Microsoft is teaming with the Companions in Courage Foundation to deliver Xbox 360 kiosks to children’s hospitals across the country, the company announced today.

The bill would establish an official national broadband policy, one that prevents service providers from subjecting lawful content to “unreasonable interference” or “discrimination.” It also calls on the Federal Communications Commission to assess...

In many states, citizens and scientists are accusing the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of failing to make the connection between public health problems and industrial sources of pollution — even in the face of...

The boyfriend bet the mother $1 she wouldn’t shoot the girl. The mother responded by taking the gun and shooting the girl, who was wearing three pairs of pants. The BB deflected off her leg and struck her 7-year-old brother, who wasn’t injured.

A beaming new Boris smiles out and salutes from many a European newspaper, but I don’t think they are giving his victory the space that they should.

Some of the international media have their own particular take, like this in the Azerbaijan press:...

Hollywood loves a crisis. In particular, it loves an economic one. This isn’t because sub-prime mortgage meltdowns make for good screenplays - they don’t - but because cinema attendance booms typically during a recession.

The trend will be tested...

Few apart from his small band of fanatical followers will mourn the passing of Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of Somali’s Islamist insurrection.

As head of al-Shabaab – “the youth” – he is implicated in the murders of 16 foreigners including...

Not only is the Apple iPhone the most popular phone for browsing the Internet, it is also the most popular phone for uploading pictures.

Even the most committed walkers will admit that, sometimes, putting one foot in front of the other can get a little boring, especially if you’re covering the same old route or the same old piece of treadmill rubber day after day. Never fear — boredom...

A grandfather who stood up to a pair of young thugs who demanded his mobile phone paid for his defiance with his life.

James Smith, 62, who was said by a judge to have been defending the values of his generation, was beaten about the head, dumped...