Posted: 1:10 PM NEW YORK (AP) - PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink following customer complaints.

Updated: 11:52 AM The acclaimed author of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass was an extraordinary inventor of delightful language.

Posted: 10:56 AM The makers of two popular energy drinks, Red Bull and Monster, are arming for a legislative battle in Washington over whether caffeine and other ingredients pose a health risk that merits tougher regulation.

Posted: 3:44 PM From sex toys to dentures to dirty diapers, here are 20 things you can actually keep out of the trash can.

Posted: 1:29 PM A fair amount of schadenfreude greeted the release last week of a study showing that the kids of parents who pay for college return their families’ largesse by achieving lower grades.

Updated: 10:02 AM With both the Sam Houston baseball and softball teams favored to lead the race for the 2013 Southland Conference titles, interest in season tickets for both teams is at an all-time high.

Updated: 4:47 PM It’s Thirsty Thursday y’all! After the Ravens and 49ers clinched the AFC and NFC Championships this past weekend and will be heading to the Super Bowl, all that’s on everyone’s mind is that glorious Sunday.

Updated: 9:18 AM The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after generations of limits on their service, defense officials said Wednesday.

Updated: 2:46 PM Today the people at the Pie Council have chosen today — January 23 — as national pie day.

Updated: 12:19 PM Actor Danny Glover discussed the roots of the Second Amendment during a recent college appearance, saying the legislation was ratified to protect against slave revolts. Now, a conservative student group is launching a petition against the school's "leftist bias."

Updated: 1:19 PM Mikel Ruffinelli, 39, a 420-pound woman with an eight-foot circumference, set the new world record for World's Largest Hips, according to the World Record Academy.

Posted: 9:19 AM Some 1,173 high school students plan to get an early jump on college this semester by taking advantage of Blinn College’s Academic Dual Credit Program.

Posted: 9:20 AM Opponents of New York City's limit on the size of sugary drinks are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test.

Updated: 5:30 PM Ah, the inconsistency of Texas weather. The nice warm weather during the day and cold temperatures at night... it can easily cause fashion confusion. So what’s a gal to do huh? Get your layers on.

Updated: 10:21 AM I wrote a blog two weeks ago giving some tips on how to clear up acne. Sometimes, you just can’t get rid of them all. I’ve got a couple makeup tips that will make those problem areas less obvious.

Posted: 9:52 AM An Indonesian court sentenced a British grandmother to death on Tuesday for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali — even though prosecutors had sought only a 15-year sentence.

Posted: 9:47 AM The Philippines says it will challenge Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea at a UN tribunal.

Posted: 9:35 AM A new study of health records from California suggests that rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have jumped by 24% since 2001.

Posted: 9:20 AM Groupon Inc. (GRPN), the largest provider of online daily deals in the U.S., halted gun-related offers amid nationwide debate about weapons sales following a school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

Posted: 9:07 AM Three Texas lawmakers are planning to introduce a new law to give school districts more options in providing security on campus.

Posted: 2:50 PM It's unlikely that President Obama's second inauguration will top his historic first, which drew an estimated 1.8 million people to the nation's capital. But his second inaugural event will still have its fair share of pageantry.

Updated: 11:56 AM First Lady Michelle Obama is wearing a navy Thom Browne coat and dress.

Posted: 10:05 AM In 1963, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. published his powerful piece about equality in the New York Times, the only people who read it were those who had access to a hard copy of the newspaper.

Posted: 9:44 AM Cities across Texas are holding marches, parades and encouraging good works on the national holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted: 9:09 AM New research suggests that people's experiences, not just their genes, can affect the biological legacy of their offspring.