As the countdown ticks on to tonight's record Powerball drawing, the
jackpot has swollen to $600 million, largely due to California's
participation in the game, lottery officials said....
Eight explorers-turned-contestants risk their lives in a test of
survival, living off the land for two months, while enduring 3,000 miles
of Alaska's wildest terrain....
(CNET) Facebook's freshman year as a public company played out like an MTV drama in which Mark Zuckerberg was forced to navigate through an awkward accommodation with the rough-and-tumble world of...
Washing your hands after using the bathroom might be a common practice to stop the spread of germs, but not many women may wash their hands after they put them in their purse. But, according to a by...
Aimee Copeland became a national story last year as she battled back from a flesh-eating infection that robbed her of her left leg, right foot and both hands....
WASHINGTON There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups....
(CBS News) Even geniuses make mistakes, and
sometimes those mistakes turn out to be genius in their own right,
helping to illuminate some underlying mystery or impacting the way an
entire...
(CBS News) The parasite that infects a mosquito
with malaria may be behind the bug's affinity for the human scent, a new
study published in PLOS ONE on May 15 reveals....
(CBS News) Amid
ongoing scrutiny over alleged discrimination in IRS targeting
practices, acting commissioner Steven Miller on Friday apologized on
behalf the agency for 'the mistakes that we...
Texas Right to Life is working overtime to defeat a measure
supporters say would improve state laws governing end-of-life medical
decisions. With time running out, the fight over the legislation...