Congressional Democrats embarked on the final push for an historic health care bill on Thursday with no guarantee that they have the votes to pass it. And they made their task even more difficult by... »

A new poll finds young Republicans are more politically energized than young Democrats, and they’re more likely to say they will “definitely be voting” in this November’s midterm elections. Forty-one percent of 18- to 29-year-old... »

Andrew ‘Randy’ Kwasniewski, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, was found dead today, with an apparent self-inflicted gun wound to the head. Kwasniewski, 55, was discovered... »

Wisconsin State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that Maria Miles, Kevin Clancy and three other Wisconsin residents were charged Monday with election fraud relating to the 2008 presidential election. Miles and Clancy worked for... »

The ever-controversial comedienne Roseanne Barr is using her blog to trash Marie Osmond’s parenting skills and bash the Mormon faith. Barr claims that Osmond’s son Michael Blosil committed suicide because he was gay and received condemnation from the Mormon... »

The iPad will hit U.S. stores on April 3.  This event may top Apple’s previous blockbuster launch of the iPhone in 2007. The 9.7-inch touchscreen iPad, which is designed to surf the Web, play video and... »

Democratic Rep. Eric Massa will resign from Congress on Monday, only days after reports first surfaced that the freshman New York lawmaker was under investigation by the House ethics committee for allegedly sexually harassing... »

Grace Groner was orphaned when she was 12 and lived simply until passing away at age 100 in January. Grace left the world a better place, at least her little corner of it. Groner, a secret millionaire, left her entire... »

  A gunman, who has been identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at the teeming subway entrance to the Pentagon complex Thursday evening, wounding two... »

According to comments made on ABC’s Good Morning America, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., maintains that he and 11 other House members will not vote for the health care bill unless it includes more stringent... »

White House officials say that in his remarks today president Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issues to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that... »

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services is investigating an incident at the Jackson family home in Encino involving a stun gun. Multiple sources report that the Jackson children played with the... »

The leading global cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age is HIV according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The BBC reports that UNAids has launched a five-year action... »

San Diego police have discovered a body believed to be that of missing 17-year-old Chelsea King  in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Chelsea disappeared Thursday as she jogged in a community park just east of Lake Hodges. Sheriff... »

Power steering problems have resulted in a 1.3 million small car recall at General Motors.  The affected models are  the Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, Pontiac Pursuit and Pontiac 4. GM stated that the fault meant... »

According to Reuters, young people who use marijuana (cannabis) are at increased risk of suffering hallucinations, delusions or other reality-distorting “psychoses.” And the more time that’s passed since first use, the higher the risk. Reuters... »

Police arrested a man Sunday in Escondido, California, in connection with the disappearance of 17-year-old Chelsea King. Chelsea, a 17-year-old honor student at Poway High School in Poway, Calif., about 25 miles north of San... »

Since their ban, tobacco products have become the new contraband in Ohio prisons, competing with marijuana as the substance of choice.  The Columbus Dispatch reported that a single cigarette sells for $10, a pack of... »

Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil committed suicide Friday evening. The 18-year-old suffered from severe depression and died after jumping from his downtown Los Angeles apartment around 9 p.m. The teen left behind a note explaining that... »

Although there is research available that suggests that religious belief helps with depression, a study at Russ University Medical Center goes one step further. According to a paper in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, belief... »

Releasing energy 500 times that of the recent Haitian tragedy, a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-central Chile early Saturday.  Reports thus far indicate that more than 65 have been killed and numerous buildings destroyed. ... »

Indiana GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels is emerging as a favored contender for the 2012 presidential election.  Politico says that as governor he has practiced the sort of fiscal conservatism that he preached as “The Blade”... »