The German news agency DPA reported that the US government bought 38.5 vaccine units for $192.5 million (122.5 million Euros) from the French company Sanofi Pasteur. This vaccine is effective against the H5N1 strain from the...

Through many years I have found, to my dismay, that often the authentic story is the least of anyone's concern. A poignant example of this is the Western media's representation of the Mideast-based Al-Jazeera network...

A Quebec daycare worker accused of shaking a baby boy who suffered brain damage has been acquitted of aggravated assault.

It will cost an average of four per cent more to ride the bus in the Outaouais starting in September.

When Quincy, Ill. And Cedar Rapids, Iowa were ravaged by floods last month, there was a human toll paid in damaged property and lost homes, but there was also a toll exacted on pets, as CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.

The Vancouver Canucks added a touch of youth to their roster on Friday by acquiring right-winger Steve Bernier in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres.

Another shooting took place downtown at the beginning of the weekend, as police vow to beef up security to keep the Taste of Chicago safe.

A man suspected in a Saturday morning Wicker Park bank robbery slit his throat with a box cutter as police were moving in to arrest him, sources said.

A man who heard a possible intruder in a downstairs apartment unit was fatally shot early Saturday in the Lawndale neighborhood.

A South Side family is mourning the loss of a five-year-old Saturday night. The little boy fell into Lake Michigan on Thursday, and rescuers found him some 20 minutes later. It turns out the child was in the care of

It is of course true that a lot of low-income people can indeed afford mobile phones today, as handsets cost no more than Rs 700.

The Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy has said the higher level of headline inflation may be difficult to avoid in the short term though central banks across the globe are according a top priority to "calm the

The initial purchase cost for an electric car may be high, but savings on fuel will help it pay back for itself in just a couple of years, if not faster.

The money and Maini soon found themselves, in the early '90s, in the midst of California's start-up boom.

Automobile giant General Motors will invest Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 10-12 billion) to set up a power train (engine and gear box) manufacturing facility at its Talegaon Plant near Pune.

Pakistani security forces on Saturday temporarily suspended a crackdown against militants in the troubled tribal belt bordering Afghanistan to allow local elders to negotiate with them. An 18-member peace jirga met Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh at Tirah Valley in the

Special envoys Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen said they have told Chinese officials during the two-day talks in

Hours after slapping his S Sreesanth, a repentant Harbhajan Singh had a quiet dinner with the Kerala pacer.

Scientists have confirmed that an approximately 500 million-year-old stromatolite was recently discovered at the Boxley Blue Ridge Quarry near Roanoke, Virginia. This is the first-ever intact stromatolite head found in Virginia, and is one of the largest complete "heads" in

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