It's a dirty job but... the new Poover could make clearing up dog mess slightly easier. The specially adapted Honda 125cc bike that sprays then sucks has been bought by Islington Council in north London. 'While many residents do the right thing and clean

It is one of the few writing traditions that has not fallen by the wayside in the world of e-mailing and texting. But American children sending off letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole could be in for a disappointment this year - they are unlikely to

The Center for Biological Diversity submitted condemning evidence to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection today demonstrating that Lake Mead, Las Vegas Bay, and Las Vegas Wash are being polluted by unregulated endocrine-disrupting chemicals.

The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.The agency did not recommend countries set limits on

Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.In what could prove to be one of the biggest

The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization said an undercover investigation found that animals purchased from animal shelters were used for biomedical experiments at the University of Utah.The organization based out of Virginia held

Robert Enke, 32, was captain of the German top-division soccer club Hannover 96.Enke died about 6:25 p.m. Tuesday. His wife Teresa said he left a suicide note. She said her husband had been battling depression for six years but had kept his condition fro

Authorities on Wednesday searched a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family,children into fak

Longtime CNN host Lou Dobbs shocked his viewers Wednesday by announcing that he would be leaving the network effective immediately.The daily host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" addressed his viewers after giving the day's headlines and told them Wednesday's show

A Wisconsin man who made headlines earlier this year for allegedly running down deer with a snowmobile was charged Wednesday in a pedestrian's hit-and-run death five years ago.Prosecutors charged Rory Kuenzi, 25, with hit-and-run and vehicular homicide