Commerical fisherman Chad Isaak and a partner haul in a boatload of invasive Asian Carp, Jul 2010 The multi-billion-dollar commercial fishing industry in the Great Lakes region of the United States employs more than 800,000 people, but is threatened...
U.S. officials say a cap on a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have a small leak, but they say there are no plans to remove the cap from the well. Engineers are carefully studying the well for any evidence of problems. Engineers spot...
Founder of grassroots volunteer group works to help the elderly live out their final years in dignity at home Adam Phillips | New York 19 July 2010 Related Links Morningside Village Aging in Place On a recent Saturday morning in Manhattan's Morningsi...
President Obama makes a statement to the press in the White House Rose Garden, beside him are unemployed workers Denise Gibson, Jim Chukalas, and Leslie Macko, 19 July 2010 President Barack Obama is urging the U.S. Senate to act this week on extendin...
Representatives from about 60 countries are arriving in Kabul for a major international donor conference scheduled for Tuesday. Sean Maroney | Kabul 19 July 2010 Violence has reached record levels in recent months, as the Taliban intensifies its insu...
Seventeen political parties in Niger that opposed the country's ousted president have formed an alliance ahead of presidential elections due in January of next year. The various opposition parties say they each will present their own presidential can...
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, left, talks to a Palestinian chemist at a pharmaceutical company lab in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, 18 Jul 2010 European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton visited war-torn Gaza, a...
The AIDS epidemic is still an emergency. It hasn't gone away and it will not go away International organizations that work with HIV/AIDS issues say unless more money is provided for programs in developing countries, the campaign to eradicate the dise...
A handout picture released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows the new symbol for the Indian rupee, 15 July 2010 As India's economy grows and its ambition to make a mark on the global scene rises, the country has decided that its curre...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up iPhone 4 as he talks about the Apple iPhone 4 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Friday, July 16, 2010. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs addressed problems with the company's new iPhone 4 in an emergency news co...
Hollywood is sometimes called the dream factory and the new film from The Dark Knight writer-director Christopher Nolan takes that idea to new levels, creating a world in which dreams can be shared and ideas stolen but not without risk to both the th...
William Alexander details his year-long quest to bake the perfect loaf of bread in his book, '52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning and a Perfect Crust.' Few things in life are as simple or complex as bread. The same four essentia...
Financial payouts encourage hospital workers to exercise, eat better Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 16 July 2010 Around half of OhioHealth's 9,000 employees have signed up for an incentive program that offers cash to workers who exercise. A few years...
The ugly looking - but tasty - Louisiana crawfish is deeply linked to the state's culture and economy. Crawfish is related to shrimp, lobster and crabs. It grows in fresh water; the most common type is a seasonal favorite in the Mississippi Delta. No...
The United States is strongly condemning suicide bomb attacks Thursday against a Shi'ite mosque in Iran, a country that is listed by Washington as a state sponsor of terrorism. President Barack Obama called the murder of innocent civilians in a place...
