Guru or charlatan? This is the question for most Indians on the holy-men that inspire such major followings throughout the...

A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant...

Adventure-lovers and sports enthusiasts are making a beeline to picturesque Solang Nala in Himachal Pradesh, for...

The second day of the first invitational archery contest saw lively marksmanship by participants at the newly set up Yamuna Sports Complex in New Delhi on...

Having driven lots of SUVs recently, I was reminded about how different a traditional station wagon feels to drive.My test wagon was the Volvo V50 2.0-litre diesel, which had some nice surprises in...

Godfrey missed the national championships after being hit by a car. National coach Tim Carswell says the pair will square-off in a shortened version of the Omnium. "They'll be doing the three timed...

AMSTERDAM - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard...

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - The LA-based women's lifestyles website, SheSez.com is celebrating a new phase of unprecedented growth. Not only are the site's numbers up 48% over...

Jessica Clemencon of the women's basketball team at the University of Windsor was named CIS rookie of the year Thursday.The 20-year-old native of Saint-Rambert, France, finished her freshman season...

Major League Soccer players voted to authorize the first strike in league history; the first games are scheduled for March 25. The five-year labor contract was set to run out Jan. 31, then expired...

Grey’s was subjecting her to intolerable working conditions. “Our first day back was Wednesday,” she said, “and it was — I’m going to keep saying this because I hope...

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing today on the future of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and things are not looking pretty for the next-generation stealth aircraft. It’s likely...

The FCC is asking the nation’s broadband and smartphone users to use their broadband testing tools to help the feds and consumers know what speeds are actually available, not just promised by...

The Slate PC, from French multitouch company Stantum, is essentially a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with the keyboard chopped off and a multitouch screen grafted on. It runs Windows 7. It is also...

Embracing chaos just might help physicists build a quantum brain. A new study shows that disorder can enhance the coupling between light and matter in quantum systems, a find that could eventually...

Now U.S. Senator Al Franken has been enlisted to lobby Google in a bid by two midwestern cities to get free upgrades to gigabit internet connections. Comedy from the funniest man in Congress may give...

Deadlocked jurors in the Hal Turner hate blogger case were excused late Wednesday after deliberating two days. It’s the second mistrial in the government’s case to prosecute the New...

A former Transportation Security Administration contractor is being charged in Colorado for allegedly injecting malicious code into a government network used for screening airport security workers...

Submit your comment The African Union's planning and co-ordination agency for the New Partnership for Africa's Development, in partnership with PR Africa International, had taken the World Cup as the...

Architects are taking the scalpel to new healthcare facilities, designing them so that patients can get out of hospital quicker or, if they are in for the long haul, making their stay as pleasant as...

"It's important to prep your skin a few days before a big event. In addition to drinking lots of water and eating a healthy diet, the key to glowing skin is following a strict skincare regimen. For...

Barbie and Ken as Don and Betty Draper? Mattel toys' iconic Barbie doll will launch a set of special dolls for the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning television...

Even if your college days are a distant memory, it's possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year. Student travel agencies are beginning to actively court nonstudents and...

Thank goodness there's a recession. Being starstruck in Hollywood is now half price. The wobbly-headed and the camera-swathed have always thronged to Hollywood Boulevard. Now, because of a new...

Nine words: bikini-clad students, fresh Champagne powder and bluebird skies. Though most of Colorado has been on timeout with Mother Nature's snowmaking unit for the majority of this winter season,...

ESPN/ABC will today announce a sort of 21st-century update of a 20-century concept: Saturday afternoon network sports shows, that do not include big events, in the old time slot of ABC's Wide World...

Mac-heads have always drawn the short straw when it comes to gaming. True, their hardware is slinky, sexy and sophisticated but PC owners have had the upper hand when it comes to decent titles to...

£29.99 Format DS Publisher Disney Interactive At first glance at the case for Alice in Wonderland, you would be forgiven for missing the connection between this cartoon-style DS...

£49.99 Format PS3, Xbox 360 Publisher Square Enix Inexplicable yet compelling, Final Fantasy XIII’s plot is only understood by experiencing it; put briefly, events revolve...

‘Tweet Defense’ is an iPhone app and a classic tower-defence title with a twist. It boosts the strength of your defences using information from your Twitter account – so the more...

But that could change later this year, with the autumn release of the Power Gig, a music game controller that looks like a guitar, has strings like a guitar and is, actually, a guitar. To score...

Four years ago New York City's health commissioners banned artery-blocking transfats in restaurants. Now, if a legislator has his way, the chefs at every eatery in the Big Apple and across the state...

Women who have ever used the contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all types of cancer and heart disease, one of the world's biggest studies has confirmed. Younger...

Typical Americans! When I went to the US with my son recently, we saw these two ladies sitting at their dinner. They tasted their food and one of them said to the other: this chef is using ...

+0.47% CR-Z hybrid sports car has drawn more than 7,000 orders only two weeks since its Feb. 26 debut, according to a report Friday. The Nikkei business daily reported that the orders represent...

Heidi Montag as a way to help support the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Howard talked to EW.com about the brilliant minds behind the videos (embedded after the jump), what it...

Storage is an essential component of a functional kitchen and the number one request in modern kitchens is for easy access, says Lincoln Trager, managing director of kitchen design company The...

One of the biggest trends driving kitchen design in today's homes is the increasing popularity of open-plan living, which has transformed the kitchen into the hub of the home."Kitchens no longer just...

New Delhi, March 11: A diagnostic laboratory has launched India’s first genetic test that it claims will allow parents to determine whether a child is better suited for endurance or power...

MIAMI - Devotees of a man claiming to practice a traditional African religion said they had to ingest the mucus of a Giant African Snail that sickened them. Federal authorities in January raided the...

Touch DJ 2 is a feature-rich visual mixing DJing application for the iPhone. Users can upload their own tracks into the application where they are converted into waveforms. DJs can match the peaks in...

Dear Carolyn: I thought you were right on in your answer to B. from Maine (about who pays for dates, Feb. 3, 2010). You were correct to suggest kindness. However, I think your answer was a little...

House reruns on Friday night by incorporating exclusive new content into the episodes. Sneaky bastards. To their credit, the bonus material doesn’t suck. In fact, the inaugural segment —...

A 415,000-square-foot open-air shopping center in Volusia County opened March 10 as one of the few large-scale retail centers slated to debut this year, bringing an estimated 2,000 jobs to the...

Gulf War Syndrome , the federal government has yet to formally accept that their vague jumble of symptoms constitutes a legitimate illness. Here, at...

S PRINGFIELD — A Massachusetts sporting club is donating $10,000 to children’s charities as part of a deal settling criminal charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally...

What happens to Adam Lambert when you take away the pyrotechnics, the glossy production — in short, everything that makes him the over-the-top phenomenon his fans love? That’s the idea...