The immigration-reform legislation would provide an opportunity ?right away? for millions of illegal aliens to correct their status, said Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Men popping more than seven multivitamin pills a week could be increasing their risk of advanced and fatal prostate cancer, according to a large study from the National Cancer Institute.
When it comes to exercise, I have the zealotry of the converted. As a kid, I faked asthma attacks to get out of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, once missed my heat at a swim meet because I was in the locker room studying for a calculus test, and as a softball player, truly earned the nickname of Hardly Homerun Hobson. Then, in my early 20s, I discovered running, and soon you couldn't shut me up about the virtues of prolonged exercise. I started running marathons. When that got old, I took up triathlons and have now competed in several Ironman races. For years, I've insisted to everyone who questions whether 12 straight hours of exercise can possibly be good for me, that of course it is. How can it not be?
A prominent Iranian-American policy scholar who has been imprisoned in Iran is innocent of any wrongdoing and should be released immediately, her Iranian attorney said Thursday afternoon during an unusual visit to Washington.
AP - The White House and key senators in both parties announced agreement Thursday on an immigration overhaul that would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. It would also fortify the border.
AP - Senate Democrats said Thursday they will seek a no-confidence vote for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over accusations that he carried out President Bush's political agenda at the expense of his government duties.
There are few safe places for 18-year-old Isaac Diaz. From his bed at night, the high school senior can hear the gunshots. To get to school, he has to walk through the toughest parts of North Philadelphia. "You don't know if you're walking in the neighborhood and a guy from middle school sees you and he just had a bad incident with his mother and father and he's walking around with a gun."
Battling stifling heat and the constant threat of insurgent attacks, U.S. troops are navigating through thick brush and searching farmhouses in Iraq's "Triangle of Death" in the hunt for three missing comrades. "We are not going to stop," one commander told CNN.