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Ruth Greenglass, whose damning testimony in the Rosenberg atomic-bomb spy case of the early 1950s helped lead to the execution of her sister-in-law Ethel Rosenberg, died April 7. She was...

With a month remaining before the Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday praised the city's preparations but also cited two "open issues" that remain: whether the city can...

John Templeton, a Tennessee-born investor and philanthropist who amassed a fortune as a pioneer in global mutual funds, then gave away hundreds of millions of dollars to foster understanding of...

Cervical cancer, which can be prevented by a vaccine or detected early by Pap smears, kills 33,000 women in Latin America and the Caribbean a year, according to a recent...

Teenage girls who vomit one to three times a month to control weight increase their risk of having irregular menstrual periods by 60 percent, a recent study reports; those who...

A large majority of 365 Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications by mail are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according to a new study....

Cholesterol drugs for 8-year-olds? This aggressive recommendation for warding off heart disease in some children has stirred a furious debate among pediatricians since the American Academy of Pediatrics issued it...

Several months ago, Beck Hansen fulfilled a promise he'd made to himself: to archive the heap of personal recordings in his closet. It was a chore that reacquainted him with...

Rising gasoline prices have brought a new twist on the state lottery in Florida. Once a week for the next two months, five second-prize winners in the latest lottery promotion,...

It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to death's door. By chance, her doctor noticed a lump under her arm during...