Men getting on in years face at least two unpleasant facts: extra girth around their middles and decreasing testosterone levels. Most are well aware of the health risks of a spare tire. Now, new research presented today at a meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that low testosterone levels put men at a 33 percent higher risk of dying—from any cause—than their peers with levels in the normal range.
Anyone with a mailing address and a bank account stands a good chance of having received a letter from Pat W. Johnston, the director of consumer services at Capital One and prolific signatory of many of the company's credit card offers. (One blogger tallied 34 letters from Johnston--and six magnets.)
AP - President Bush drew sporadic, startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation the probe that showed a White House obsessed with criticism of its decision to go to war.
AP - Several Republican senators Tuesday called for President Bush to implement a new war strategy based on recommendations by the Iraq Study Group, which called for winding down the U.S. combat mission.
Voters tonight got the chance to quiz the 10 GOP presidential candidates -- and they wanted answers on Iraq, healthcare and global warming. Earlier, the candidates touched some of the hottest potatoes in domestic politics including abortion, evolution, and the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for lying to investigators in the CIA leak case. He also was fined $250,000. Libby was found guilty in March of lying about what he told reporters about CIA operative Valerie Plame.
The fourth suspect wanted in connection with a plot to attack New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport has turned himself in to Trinidad authorities, a law enforcement source told CNN on Tuesday.