The House voted Tuesday to simplify the way the federal government handles information with the goal of making documents more available to the public.

President Barack Obama is promising to reinvigorate the Freedom of Information Act by opening more of the government’s filing cabinets without a fight. It...

Tom Curley, president and CEO of The Associated Press, is one of the news media’s foremost advocates for open government and freedom of information.

The FBI tells two out of every three Freedom of Information Act requesters that it can’t find the records they asked for _ a failure rate five times higher than...

Sunshine and tranquil conditions turned the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am into paradise Thursday, and it was particularly ideal for big hitters Robert Garrigus...

With growing concern over climate change, alternatives to coal and natural gas combustion have never looked better.

In the latest scorching sci-fi movie ‘Sunshine’ set in the backdrop of the year 2057, the ‘real space age’ humans deliver a thermonuclear...

Vitamin D which has made its importance felt in our lives by the role it plays in strengthening our bones has now, according to a research, been credited as being the...

The stench rising from a fly infested sewage ditch is worsened by the scorching sun. But for some enterprising residents, it’s the smell of progress.

At a time of continued government secrecy, the news media should press the presidential candidates on whether their administration would enforce “the spirit as...

Despite ordering improvements more than two years ago, President Bush has barely made a dent in the huge backlog of unanswered requests under the Freedom of Information...

Some recent high-profile cases in which journalists were subpoenaed in federal court to disclose confidential or nonconfidential material. Under Senate legislation,...

Think checking a governor’s e-mail would show how key decisions are made?Not so, according to spot checks of five states where The Associated Press sought...

In New Jersey, the governor’s e-mails might shed light on whether he inappropriately conferred with a labor leader he once dated. In Detroit, the mayor’s...

In New Jersey, the governor’s e-mails might shed light on whether he inappropriately conferred with a labor leader he once dated. In Detroit, the mayor’s...

As federal judges order more reporters to disclose their confidential sources, news organizations are pinning their hopes on congressional passage of a media shield...

Exposure to sunshine daily just for 10 minutes can protect you against deadly breast and colon cancer by boosting your natural defense mechanism, claims a new study by...

Moms wishing to give birth to a baby should make sure that they get adequate sunshine because vitamin D that our body gets from sunlight has been found cutting the risk...

Who Would Pay $130,000 For A Mirror? Anyone would if they were deprived of sunshine for 90 days a year. Bondo, a village in Switzerland with 198 residents lies in a...