Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.V., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington (file photo 15 May 2008) Senator Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat and the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, has died at the age of 9...
After her son Jacob was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2003, Dorine Kenney searched for a way to keep his spirit alive. So she founded Jacob's Light Foundation, a volunteer group that has sent hundreds of thousands of kilograms of candy, socks,...
A patient lies in a bed in an isolation ward at the multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis clinic in Lesotho in southern Africa Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in developing countries, according the U.S. Centers for Disease Cont...
Remember The Steve Miller Band, whose unbroken string of infectious pop-rock hits included Abracadabra and The Joker? Since 1984, the band's recording output dwindled to a mere three albums. But, fans are cheering their long-awaited return to the stu...
World leaders pose during a group photo at the G20 summit in Toronto, 27 June 2010 Leaders of the Group of 20 meeting in Toronto, Canada have agreed that the world's most advanced industrialized countries should reduce their budget deficits by half w...
A protester with a bandana over her face confronts a riot police line-up on Bay Street during demonstrations at the G8 and G20 Summits, Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Toronto. Hundreds of demonstrators protesting the G-20 global economic summit in Toront...
US President Barack Obama gestures alongside French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Deerhurst Resort at Muskoka, in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, 25 Jun 2010 World leaders in the Group of Eight (G8) have con...
After much anticipation, people are lining up at stores around the world to purchase the latest smartphone by Apple. The iPhone 4 is now available in the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Japan. In the United States, Britain and Japan, Appl...
Unstructured outdoor activity, eating fruits and vegetables become part of curriculum Nina Keck | Vermont 25 June 2010 At Calvary Preschool in Pittsford, Vermont, nearly one-third of class time is devoted to active, outdoor play. Over the past 30 yea...
Smitha Raghunathan | Washington, DC 25 June 2010 Harvard researchers found that white rice consumption increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes while brown rice consumption actually reduces the risk. Reducing your risk of diabetes may be as simple as ha...
A combination of pictures shows supporters from various countries playing vuvuzela horns during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa The football World Cup is entering its second round in South Africa and fans are gearing up for another two weeks...
Kashmiri Muslim separatists have been fighting for two decades for independence from India or a merger with Muslim-majority Pakistan. More than 47,000 people have died in the conflict. Yet three years ago, a football coach from Argentina started the...
Bishop Paul Verryn offers a blessing to his parishioners in a dimly-lit downtown Johannesburg church Once the World Cup is over, and the world's attention turns away from South Africa, there are fears there could be another outbreak of xenophobic, or...
Five nations will receive the first grants from a new fund aimed at helping developing-world farms like this one in Haiti. Five nations will receive the first grants from a new and unusual fund aimed at helping developing-world farmers. Bangladesh, H...
On the first day of the G8 summit in Canada, President Barack Obama and other world leaders held initial discussions on ways to strengthen the global economy and build on commitments from past summits. Senior U.S. administration officials point to wh...
