Posted: 10:29 AM Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and has displaced more than 300,000.
Updated: 11:34 AM A surge in the dumping of dead pigs upstream from Shanghai — with more than 2,800 carcasses floating into the financial hub through Monday — has followed a police campaign to curb the illicit trade in sick pig parts.
Posted: 9:58 AM Antibiotic resistance poses a catastrophic threat to medicine and could mean patients having minor surgery risk dying from infections that can no longer be treated, Britain's top health official said on Monday.
Posted: 9:36 AM Zombies seem to be everywhere these days.
Updated: 9:25 AM It’s finally here – Spring Break 2013. These are the five days that college students across the nation countdown to all semester long.
Updated: 9:24 AM Happy Yogurt, located in the widely popular Northgate district, has become a second home to many Texas A&M college students for over 4 years. The family business, now mainly operated by charismatic “Mama Judy,” has been founded upon simple, but useful goals as students adjust to a new chapter in their lives.
Posted: 3:41 PM Texas A&M University students are known for having a strong tradition of community service, and that commitment will be evident on several fronts when thousands of Aggies take off for spring break next week.
Posted: 1:11 PM Employees at a Florida health care company are allowed to drink on the company's tab, on company time, thanks to a perk known as "Beer Cart Fridays."
Posted: 11:57 AM Forget the debate over gun control for a moment: How would you feel if your city suddenly made it illegal not to own a firearm?
Posted: 10:43 AM The Sam Houston Statue Visitor Center will be offering activities and free giveaway items during Spring Break week to assist in the promotion of the “Millionth Person Campaign.”
Updated: 4:36 PM I am so excited for spring break and can’t wait to try out some new outfits. If you are planning to go on a trip or just relax and go shopping with friends, I think it’s really important to have a go-to look that is chic, stylish, and easy to put together!
Posted: 10:10 AM It's Easter morning. A boy rouses his younger brother, and they run to the living room to find their baskets filled with — what else? — Peeps.
Posted: 10:02 AM Wildlife rangers in Zimbabwe said Friday three lions that killed two people near a suburb in the northern resort town of Kariba have been caught and put down.
Posted: 9:55 AM A rough, whitish block recovered from an Elizabethan shipwreck may be a sunstone, the fabled crystal believed by some to have helped Vikings and other medieval seafarers navigate the high seas, researchers say.
Posted: 9:46 AM The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings has denied a request by defense lawyers to declare a state law on the insanity plea unconstitutional.
Updated: 11:14 AM McDonald's new Fish McBites failed to hook enough diners to get the fast-food chain's U.S. sales growing in February.
Updated: 3:46 PM Everyone in my family knows that Mexican food is my favorite. My mom's solution getting our Mexican fix at home – Taco Soup.
Posted: 12:03 PM Mega-mosquitoes which are the size of quarters are expected to take over areas of Florida 'in large numbers' this summer, scientists have warned.
Posted: 11:49 AM Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials, a senior congressman said Thursday, calling it a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida.
Posted: 11:23 AM South African police say the former lead detective in the investigation of the murder case against Oscar Pistorius has resigned from the police force.
Posted: 11:15 AM Willpower apparently can be bought. The chance to win or lose $20 a month enticed dieters in a yearlong study to drop an average of 9 pounds — four times more weight than others who were not offered dough to pass up the doughnuts.
Posted: 10:34 AM Heads up from Texas A&M University astronomers regarding Comet PanSTARRS, which will be visible to the naked eye as it zips through the skies over Bryan-College Station and the northern hemisphere starting this week.
