1 day ago - As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given.
3 days ago - British Olympic champions Andy Hodge and Peter Reed easily defeated Andrew Walker and John Huppi from Tulane Rowing Association in the Silver Goblet event for international coxless pairs at Henley Royal Regatta on Thursday.
10 days ago - What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power - the ones on pedestals - think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging than in the past?
16 days ago - A husband-and-wife team of biologists from Princeton University are among the winners of this year's Kyoto Prizes for their decades of research on evolution in the Galapagos Islands and will share an award of $515,000.
16 days ago - A group of eight American painters from the early 20th century dubbed "The Eight" stressed individualism - even staging their own exhibition in 1908.
30 days ago - A senior Vatican delegation visited the world's biggest nuclear physics laboratory, proclaiming that true faith has no problems with science.
31 days ago - Muslims across the country who woke to early alarms, stayed up well past their bedtimes and scoured the Internet for clips to hear President Barack Obama's address from Egypt on Thursday said his words could be a catalyst toward repairing strained U.S. relations with Muslims worldwide.
31 days ago - Muslim cabbies huddled over tea at a tiny cafe as day broke over Chicago on Thursday, watching President Barack Obama's televised address from Egypt and nodding approval for what they saw - a step toward repairing strained U.S. relations with Muslims worldwide.
32 days ago - First lady Michelle Obama used some high-profile examples - including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor - to reassure high school graduates any doubts they have about how they will do in college and beyond are not unusual.