Fathima Rifqa Bary, 17, a young Christian runaway in foster care awaits her hearing tomorrow when Florida authorities will decide whether she will be forced to return to her Muslim parents - whom she says will kill her for converting to Christianity.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An unexplained image in a hospital prayer garden window moved some people to tears and drew groups of people to a hallway before vanishing. A crowd inside a hospital snapped photos of the apparent image of Jesus crying.

"A person would have had to eat three apples in 1991 to supply the same iron content as one in 1940." --Brian Halweil, senior researcher at The Worldwatch Institute. . .nutrient levels eroded by pursuit of higher yields. Is this a cause of obesity?

A wealthy US couple have been convicted of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in a New York home and abusing them physically and psychologically.Indian-born Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, could face 40 yrs

A single cannabis joint could damage the lungs as much as smoking up to five tobacco cigarettes one after another, scientists in New Zealand have said. The research, published in the journal Thorax, found cannabis damaged the large airways in the lungs. .

A huge underground lake has been found in Sudan's Darfur region, scientists say, which they believe could help end the conflict in the arid region. "The root cause of the conflict is resources - drought and desertification in North Darfur."

This is a movie on the huge problem of plastic in our lakes & oceans harming marine life and poisoning with chemicals that mimic hormones that affect the endocrine system. Bring cloth bags to the store and avoid plastic containers. Opt for biodegradable

Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly. The tropical Blue Moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria. Male population up from 1% to 40% in 6 years

The mullahs' tumult to develop nuclear bombs, the ominous sounds of their ruthless bombings in Iraq and their ratcheting to repress and terrorize the people at home are not the voice of Iran. The voice of Iran is in the "down with Ahmadinejad" chants. . .

To understand what is happening between Israel and the Palestinians now, you have to understand what happened in the Middle East war of 1967. The war made 250,000 more Palestinians - and more than 100,000 Syrians - into refugees. Land must be returned.