Why does America lose its head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths?
The thriving metropolis of Boston was turned into a ghost town on Friday. Nearly a million Bostonians were asked to stay in their homes – and willingly complied. Schools were closed; business...
View ArticleChina says aims to banish superstition, promote knowledge
China is struggling to get its estimated 100 million religious believers to banish superstitious beliefs about things like sickness and death, the country's top religious affairs official told a...
View ArticleCalifornia city threatens to sue red light camera company for collecting data...
Murrieta will consider suing American Traffic Solutions for continuing to collect data on city drivers after the City Council ordered the Arizona company to shut off the data-collecting cameras.Council...
View ArticleEarth Day: A glimpse of world’s 10 most enchanting forests
April 22 is Earth Day, an annual event to raise awareness about the environment and its conservation. So, in time to celebrate this day, a leading online travel adviser has compiled a list of the ten...
View ArticleHalf of Guantanamo on hunger strike: US official
More than half of the 166 detainees held at the US-run Guantanamo military prison have joined a rapidly growing hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention, an official said on Sunday. There...
View Article7 Super Snacks That Heal
If some doctors had their way today, Americans would be more medicated than industrial feedlot cattle. But what most people don’t realize is that the first line of defense against stress, fatigue,...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Nutritious Fruits
Health is wealth! That is what they always say. It is a cliché but still what this statement says is always true. The most important means to get & keep healthy is through eating the right food. We...
View ArticleNearly half of Guantanamo inmates on hunger strike against their...
The number of detainees taking part in a hunger strike at the US-run Guantanamo Bay military prison has grown to 77, an increase of 25 in just the past few days, according to a US military...
View ArticleAfghan Girls School Poisoning: 74 Girls Poisoned in Suspected Taliban Gas...
According to Reuters, as many as 74 school girls at the Bibi Hawa Girls High School are feared poisoned after falling sick from smelling a strange gas on Thursday morning. The school, located in...
View ArticleThe FBI was alerted by Russia’s security services to serious new concerns...
As the agency was accused of "dropping the ball" over the case, NBC News reported that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been seen making six visits to a known Islamic militant in a mosque in the Russian republic...
View ArticlePolice: Man used baby as shield to protect himself
According to police, a burglary suspect held up his own, 7-month-old son between himself and deputies during a face-off in Estacada on Saturday afternoon.Deputies with the Clackamas County Sheriff's...
View ArticleNYC Proposes Raising Minimum Age for Cigarette Purchases to 21
Young New Yorkers would not be able to buy cigarettes until they were 21, up from the current 18, under a proposal advanced Monday by Dr. Thomas A. Farley, the city’s health commissioner, and Christine...
View ArticleSenator Told Shooting Victim’s Mother He Supported Background Checks, Then...
Shortly before the a crucial Senate vote to expand background checks in gun transactions, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sent a letter to the mother of a shooting victim claiming that he was “truly sorry” for...
View ArticleThe most mystifying things the Tsarnaev brothers did
On Monday, it became official: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged with "use of a weapon of mass destruction" and "malicious destruction of property resulting in death" for his alleged role in last Monday's...
View ArticleMuslim community tipped off RCMP about terror plot
Muslims want a safe Canada, too.That's what Muhammad Robert Heft, a Muslim community leader in Scarborough, wants his fellow Torontonians to know as the RCMP arrested a Muslim man in the GTA for...
View ArticlePhotos of the Tsarnaev brothers' shootout with police
Here are the two brothers taking cover behind the black Mercedes SUV and shooting towards Watertown Police officers. (Taken at 12:46:11AM)The shooters were also driving the green sedan on the left....
View Article5 Surprising Ingredients Allowed in Organic Food
What are the weirdest additives the USDA allows in food labeled "organic"? Here are five.1. CarrageenanMade from seaweed and used as a thickener and stabilizer for certain dairy products like cottage...
View Article6 Things To Know About the Freeze-Dried Food Craze
1. Freeze-dried cottage cheese lasts 30 years unrefrigerated. Freeze-dried-food companies sell their cuisine for long-term storage in one-gallon, nitrogen-sealed cans that are advertised to last 25 to...
View Article7 Weird Ways Stress Makes You Healthy
The upside of stressYou probably try to limit the amount of the dreaded “s” word you have in your life: Stress. After all, it’s been linked to weight gain, heart attacks, hair loss and more. There’s...
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