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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Runners carried the Olympic flame around the outside of a sports stadium Wednesday — an invitation-only event in front of an elite, sparse crowd with heavy security to deter any anti-China protesters or terrorist attacks. Clearly worried about the possibility that the high-profile ceremony might be disrupted, …

ST. LOUIS – We like to think there isn’t anything we wouldn’t do for a friend, but Michael A. Moore has the proof: On Thursday, he donated his kidney to his best friend, and to do so he lost 50 pounds in five months while chronicling his experience in video …

RUDY, Ark. – Archeologists have begun carefully digging up the remains of a Mormon church leader who was murdered and buried in western Arkansas 150 years ago. The descendants of Parley Parker Pratt were granted their court petition this month authorizing the exhumation, and they plan to move Pratt’s remains …