For years, doctors have been advising their patients to take aspirin daily to decrease their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Now there’s another reason: A study published in the “Journal of Clinical Oncology” shows that women who are breast cancer survivors can cut their risk of dying …

On Saturday night in Long Island, New York, Westbury to be exact, the “bold” Glenn Beck and the “fresh” Bill O’Reilly took the stage in front of a sold-out house. Judging from crowd reaction, everybody had a good time, including the “Bold Fresh” guys. Click here to watch O’Reilly’s “Talking …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Friends With Benefits The new health care law here in the U.S. is expected to have big benefits for India. The Christian Science Monitor reports the addition of 32 million Americans to insurance rolls here in the States is very significant for …

Apparently everyone’s pissed about the health care bill, but in a scary kind of way. Now we’ve been here before and it goes like this: For the media, anger is only OK if it’s targeted at people they hate, i.e. corporations, conservatives, the daddy who never loved them, etc. For …

As you may remember, the president and his team harshly criticized Fox News last fall for not being fair and that led to a vigorous back and forth between FNC and the White House, which jazzed our ratings a bit. Then things kind of died down. But now the oil …

Still leaking, still spewing, still scaring. As Peggy Noonan so eloquently put it, “You actually don’t get deadlier as a metaphor for the moment than the monster that lives deep beneath the sea.” And this Gulf leak is a monster; a menacing, endlessly percolating, uncontrollable monster. A monster that British …

So here’s a highlight from the Kagan hearing. And by “highlight,” I mean “please shoot me in the face.” (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR, D-MINN.: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Solicitor General Kagan you did — had an incredibly grueling day yesterday and did incredibly well. But I …

Rebecca Myers has spent nearly 20 years crafting one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces into works of art. “As far as small business is concerned, we’re like the super small,” says Myers. Working in her small Annapolis, Md. studio with only the help of one assistant, she prepares to go back on the …

A group of researchers working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have confirmed the existence of the superheavy element 114, furthering research in the field of nuclear science. The team, headed by Berkeley Lab scientists Heino Nitsche — who is also a UC-Berkeley professor of chemistry — and Ken Gregorich, …

Personalities clashed, tears flowed and talent prevailed as American Idol brought us day 2 of the Hollywood Rounds. The dreaded Group Day is always interesting as people’s true colors really shine through. But what’s even more interesting than seeing how incapable some if them are at working with others, is …