Older American Women Play Baseball, Competitively Studies show physical activity and social interaction improve the cognitive ability of older adults and delay the onset of functional limitations. Studies also indicate it's never too late to become p...
Bela Fleck The Flecktones 'Reunite' Bela Fleck The Flecktones have reunited. Actually, they never broke up, but the award-winning fusion band has revived their original lineup for a new album called Rocket Science. Bela Fleck The Flecktones celebrate...
Beatles' Business Model Inspires Aspiring Entrepreneurs Business advice is available from many sources - books, workshops, the Internet but - the Beatles? Authors George Cassidy and Richard Courtney believe the Fab Four followed a classic business mo...
NASA Announces Next Generation Spacecraft NASA has unveiled plans for its next-generation, post-Shuttle spacecraft to carry humans into earth orbit and beyond. The state-of-the-art, four-astronaut capsule, called the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or MPC...
Syrian President Concedes 'Mistakes' in Handling Protests Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the authorities have made some mistakes in their handling of anti-government protests since mid-March. Assad told a group of dignitaries that most of...
N. African Migrants Risk Lives to Reach Italian Island More than 30,000 migrants have arrived from north Africa on the tiny southern Italian island of Lampedusa, so far, this year. Most of the migrants leave the coasts of Tunisia and Libya onboard ri...
Bulging Midriffs Signal Higher Health Risks There is compelling new evidence that a little bit of belly fat can be extremely hazardous to your health if you've had a heart attack. The study's findings compare the increased risk of death to smoking a...
Hidden Charges Inflate Price Tag A while back, a friend of ours took his son to a professional basketball game. He walked up to an arena window and purchased two tickets for $40 apiece. But his credit card was NOT charged $80. The clerk assessed an a...
Key Vote Looms in US Amid Polarized Political Atmosphere Sometings during the next several weeks, the U.S. Congress will take up the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling so that the United States can continue to borrow money to cover a national...
US Sharpens Criticism of Syrias Assad A senior U.S. State Department official said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's actions against protesters are completely inconsistent with those of a responsible leader. U.S. diplomats are talking t...
