Jimmy Wayne is climbing the Country chart with his cover version of a classic pop song that helped him get his first record deal. Keith Urban gave Jimmy Wayne the song, Things I Believe, for his new album, Sara Smile. But, it's the album's title trac...
Experts predict a global epidemic of Alzheimer's disease as the world's population ages. Their focus is now on a fat hormone that may indicate who is more likely to get Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. By 2050, the number of people with Alzhei...
Volunteer Paige Hergenreter works on a float named All-Star Dreams in Pasadena, Calif., 28 Dec 2009, in preparation for the Rose Parade In California, preparations are underway for the annual Rose Parade, a colorful New Year's Day tradition. Voluntee...
France's center-right government has launched a national debate about what it means to be French. The discussion on national identity is being described as a way for citizens to take stock of who they are and of France's place in the world. Critics a...
Elie Wiesel, left, Rabbi Slomo Koves, center, and Rabbi Baruch Oberlander look at a WWII Hungarian Nazi propaganda poster while visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, 10 Dec. 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner, author and activist Elie Wiesel...
Photo: AP Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks during a press conference in London, 30 Dec 2009, where he announced the release of hostage Peter Moore A British hostage has been released alive and well in Iraq after more than two years i...
Ferris State University Student Nabila Taufiq I think teaching is definitely a good profession for me, so anywhere I decide to go, I would definitely like to teach. Nabila Taufiq is in her junior year at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michiga...
Photo: AP Margaret Chan, Director General of World Health Organization speaks at a press conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, 29 Dec 2009 It would be prudent and appropriate for WHO, together with our member States to continue to monitor the evo...
Photo: NASA US forces in Iraq speak with 2 NASA astronauts aboard the ISS in a video downlink aired on NASA TV about life on the station, their military careers and what it is like to live in space for up to 6 months, 29 Dec 2009 When many Americans...
At this time of year when, everywhere we look, Americans are tempted by fattening holiday treats, many of us are resolving to lose weight in the New Year. So stepping on a scale is no fun unless you're the Columbus, Ohio, artist who has hopped onto t...
Photo: Julie Taboh Cocoa marinated tenderloin of beef is an example of chocolate being paired with other savory ingredients Americans love their chocolate, especially during the holiday season. For Gerri Ratliff, 48, buying chocolate during the holid...
The 2010 congressional elections in November will be a major test for the president as voters judge his record on the economy, health care, Afghanistan and many other issues. Jim Malone | Washington 29 December 2009 Photo: AP President Barack Obama,...
Photo: AP President Barack Obama speaks at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 29 Dec 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a systemic failure in security allowed the attempted Christmas Day attack on a Northwest Airline...
For the past 30 years, there have been over 85 cases of religious violence in the northern part of Nigeria. And there is [clearly] a failure of leadership...which has created a vacuum for people to find answers to their problems within the realm of I...
A Somali politician says a major conference has been held in a town near Somalia's border with Kenya and Ethiopia to develop a plan to establish a regional government in southern Somalia. Al-Shabab Islamic militants, who largely control the regions u...
