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Medicine's dream of growing new human hearts and other organs to repair or replace damaged ones received a significant boost Sunday when University of Minnesota researchers reported success in creating...

The violence that erupted in Kenya after a disputed presidential election Dec. 27 raised questions for those planning a trip to one of Africa's most popular safari destinations. Is it...

Federal officials said Friday that they had agreed on an emergency plan to hire back about 700 retired government employees in an effort to pare an immense backlog in applications...

Ernestine Stodelle, a pioneering modern dancer who performed with Doris Humphrey and Jose Limon and also wrote about dance, died Jan. 5 in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was 95. Her...

Sue and Joe Canale's new beach house in Ocean City, N.J., handsomely sided in gray shingles and just steps from the Boardwalk, rises four floors above sea level. The view,...

More than a year after it convicted a black trash hauler of a shocking murder on Cape Cod, a jury returned to court here last week for an extraordinary hearing...

To some, it may seem like an ideal relationship: less stressful than an affair, longer lived than a fling or that elusive one-night stand. You can even sit around in...

As he left Friday for Kuwait, President Bush promised to return in May for Israel's 60th anniversary, a visit that could add pressure for both Israelis and Palestinians to reach...

A few weeks ago, the traditional Indian joint family household of Vineet Sharma, a fertilizer industry consultant, achieved a long-deferred dream. Having ferried themselves on scooters all these years, the...

The morning after Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, many pollsters and news organizations plunged themselves into a post-mortem centered on a single question: How...