Ritalin and similar medicines that millions of children and teens take to curb hyperactivity and boost attention do not raise their risk of serious heart problems, the largest safety study of these drugs concludes.
A tribute to the sacrifices of our military forces -- active duty, National Guard and Reserves -- who served in all wars.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A prosecutor grilling a defense expert got the veteran anesthesiologist to acknowledge Monday that Michael Jackson's doctor deviated from the standard of care.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The epicenter of the fight over the nation's patchwork of immigration laws is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. Nor was it any of the four states that were next to pass their own crackdowns.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Each time 15-year-old Reginald Graham builds a bicycle, the process begins with a ritual.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Boeing is taking over a space shuttle hangar in Florida to work on its own space capsule.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.
NEW YORK (AP) -- While more U.S. cities are resorting to force to break up the Wall Street protests, many others - Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., among them - are content to let the demonstrations go on for now.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are making a little more money and spending a lot more. Under normal circumstances, that would be a troubling sign for the economy. But a closer look at some new government figures suggests another possibility: People are saving less money because they're earning next to nothing in interest.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Offer apples to trick-or-treaters and risk having your house get egged - maybe even by your own kids. But dentists and dietitians say you can still make Halloween reasonably healthy for little devils and witches without resorting to dracul-onian tactics, like no candy.