President Bush on Monday said he was considering creating two protected areas in the Pacific Ocean, including one that would be the world's largest -- four-and-a-half-times larger than all the national parks and nearly the size of Alaska.

The following list offers plenty of tips, tools, and resources to ensure you will make it to race day feeling ready to run without putting your health in danger.

Slow startups, dragging programs, and sluggish graphics are all common problems. Read this guide to find how how you can make your computer get up to speed with the way you work.

One in four British women admits to not looking after her teeth, including brushing and flossing, on a daily basis, according to a new survey released today by Align Technology, makers of Invisalign(R).

The weakened US dollar has fallen out of favor with organized crime groups to pay for drug shipments or to settle scores, a Canadian government report said Friday. And if the greenback continues its slide in 2008, as expected, more and more criminals...

Mitsubishi UFJ announced today that it has signed a deal to take full control of its US subsidiary Union Bank of California. The US financial crisis has battered American banks but made them more affordable for foreign buyers willing to take the plunge.

Burning incense may create a sweet scent, but regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract, researchers reported Monday. In a study of more than 61,000 ethnic Chinese living in Singapore who were followed for

Military leaders have suspended some activities at biological research laboratories to review safety rules for some of the world's deadliest germs and toxins, including how they are shipped through FedEx and other civilian carriers.

Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos. "This is significant in two ways," team leader Hajime Ogushi told AFP.

Short but telling news expose of the "prison for protesters" set up in Denver for the Democratic Convention. What right do officials have to lock up peaceful demonstrators exercising their right of free speech? Thanks to Pete C. for the link.