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When humans engage in highly strenuous exercise day after day, they start to metabolize the body's reserves, depleting glycogen and fat stores. When cells run out of energy, the result...

The new vogue for survivalist entertainment has had trend watchers citing its roots in rising oil prices, the housing crunch, the credit crisis and other aspects of our economic turmoil,...

The man appeared dead, lying motionless in the dust of the squatter camp. His body seemed almost like a bottle that had been turned on its side, spilling blood. His...

Scarlett Johansson "ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD" RATING: 2 EXCLAMATION POINTS Who didn't snicker when it was announced that overexposed actress Scarlett Johansson was going to record an album of...

On television, the miraculous survivor stories have begun to fade, replaced with reruns of dramatic rescues. A man who endured entombment for 148 hours in the town of Yingxiu was...

Amy Chase started feeding Similac Organic infant formula to her second son, Amos, as soon as he was born in November 2006. "When I saw the organic at Publix, I...

China's state news agency says two women have been rescued after being trapped for nearly a week by the massive earthquake that hit the country. Xinhua said Monday that the...

Barbara Sanz has never missed a mortgage payment, but the plunge in real estate is punishing condominium owners like her anyway. Four years ago, she bought her first condo in...

Many Internet users are accustomed to going to Zillow.com to see a rough approximation of their home's value. Now the site is offering a way to find mortgages. Last this...

For Patty Mulcahy, it began with itchy eyes. They started to water two years ago when renovation began on the Midtown office building where she was working as an assistant...