Scientists and researchers have found that people who pile on the pounds are less likely to die early than the slim people. Researchers pointed out that one reason for this could be that fatter people were more likely to visit doctor than the healthier looking people. The fatter people found them more reasons to work out ...

Britain's Prince Philip returned to the royal family's country estate Tuesday, after a spell in the hospital undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery. Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's 90-year-old husband, spent four nights in the hospital recovering from a successful coronary stent procedure. He was taken to Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridge, on Friday ...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Saturday cheered opposition leaders and jeered the Kremlin in the biggest show of outrage yet against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule. The Moscow demonstration was even bigger than a similar rally two weeks ago, signaling that the protest movement ignited by the fraud-tainted Dec. 4 parliamentary election may be ...

Seize the day. Only a year is left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. While some doomsday theorists may suggest putting together survival kits, people in southeastern Mexico, the heart of Maya territory, plan to throw a yearlong celebration. And to make a profit while they party. Mexico's tourism ...

The Senate passed legislation Saturday extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, handing President Barack Obama a partial victory while setting the stage for another fight in February. It also brought a peaceful end to a year-long battle over spending by passing a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill that ...

A man armed with grenades and an assault rifle attacked holiday shoppers Tuesday at a central square in the Belgian city of Liege. Five people died, including the attacker, and 122 others were wounded, officials said. It was not immediately clear what motivated the attack in the busy Place Saint-Lambert square, the central entry point to ...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin strongly criticized U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, accusing her of encouraging and funding Russians protesting election fraud, and warned of a wider Russian crackdown on dissent. By describing Russia's parliamentary election as rigged, Putin said Clinton "gave a signal" to his opponents. "They heard this signal and with the ...

One of Moammar Gadhafi's sons planned to slip secretly into Mexico shortly after his escape from Libya, but the international plot was thwarted by Mexican intelligence agents, a top Mexican government official said today. The alleged plan to bring Saadi Gadhafi and his family into Mexico, dubbed "Operation Huesped," meaning "Guest," was revealed by Mexican Interior ...

Herman Cain, former Republican candidate in the presidential primary, and author of the controversial 9-9-9 tax bill, as well as recipient of several sexual harassment complaints and various other accounting’s  of his alleged sexual peccadilloes, just announced that he will not continue to seek the Republican nomination for president. Cain claimed his decision to withdraw was based on the ...

Hard-line Iranian students stormed British diplomatic sites in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag, burning an embassy vehicle and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the seizing of the U.S. Embassy compound in 1979. The mob surged past riot police into the British Embassy complex - which they pelted with petrol ...