Longevity Traced to Grandmothers In modern society, grandmothers are often called upon to babysit. But a few million years ago, when primate grandmothers first started doing that, they apparently had a major impact on human evolution. Scientists beli...
Iran Hero Pilot Shahbazi 'Forced To Retire' Over Sanctions Campaign Cellphone footage posted on the Internet shows Iran Air Flight 742 from Moscow approaching Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on October 18th last year. The front landing g...
Britain Criticized For Rwanda Aid Donation Rebels from the March 23 Movement, known as the M23, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Tutsi militia continues to fight DRC government troops - and staged a deadly attack on Uni...
Many Turks Concerned with Erdogan's Syria Policy There is discontent on the streets of Istanbul, Turkey's most metropolitan city. Government critics complain about the surge in the number of refugees from Syria and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Pink Tops Pop Charts with 'The Truth About Love' The Truth About Love is Pinks first studio album since 2008. She says the new songs show that shes still the feisty, angry girl shes always been, but admits they also give fans a look at her kinder and...
Pink Tops Pop Charts with 'The Truth About Love' The Truth About Love is Pinks first studio album since 2008. She says the new songs show that shes still the feisty, angry girl shes always been, but admits they also give fans a look at her kinder and...
Obama, Romney Support for Israel Reassures Jewish Voters Patriotic songs set the mood in a small theater in South Florida's affluent Palm Beach County where residents gathered to watch the presidential debate. Many here are Jewish-Americans, a small...
Obama, Romney Clash on Foreign Policy There were fewer interruptions and sharp exchanges in this debate, the candidates perhaps mindful of not coming across as too negative. Biggest US threats But at times the debate did produce a clash of worldviews...
Locust Swarms Forming in West Africa Four countries in West Africa have been put on alert for the likely arrival of swarms of Desert Locusts. If uncontrolled, a small swarm can eat the same amount of food in one day as 35-thousand people. Locust swar...
French Experts Question GMO Cancer Study French officials and experts have added their voices to the chorus of criticism over a recent study linking genetically modified corn to tumors in experimental rats. The French national food safety agency join...
Electronic Dance Music Bounds into Mainstream When the American Music Awards present their top honors November 18, there will be a new category: Electronic Dance Music (EDM). EDM is a fresh sound that is spilling out of night clubs and blasting into...
Every Night is Fright Night at Elegant Theater In many American cities, one can find beautifully restored movie houses from the Golden Age of Motion Pictures in the 1920s and 30s. Many boast classical dcor, complete with crystal chandeliers, velvet d...
Pirate Attacks are Down in 2012 Sea piracy has fallen to its lowest level since 2008, including a sharp decline off the coast of Somalia. However, the International Maritime Bureau warns Africas Gulf of Guinea is growing increasingly risky for shippi...
Tough TB Responds to Drug Treatment An antibiotic used to treat severe infections shows promise against a very resistant and deadly form of tuberculosis. XDR-TB is resistant to at least four of the drugs used most often against the disease. Extensive...
Serving Farm-Fresh Meals at the Farm Just even that out with the new table, said Jim Denevan as he arranged tables for more than a hundred dinner guests on Briars Farmstead in rural Virginia. He and his eight-member crew arrived the night before. Che...
