Report: AIDS ‘crisis' across South
AIDS specialists are calling for a fundamental rethinking of AIDS policy after a new study showed HIV and AIDS rising dramatically in the South even as they drop everywhere else in the country.
Brooke Hogan to go nude for Playboy?
Brooke Hogan has already posed in skimpy attire for a men's magazine, but now she's reportedly considering taking it all off for Playboy magazine. She also has some unusual opinions on women in politics.
Full coffers for Michigan congressional candidates (Detroit Free Press)
Michigan's two most competitive congressional races of this election cycle are raking in the campaign cash.
Victim of Facebook profile wins suit
A businessman won damages Thursday against an old friend who put libelous and unauthorised information about him on the social networking Web site Facebook.
No sign yet of a bottom in home prices
As millions of homeowners watch their home equity melt away, they are wondering: When will prices stop falling? The latest report on home sales was not encouraging.
Obama speaks to crowd in Berlin
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to defeat terrorism.
Feds: Utah mine operator courted danger
The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday.
McCain to meet Dalai Lama in Aspen
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is scheduled to meet with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, on Friday.
South Texas starts post-storm cleanup
Residents across south Texas and in northern Mexico slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly was not as powerful as they had feared.
Many seniors' insomnia in their heads
Old people are known to be lousy sleepers, but a new study suggests it might all be in their heads, at least for many of them.
