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I'll admit it: The first thought on my mind when I walk into the gym isn't a game plan for the day's workout. It's how can I snag a treadmill...

This is a shrimp and/or garlic lover's idea of a perfect dish. The sauce tastes almost naughty, yet it has much less oil than you might find in a scampi...

The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger...

Jason Bissett, 30, sat on a busy pedestrian bridge that arches over the River Liffey, a hood pulled tight around his head and his hand out. "Can you spare any...

After two strokes he was completely blind, dependent on his cane and his wife's arm to walk safely down the street. But researchers had a hunch: They suspected that, unconsciously,...

Our annual list of unconventional holiday fare, films (and the occasional TV show) provides an alternative to the usual "Christmas Story"/"It's a Wonderful Life"/"Elf" fest. Each selection is either set...

The United States will not support a unity government in Zimbabwe that includes President Robert Mugabe, a top American envoy told reporters Sunday in South Africa. A power-sharing deal between...

Rev. James L. Bevel, a fiery top lieutenant of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a force behind civil rights campaigns of the 1960s whose erratic behavior and conviction on...

Vice President Dick Cheney offered an unabashed defense of the Bush administration's claims of broad executive powers Sunday, mocking criticism from Vice President-elect Joe Biden and saying the president "doesn't...

Vice President Dick Cheney offered an unabashed defense of the Bush administration's claims of broad executive powers Sunday, mocking criticism from Vice President-elect Joe Biden and saying the president "doesn't...