Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...

Researchers are suggesting that doctors could be spending more time writing and editing Wikipedia pages on medical topics.

Authors of an ambitious survey of hazing in colleges and universities have turned their attention to high schools and discovered that many freshmen arrive on campus...

Foreign policy gurus Lee Hamilton and James A. Baker III said Thursday they support President Barack Obama’s 19-month timetable in Iraq and, if asked, would...

Nick Markakis and Ervin Santana received the steepest raises among the 111 players in salary arbitration, a group that overall earned a record increase of 172 percent,...

College sports took a step backward last year in their efforts to promote diversity in hiring practices, according to a report released Thursday.

The U.S. could produce enough ethanol to displace nearly a third of all gasoline use by 2030, but gas would have to cost more than it does today for the plan to work,...

Half of the commercial breaks during NFL telecasts show at least one advertisement featuring sex, drugs or alcohol, according to a study by a nationwide nonprofit...

Violence in the Middle East has cost the region around $12 trillion in missed economic growth and development over the last two decades, a Swiss government-sponsored...

Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S. children _ aiming eventually to track 100,000 around...

Scientists begin recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York this week for the largest study of U.S. children ever performed _ aiming eventually to track...

For the first time, the internet is a stronger source of national and international news in the US than the newspaper. This according to a study from the Pew Research...

Police in Dallas, where numerous convictions based on eyewitness testimony have been overturned, are taking part in a study to determine the best way to prevent...

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC is making a big investment in a new type of drug for the gigantic heart disease market, announcing Thursday it is starting a...

After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of...

Before I begin, I would like to dedicate this piece of work to the great sages that have come and gone, and have unraveled the mysteries of life. [Danny bows in...

In a Dec. 1 story about a WMD commission report, The Associated Press reported erroneously the date Vice President-elect Joseph Biden would be briefed on the...

A bipartisan commission is asserting the country should expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or biological weapons sometime in the next five years.

The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed Tuesday...

The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed Tuesday...