because you can't legally marry yourself in America. Her other three sisters were her bridesmaid and her friends attended. The wedding took place at Huston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC), on Saturday, January 3, 2015. See the photos after the cut...

Texas Jury Fails To Indict Houston Police Who Killed Unarmed Black Man

Activist Deric Muhammad embraces Renae Tran as she holds on to son Jordan Baker, Jr. at the candlelight vigil for Jordan Baker in the parking lot where he was shot by police

Sebastian Murdock | Huff
A Texas grand jury has officially cleared an officer of any wrongdoing after he fatally shot an unarmed man back in January.

Officer Juventino Castro will face no charges in the deadly shooting of 26-year-old Jordan Baker, Chron News reports.

Baker was shot by Castro in an alley behind a Houston strip mall. Castro was off duty at the time, and Baker was unarmed. Castro said he believed Baker matched the description of a robbery suspect who had targeted the strip mall in the past, ABC13 reported at the time.

In a police report filed after the killing, Castro said there was a scuffle and a foot chase into the alley after the officer asked to see Baker's ID. Castro told investigators he shot Baker after the man allegedly charged the cop.

University of Texas finds 100 missing brains from research lab

The University of Texas has found its missing collection of brains | Colourbox.com

Juan A. LozanoThe Associated Press
Dozens of human brains reported missing from a research lab at the University of Texas in Austin were actually disposed of by environmental workers about 12 years ago after faculty members said they weren’t in good enough condition for research or teaching, the university said last Wednesday.

The questions about the thought-to-be missing brains — held in up to 60 jars, some of which contained multiple brains — were prompted by a recently released book about a brain collection that the university received 28 years ago from the Austin State Hospital. The specimens were part of the original collection of 200 brains and had been stored at the campus’ Animal Resources Center.

On Tuesday, psychology professor Tim Schallert, a co-curator of the collection, told the Austin American-Statesman it wasn’t clear what had happened to about half of the collection. Fellow professor and co-curator Lawrence Cormack said it was “possible word got around among undergraduates and people started swiping them for living rooms or Halloween pranks.”