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John Rock, a blunt-talking General Motors executive who tried unsuccessfully to save the Oldsmobile division, died Friday in Hot Springs, S.D. He was 71. Mr. Rock had just taken charge...

Saudi Arabia and Libya, both considered allies by the United States in its fight against terrorism, were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters who came to...

More than 28 years after the killing stopped, the first Khmer Rouge defendant stepped into a public courtroom Tuesday to answer for the deaths of 1.7 million people -- a...

Titanium, the multitalented metal used in everything from jet engines to eyeglass frames, has taken on yet another role as the crucial component of two toothbrushes that aim to shake...

Exercise is all about moving your body. But some body parts move more than you want them to. For many overweight exercisers, every step of a workout comes with an...

Wealth created by $90-a-barrel oil may have this region of West Texas booming, but not everyone is prospering. Affordable housing is getting harder and harder to find for people such...

The claim: Zinc can help you beat a cold. The facts: As cold season begins, countless sneezing and sniffling Americans will turn to zinc as their treatment of choice. But...

Detectives in New Jersey are being urged to build criminal cases with as few witnesses as possible. Authorities fear they might not be able to protect witnesses from retaliation. In...

The revolution in human genomics, though barely understood by professionals, is about to hit the street, at least for those able to pay about $1,000 for a glance at their...

Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million on a highly classified program to help Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf secure his country's nuclear weapons, according...