Sea Shepherd Calls Australians to Respect Broome's Japanese Families and Their Heritage

The World Health Organization says Smithfield's Swine Flu Virus will infect over two billion people (one of every three people in the world) by the time it runs its course over the next 2 years. Smithfield's

Michael Phelps and the U.S. 400-meter medley relay team closed the fastest meet in swimming history with an appropriate finish Sunday night -- the 43rd world record.

This is an official Call To Action to generate letters to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to lower telephone rates coming from prisons. Attorney Michael Hamden advises that a flood of letters from those paying ridiculously high phone rates gi

If you have an opinion about an issue, such as stopping global warming, aiding those in poverty, or reforming the criminal justice system (among the other beats covered here at Change.org), one of the most important things you can do to influence legisla

By devoting the majority of each day to writing or thinking, I sacrifice time I would otherwise spend reading. I wake every morning between three and four, gather paper, pens, my dictionary, and journal from my locker, then walk to a room where I sit at

Paul is being released from prison today, and I'm concerned that he will find himself poorly prepared to overcome the challenges he is about to encounter. An examination of Paul's prison file would suggest quite the opposite.To prison administrators, Paul

He was convicted of kidnapping and killing a young girl. A second narrowly escaped after he sexually assaulted her. Earlier this month, and two years after he died in state prison, authorities in California concluded he was responsible for the abduction

A small pistol belonging to 1930s gangster John Dillinger has been sold at auction to a private collector for $95,600 -- more than double the pre-sale estimate, the auction house said on Sunday.The Remington .41 caliber Double Derringer was said to have

Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anaesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official said.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation