Your biggest work embarrassments updated 2 days ago
Embarrassing yourself in a social situation is the stuff of nightmares. The toilet paper stuck to your shoe, an open zipper during a speech or slipping on a patch of ice while walking down the street -- you don't forget the red face and cold sweats.
Woman suspected of witchcraft burned alive updated Thu, January 8, 2009
A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.
Woman suspected of witchcraft burned alive updated Thu, January 8, 2009
A woman in rural Papua New Guinea was bound and gagged, tied to a log and set ablaze on a pile of tires this week, possibly because villagers suspected her of being a witch, police said Thursday.
What your heart needs, at every age updated Mon, January 5, 2009
The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.
Review: 'Benjamin Button' amazes, moves updated Thu, December 25, 2008
Standing a head taller than the worthy, conventional and mostly rather dull entries in this season's lackluster Oscar race, David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a risky romantic epic, grand in ambition and design, alternately flawed and fabulous in execution.
Commentary: Why our kids need our help updated Mon, December 15, 2008
The recent experience with Nebraska's safe-haven law gives us a glimpse into the enormous challenges children, youths and their families are facing today all across our country.
Teen disappears: 'Mom, I'm in Somalia' updated Fri, December 12, 2008
Last month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished.
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Vitamins E, C, selenium don't reduce prostate cancer risk updated Wed, December 10, 2008
Previous studies suggested that taking certain vitamins might lower the risk of getting prostate cancer. However, two new studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that men taking these supplements were just as likely to develop prostate cancer as those who weren't taking them.
Zimbabweans ill and dying from cholera crossing border updated Wed, December 3, 2008
Doctors worry about the woman sitting on a bed inside the large tent, an IV in her arm. Chipo Matewe, 23, is eight months pregnant and stricken with cholera.
Obama, Blair laud Bush's AIDS work in Africa updated Mon, December 1, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama doesn't often offer praise for President George W. Bush's foreign policy, but on Monday he offered the outgoing head of state accolades for battling AIDS in Africa.
