Hurricane Earl set to pound North Carolina

For North Carolinians, Thursday was “a day of action,” before Hurricane Earl arrives Friday.
Visitors “Saving Trees One Page at a Time!”

For North Carolinians, Thursday was “a day of action,” before Hurricane Earl arrives Friday.

Staff at two Iowa egg processors implicated in a national salmonella outbreak were supposed to enforce rules, federal regulations show.

Democratic congressional candidates face a political landscape even rockier than those in 1994 and 2006 that ended with election upheavals …

College students use a number of strategies to prevent their female friends from engaging in risky sexual behavior after a night of heavy drinking, …

A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants …

Did creation need a creator? British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God …

Hoping to portray themselves as better neighbors, private colleges nationwide are sweetening financial aid packages for students in their own …

Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether …

It is “unethical, insensitive and inhumane” to oppose the planned mosque near Ground Zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday …

As Middle East peace talks begin anew in Washington, President Obama warns, “This moment of opportunity may not soon come again.”

The alliance between George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair was tight, but Blair says that may never have occurred without 9/11. …

Ahead of an FDA meeting on the weight-loss pill, a study by Abbott Laboratories found it affects those with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. …

The Mormon church says it is working to better prevent the names of Jews Holocaust victims from being submitted for posthumous baptism by pr …

Category 4 Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging …

New study says cognitive stimulation has early benefits.

Space travel psychiatrists say such isolation can lead to withdrawal, territorial behavior, hostility and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The commander of combat operations in Iraq received a standing ovation Wednesday in a ceremony to officially end combat operations held at a …

Several schools have banned rubber bracelets that have a cancer-awareness message some say is in poor taste: “I love boobies.”

Many physicians say an increasing number of patients are getting involved in decisions about their medical care, especially diagnostic tests …

Category 4 Hurricane Earl continues to gather steam in the Atlantic and is expected to start a dash north along the East Coast later Tuesday. …

The administration spent Tuesday drawing attention to the formal end of the United States’ seven-year combat mission in Iraq. President Obama …

As publishers and analysts again wonder if e-books are about to take off in the world of higher education, the growing popularity of rental options …

Fire at Tennessee mosque project over the weekend spurs community debate over religion in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

What veterans of previous Middle East peace talks advise as the Obama administration begins its first effort this week.

The man with a pea sprouting in his lung made headlines, but many pulmonologists weren’t surprised. Swallow carefully, friends.