Global stocks fell on Tuesday while demand for safe-haven government bonds grew as investors awaited details of Washington’s $700 billion bailout plan from U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s testimony to the Senate Banking Committee.

The Benjamin Kyle story is a different twist on missing persons cases. You see, we know where he is, but, it isn’t really him. If that sounds odd to you, please let it be known that missing persons cases are never cut and dried or even as similar...

Left-wing feminists have a hard time dealing with strong, successful conservative women in politics such as Margaret Thatcher. Sarah Palin seems to have truly unhinged more than a few, eliciting a stream of vicious, often misogynist invective.

After Hurricane Ike, authorities in Texas have mounted the largest search and rescue operation in the Lone Star State’s history. But Texas is not the only state to see such an effort.

SQUINT hard, and textbook publishers can look a lot like drug makers. They both make money from doing obvious good — healing, educating — and they both have customers who may be willing to sacrifice their last pennies to buy what these companies are...

The red-carpet area at the premiere of the Disney Channel’s new Cheetah Girls movie last week looked less like the typical Hollywood cast party than some sort of United Nations session.

Did Michael Phelps actually lose the 100M butterfly final? Or did he deserve his (briefly contested) seventh gold medal in the 2008 Olympics?

Technology has extended its reach to educational institutions as well. Imagine a classroom setting where you can use your finger as a mouse and write notes on whiteboards. Your finger contact with the interactive whiteboard is converted into mouse...

Learning is a natural skill we all have. Yet some people never seem to learn – of course that’s not really true but what is undoubtedly true is that some people learn more quickly than others.

Zero was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century. They widely used it in calculations, astronomy and astrology. Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and there on it was spread all over. Before this, all Europeans...