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In the often separate worlds of mental health therapists and substance abuse counselors, professionals began realizing in the mid-1980s that large percentages of the people they were seeing -- sometimes...

Louis Rosen, a physicist who helped build the atom bomb and informed Edward Teller that his thermonuclear device had worked, died Aug. 20 of a subdural hematoma in Los Alamos,...

On the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, here's what keeps the secretary of homeland security up at night: "Complacency," Janet Napolitano says without hesitation. "The fact that it...

Fall's bounty of fashion is marked by an abundance of embellishments, from studs and grommets to zippers and sequins -- all trendy touches that point to designers' simultaneous resurrection of...

The bus is making a comeback. That once-maligned mode of transportation is cheap, convenient and eco-approved. Buses are relatively hassle-free, especially because someone else is stuck navigating traffic. Baggage rules...

A curvy, blond Jewish girl from America wooed Mordechai Vanunu for Israeli spy agency Mossad. A tall KGB "Romeo" romanced women for his organization. A young East German spy staked...

Makeup artist Brett Freedman, whose celeb clients include Vanessa Hudgens, Jenna Fischer and Leighton Meester, offers these tips for getting a fresh, natural-looking face: For face: - Use a damp...

Elliot Berlin, a producer, writer and director of documentaries including "Paper Clips" (2004), which explored how a Tennessee town's tolerance and respect for others grew when its children studied the...

The recession has precipitated one of the most tumultuous years for the U.S. auto business, but it may have presented the perfect opportunity to Hyundai. Last week, Hyundai reported sales...

For one answer to the nation's most pressing economic question -- when will the recession end? -- just take a peek inside the American man's underwear drawer. There may be...