For Doug Howard, the decision to lose weight came shortly after the scale revealed he weighed 280 pounds. I had gone to the doctors and found out that I was diabetic. Doug's doctor recommended he enroll in a weight loss trial at Johns Hopkins. All pa...
Japan has chosen the F35 as its next mainstay fighter as it opted for stealth over proven combat records. The pick reflects concern over North Korea and China's introduction of its own stealth fighter. Defence Minister Yasuo Ichikawa says the order o...
Tens of thousands homes are without power following the 5.8 magnitude quake. There are two aftershocks with similar magnitude. There are no reports of major damage or injuries though. Authorities are still trying to rebuild the city after 180 people...
Winter can be a tough season especially when it comes to your skin. Combine the cold temperatures outside with the warm temperatures inside, and skin can begin to crack. And that is not good. The cold weather is very difficult for us to help protect...
The world's largest telecommunications provider is China's most valued brand, and that is China Mobile with brand value of just over $53 billion. It's got 600 million customers and put that into a little bit perspective, their customer base is nearly...
In this morning, we're learning more about a deadly attack in Belgium. It happened at a packed Christmas market in the city of Liege yesterday. Police say the attacker lobbed three grenades and gunned down holiday shoppers from a nearby roof. CNN's N...
The Private Milton Hershey School, which is in the headlines tonight because it refused to admit a young honor student because he has the virus that causes Aids. Is this legal? Is it right? Here is ABC's Ron Claiborne. The Milton Hershey School was f...
As you know, giant pandas are among the world's most adored and endangered animals. And the Chinese government decided that they would be better off out in the real world, returned to the wild, if they never had human attachments. So what's the solut...
In this one year, 90 billion messages have been sent on twitter, the high-octane social network connecting the world. And the folks who run twitter looked back to come up with the most extraordinary tweets, the one that tell the story of the year. An...
These days, if your iPhone doesnt work, its practically an iMergency. Do you have an emergency, sir? Yes, I do. My emergency is my phone dont work. Forty eight-year-old Michael Skopec was so upset with his iPhone that he called 911 in Kendall County,...
November eighth's midnight release. Joseph Baddley was a gamer who got his hands on one of the 7-million sold copies of Modern Warfare 3. So he could stand in a huge long line to pick up this game, drive home and begin playing and I didn't see him fo...
You know its a bad sign if your local real estate agent is giving away BMWs. But thats exactly what Lin Zhangzhong is doing in the Chinese city of Wenzhou. Hes offering a Bimmer for the first 150 customers who buy a new apartment. People are excited...
And now for the last look. Those of you who watched our recent Education Special saw the exhausting study habits of South Korean students. The culmination of that pressure was last week when almost 700 000 South Korean high school students took the t...
We've told you about the economic convulsion in Italy that threatens to take down the mighty countries of Europe and send a shock wave across the Ocean to American 401(k)s. Well, tonight, Italians are talking about an unconventional hale merry idea,...
These are tough times. But we were surprised to learn today that the Queen of England has decided to join other London homeowners and rent out rooms during the Olympics next summer. So would you like to rent maybe with the refrigerator, at say, St. J...
