West Midlands Police said the men had been freed on bail pending further inquiries into the death of Brandon Davis, who died at Birmingham children’s hospital, last Thursday.

Brandon’s two brothers, who also swallowed… Continue reading

The teacher will not be coming to school. She will be relieved of her duty with pay as the school district investigates, officials said.

“If you gotta go, you gotta go,” student Quonterious Thomas told Eyewitness… Continue reading

Is television over? I don’t mean the technology of course. Television, in many ways, has never been better. High definition – although pretty brutal on Republican frontrunner John McCain – has applied Windolene to… Continue reading

Illinois - Members of the Senate Public Health Committee voted 6-4 to legalize the use of medical marijuana in Illinois. A similar bill fell just shy of a majority vote in the

Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain’s most senior police forensics expert.

Gary Pugh, director of forensic sciences… Continue reading

Die-hard neoconservative lunatic and warmonger William Kristol is insisting that Saddam had ties to al Qaeda despite the recent release of a Pentagon report that says there were no links. Kristol… Continue reading

In California, it is the Grapes of Wrath all over again, minus the migration. Somebody please send this link to Rush Limbaugh and the neocons, who seem to think all of the homeless… Continue reading

Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels, this shot of the fingerprint reader at Walt Disney World’s turnstiles. These machines (which, I’m told, capture the shape… Continue reading

We’ll never know if Bernanke’s real purpose in setting up his new $200 billion auction facility was to provide the cash-strapped banks with a place where… Continue reading

A 21-year-old Harris County woman filed a $200,000 lawsuit against American Airlines alleging employees on a flight to Los Angeles from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport failed to protect her while she slept from another passenger who… Continue reading

Immediate Consumer Action is Needed to Stop Mothers Act.

The Mothers Act is pending legislation that will indoctrinate hundreds of thousands of mothers… Continue reading

Tampa, Florida - “It’s awful that he was treated like that, it’s inhumane if you ask me.”

That’s how Randy Brannon describes what happened to his father as he was trying to drive to a walk-in… Continue reading

As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences.

Two sets of parents… Continue reading

How much lower can consumer spending go? The malls are like mausoleums, retail clerks are getting laid off, and AOL recently featured on its welcome page the story of man so cheap that he recycles… Continue reading

It seems that global warming doomsday alarmists are so desperate to out-fearmonger each other that they are now having difficulties keeping their propaganda on track. Within days… Continue reading

What do you get when you pay a prostitute $4,300?
Okay. Yes. Other than that.

The answer, according to vice squad detectives and people familiar with the sex trade, is a pledge of ironclad silence, and… Continue reading

A study conducted by the Associated Press which found that numerous pharmaceutical drugs have contaminated the water supplies of millions of Americans has provoked nationwide alarm, causing consumers… Continue reading

Secondary schools in England have been flouting the admissions system by charging parents money to secure a place of… Continue reading

He is only two, but Oliver Sherwood regularly takes Viagra - to keep him alive.

The toddler has a rare condition that causes chronic high blood pressure. Something as simple a chest infection could… Continue reading

Homework should be scrapped for primary school children because the pressure to complete assignments makes pupils “unhappy and anxious”, say teachers.A Royal Commission should also investigate why so many children dislike school, the… Continue reading

Hayden pointed out that global warming is taking place throughout the solar system, underscoring the fact that natural causes and not human beings… Continue reading

The merry-go-round stands rusting and lifeless. An elaborate floral display that used to stand proudly at the front of the mansion has wilted, leaving just bare earth.The tepees are collapsing in on themselves… Continue reading

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

A virus that… Continue reading

If you have just blown the budget on a new high-definition TV, look away now. Japanese broadcasters and the BBC are working on a system 33 times more… Continue reading

Alistair Darling faces a black hole on finances and will cash in by taxing alcohol and motoring

Gordon Brown was facing a twin backlash last night over Budget… Continue reading

A speeding driver caught doing more than 100mph while children without seatbelts dangled out of the car window has been banned from driving for just 28 days.

Colin Goodall was caught on a speed… Continue reading

Britain should brace itself for a new wave of mass migration caused by global warming, a report warns today.A landmark document by two senior European Union officials says climate change will drive millions… Continue reading

Elected officials and environmental advocates are poised to ask the city tough questions in the wake of a news report asserting that New Yorkers are likely consuming trace amounts of pharmaceuticals when they… Continue reading

In the aftermath of a disaster, banks play a vital role, distributing cash to their customers and ensuring that their customers are able to meet the financial needs of their families and their… Continue reading