The UK has a long way to go to improve the health and life expectancy of the poorest in society, according to a UN report yesterday which blamed "a toxic combination" of government policies around...

Deaths from the hospital infection Clostridium difficile jumped by 28% last year to more than 8,000, according to official figures published yesterday. The Department of Health claimed the rise was...

Years ago, I fell in love with a young Southern writer and decided to pack up my life and move to Alabama. Naturally, my friends and family thought I was nuts. Leave beautiful Seattle for some...

The police will be able to question children without their parents or other relatives being present under a shakeup proposed by the Home Office yesterday.Ministers also announced their intention to...

People are dying "on a grand scale" around the world because of social injustice brought about by a "toxic" combination of bad policies, politics and economics, the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Between now and Oct. 20, turn in your old wireless phone at any AT&T retail store during normal business hours and the company will donate a dollar to the Washington Trails Association to maintain...

If the seabed had mirrors, the gurnard would surely swim by without a glance. Throughout history, the public has felt the same way: trawlers catching gurnard in their nets tossed it back into the...

WASHINGTON | After reviewing a disputed airstrike on a village in Afghanistan, U.S. officials have concluded that the civilian death toll was far lower than claimed by the Afghan government and the...

THE Scottish Government has promised to listen to Olympic hero Chris Hoy's concerns about the lack of high-level training facilities for future generations of athletes in...

Pensioners now outnumber under-16s in Britain - and the over-80s are the fastest-growing age group. But what's life like in your ninth decade? Katharine Whitehorn explains the challenges and rewards...

BAGHDAD | A senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including...

Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too - to help convict...

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada -- Wild rides, fireworks and letting it all hang out. That's the updated American dream at Burning Man 2008. The annual desert gathering always celebrates that...

Investigators in the Casey Anthony case are sharing the FBI's forensic lab results with state prosecutors today -- a day after air-sample tests from her car showed it once held a decomposing human...

HOSCHTON, Ga. | This small northeastern Georgia town's population boom is frightening. In a bid to break a world record for scarecrows and scare up some fun for the fall season, thousands of...

Canady, a Lakeland native, is current an appellate court judge with the 2nd District Court of Appeal.Lakeland Appellate Judge Charles Canady was among five nominees to fill an at-large seat on the...

HOK Sport Venue Event , the world’s leading sports architecture firm, has designed a new operating arena for itself that does not include its current corporate backstop. The managers of Kansas...

Video screen advertiser Sports Retail Networks raised $2.5 million in its first venture funding round, which it will spend on its flagship brand,...

My stepfather physically, verbally and emotionally abused me until I fled at 15. His power trip was mostly conducted at home, but sometimes it would happen in public, and sometimes it would happen in...

At this point, Fiona Jones is just trying to get reacquainted with the volleyball court at Viewmont's gym. Jones has been playing volleyball all summer, but not just in Utah. She has been to three...

KINGSTON, Jamaica | Tourists and oil workers fled Thursday as Gustav swamped eastern Jamaica on a path to hit the Cayman Islands with winds near hurricane force. Louisiana called a state of emergency...

-- not anymore, at least. But as a presenter at the 2008 Video Music Awards, all that fresh Olympic bling will help. The swimmer who took home a record-breaking eight gold medals from the Beijing...

After six Nobel Prizes, the invention of the transistor, laser and countless contributions to computer science and technology, it is the end of the road for Bell Labs' fundamental physics research...

TREASURE ISLAND | For this store opening, Publix Super Markets will post clerks outside to guide shoppers to the parking garage and elevators that take them upstairs to the...

The days of selling “2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,800 square feet, nice view” are long gone. Unfortunately a number of Realtors out there have never been in a market where more than those few words...

Bungei lavishes praise He will hand over the athletes to President Mwai Kibaki on Friday when the team lead, by the captain Wilfred Bungei, hands over the flag and receive cash rewards from the Head...

Going into the football season, fans have an idea of what the story lines will be, but inevitably, something else always happens. Each year there is a great story that seems to come out of nowhere...

The Southeastern Conference Football Media Days take place in Hoover in a little more than two weeks and the high school season is fast approaching.I switched gears Friday and talked with Hokes Bluff...

CINCINNATI— Gillette has teamed up with EA Sports in a push to expand its sports marketing into video gaming in a major way.Golfer Tiger Woods, a veteran of marketing for both businesses, helps...

Dozens of densely packed, pre-Columbian towns, villages, and hamlets arranged in an organized pattern have been mapped in the Brazilian Amazon, anthropologists announced today. The finding...

Wellington, Aug 28: When it comes to driving, women are better than men, according to a new survey. The latest survey AA Insurance found that while men were more confident in their driving, it didn't...

With gasoline still hovering around $4 per gallon, many manufacturers are making far more than the usual tweaks to cars and trucks between model years to squeeze out one or two more miles per gallon...

I don't want my teenage daughter having sex any time soon, because I'm afraid she'll ruin her life. I've been thinking about making her take a pledge of virginity, even though we're not that...

A US judge has thrown out a copyright infringement case against Veoh Networks Inc, an Internet video start-up with high-profile Hollywood backers, ruling that video-sharing companies are not solely...

Washington, August 28: A woman who quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes is more likely to remain smoke free even after giving birth if she has...

Posted: 12:34 PM- The Mountain West Sports Network - The mtn. - made its debut on the satellite service provider DirecTV on Wednesday night, but when many subscribers tuned in to Channel 616 they...

1 pound turkey breast cutlets (about 4 cutlets) 1 teaspoon olive oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper To make the glaze, in a small saucepan combine the apple juice...

Separate your lunch and your favorite Web site, and your waist may shrink. See, holding a mouse in one hand leaves the other free to dip into that family-size bag of potato chips and polish it off...

Punters have a nightmare job marrying up relative fitness levels with the class factor in the Mudgway Stakes.Towards the end of one of the wettest winters we've seen, some contenders run the risk of...

View related story NZ Herald sports columnist Chris Rattue has compiled a list of sports he would remove from the Olympics if given a choice; rhythmic gymnastics, boxing, football, tennis, beach...

New York, Aug 28: Making her debut in the club of 100 most powerful women in the world, India's Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati has joined Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a list compiled by...

I had heart bypass surgery a few months ago, and I don't like what's been happening to me. I know I ought to be happy I came through it, but I've been depressed and short-tempered since then, and...

London, Aug 28: Parents who attempt to ingrain egalitarian ideas among very young children are bound to feel frustrated, for a research suggests that kids become more egalitarian only as they grow...

J ay Mariotti, the big name sports columnist who abruptly quit the Chicago Sun-Times because he says newspapers are dying, shot down speculation today that he’s coming to Boston. “In all...

Kim Kardashian, Carmen Electra among stars in "Disaster Movie" For Kardashian's first film role, she wrestles Electra in one scene Both performers have fitness videos...

Scripps Howard News Service's SPORTS sked for stories moving Thursday, August 28, 2008. SHNS editors are available at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives visit our Web site at...

by Howard Stutz By the Las Vegas Gaming Wire LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The much-rumored closing of the 8-month-old 40/40 Club at the Palazzo became official Wednesday. The hotel-casino announced it was...

The launch of a controversial new government database containing details of every child in the country is to be delayed for technical reasons, it was revealed today.ContactPoint, a £224m computer...

1 / 14 Francois Duval of Belgium takes a corner during round four of the World Rally Championship at the Mystery Creek Event Centre in Hamilton, New...

MILWAUKEE, WI--(Marketwire - August 28, 2008) - Hanson Dodge Creative, America's leading brand experience agency focused on the active lifestyle consumer, has just released new findings from Active...