There are new concerns watching any television at all could be bad for your baby. One country is now banning some TV shows for young children and that's sparking debate right here in the States.

There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from the listeners.

Rep. John D. Dingell, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Bart Stupak, chairman of its Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, sent a letter Thursday to the chief executives of the drug company partners, giving them two

Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported today that their techniques were surprisingly effective, though complications exist and more work is still needed.

Safety at bio labs is being reviewed

One by one, young baristas knock down the orders, pouring coffees, blending freezes, topping off drinks with a little too much whipped cream.

There was no time for the big picture: a chance to win Olympic gold, to take the most improbable of all the big titles in the U.S. women's soccer team's storied history.

1. Non-forcing. Three spades asks responder to bid again only if his one-no-trump bid, which indicates six to 10 points, is in the upper half of that range.

French officials faced increasing pressure Thursday to reconstruct and explain the well-planned and unusually bloody ambush east of Afghan capital Kabul days earlier that killed 10 French troops and injured 21.

The 21-year-old, who has been called "the future of American wrestling" by his coaches, proudly ran around a Beijing gymnasium wrapped in the Stars and Stripes after winning the gold-medal match.

Judge denies access to Tortolitas' path

The twin bombings, which also wounded 70 people, hit one of Pakistan's most sensitive and heavily guarded military installations, underlining the threat posed by Islamic militants to the Muslim world's only nuclear-armed nation as well as its war-ravaged neighbor, Afghanistan.

Food inflation is here to stay — and probably will get worse for some things.

But the fifth-year NASCAR Sprint Cup driver was beginning to sound a little Muhammad Ali-esque on Sunday after the latest of his 12 career victories.

Giffords, the incumbent, continued her strong fundraising track, bringing in $230,000 in this latest six-week reporting period. The first-term Democrat is just $300,000 short of her $3 million goal for this election — making her one of the most prolific

Upshaw had a Hall of Fame career as a guard for the Oakland Raiders — a team that won two of the three Super Bowls it reached during his 15 years in a black and silver jersey.

National Guardsman Steve Johnson was wading through hip-deep water Wednesday night when his flashlight revealed an alligator drifting through a neighborhood of flooded mobile homes.

Andrea Duran leaned on a fence and cried. Former Arizona Wildcat Lovieanne Jung sat alone on the charter bus. Laura Berg politely signed a few autographs for Olympic volunteers. Stacey Nuveman and Monica Abbott hugged each other tightly, almost afraid