Middle school students might do a bit better in class if they consume enough zinc, new research suggests. That’s based on a relatively small and brief study of nearly 200 seventh-grade students. Their mental performance and in-school behavior were noted before and after taking zinc or a placebo for 10 …
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A man who shot to death his 4-year-old son and wounded his estranged wife in Long Beach was killed by police here Thursday night after wounding an officer in a shootout, authorities said. A man believed to be Brian Manuel, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene …
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NEW YORK – Time Warner Inc. (TWX) and Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) have reached an agreement to buy the assets of the bankrupt cable company Adelphia Communications Corp. (search) in a deal valued at $17.6 billion in cash and stock. The deal beat out a last-minute bid by Cablevision Systems Corp. …
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MIAMI – A federal appeals court in Atlanta on Tuesday upheld Florida’s 160-year-old law enforcing a lifetime ban on voting rights (search) for convicted felons. Ex-felons sued in 2000 to get their voting rights restored when their sentences are finished, instead of having to apply through a complex system for …
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ARKALYK, Kazakhstan – A space capsule carrying a U.S.-Russian-Italian crew landed safely on the steppes of northern Kazakhstan (search) early Monday, following a mission aboard the international space station. Search-and-rescue helicopters spotted the Russian TMA-5 capsule as it floated toward its designated arrival site about 50 miles north of the …
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The prosecution rested its case in the corporate fraud trial of fired HealthSouth Corp. (search) CEO Richard Scrushy (search) on Tuesday after 12 weeks of trial. The defense — which argues that the testimony by the CFOs and about two dozen other government witnesses proved no such …
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Islamic scholar who prosecutors said enjoyed “rock star” status among a group of young Muslim men in Virginia (search) was convicted Tuesday of exhorting his followers in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops. The convictions against Ali al-Timimi …
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We have a pope! (search) Oh, you know that already? Who would have thought that there would be so much ambiguity when the final decision was made? To hear the world’s best anchors (none better then Chris Wallace) struggle with the exact color of the smoke and having to wait …
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WASHINGTON – A government nutrition program for low-income women and young children lags behind current dietary standards, according to a report Wednesday that suggests ways to revamp the 30-year-old food plans. Encouraging program participants to breast feed, eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables and cut down on some dairy …
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NEW YORK – A second seat on the New York Stock Exchange (search) sold Friday, but the price fell to $2.5 million, down $100,000 from a sale made earlier in the day. The latest transaction marked the first decline in seat prices since the Big Board announced plans to merge …
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