One of America's premier institutions of higher learning is the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. There, young men and women grow from teenagers into naval officers. The Academy tests students both in and out of the classroom, in a...
U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus is surrounded by staff after appearing to pass out while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, 15 Jun 2010 The head of the U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, bri...
Sam Sedaei says that identity is like an invisible man, and for him as an Iranian American, a coherent identity can be even more difficult to see. A blogger for the Huffington Post, Sedaei claims that writing served as a sort of white powder for him,...
Uzbek refugees who fled from Kyrgyzstan live in a refugee camp on the border at the Uzbek village of Erkishlok, 15 Jun 2010 There are no exact figures on the scale of ethnic unrest that has hit southern Kyrgyzstan. They are lost in the chaos of what...
Soccer fans in South Africa for the World Cup will also have the opportunity learn about some of the country's turbulent history. June 16 is the national holiday called Youth Day. On this date in 1976, Hector Peterson, a 12-year-old schoolboy was kil...
Farm workers in a field near the city of Udon Thani, a rural stronghold for anti-government protesters Thai authorities have for now subdued anti-government protesters from the countryside who occupied parts of the capital for two months. A military...
Study finds mental health issues such as depression and anxiety increase along with exposure Art Chimes | St. Louis, Missouri 15 June 2010 A new study finds that nonsmokers who are exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely to experience psychiatric di...
Women in study experienced improved sleep, fewer side effects from chemotherapy Art Chimes | St. Louis, Missouri 15 June 2010 A study in the journal, Clinical Cancer Research, indicates that women who seek counseling have a lower risk of death if the...
An international group of midwives is calling for a dramatic increase in midwifery services especially in remote poor areas, so the lives of many more women and their babies can be saved. The World Health Organization says more than two million women...
Telemedicine has been used for years to deliver medical care to remote locations by audio or video links. Now, Canadian researchers are exploring the possibility of using that same technology to provide rehabilitation services to stroke patients in r...
Oum Sok began working as a cyclo driver when he was 18. He says the city has become very expensive over the years, making it much harder to earn a living. New York has its yellow cab. London has its red bus. But Phnom Penh has its cyclo - a three-whe...
Bill Bridgeman was a pioneering test pilot, once known as the fastest man alive. He told his story in a best-selling book called The Lonely Sky, in 1955. The book has been reissued, and recalls a time when flight records were broken almost monthly, a...
Jimmy Dean smiles while he gets ready for a taping of his show The Jimmy Dean Show in a New York studio, 2 April 1964 Country singer, actor and sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died Sunday, June 13 at his home in Virginia. He was 81. Dean was one of C...
The apprentice program run by the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union in the state of Maryland, Travis Strawderman and other students make money while they learn There's a widespread perception in the United States that a university degree is the key to...
Carl Lewis blowing the whistle on hunger in Rome to launch the UN's 1 Billion Hungry Project. Carl Lewis dominated the sport of track and field for nearly two decades, earning nine Olympic gold medals in the 1980s and 90s. The athlete still holds the...
