LAGOS (Reuters) - Energy major Chevron and partners including Exxon Mobil have made a first discovery of crude oil in an exploration block 70 miles off the Nigerian coast, Chevron said Wednesday.Chevron ( Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ameriprise Financial Inc., the brokerage spun off last year by American Express Co., said Tuesday an NASD panel ruled against its Securities America Inc. unit in an arbitration, and awarded the plaintiffs about $19.6 million.The arbitration panel handed down the award Read more…
The International Association of Athletics Federations says the American sprinter equaled, but did not break, Asafa Powell's previous 9.77 seconds " his 9.766 should have been rounded up, not down. Read more…
Former Beatle Paul McCartney has announced his separation from his wife of nearly four years, Heather Mills. They blame public attention, but a British newspaper says the two have had a series of bitter arguments. Read more…
Miami came out on top earned the "honor" of having the worst road rage in a 20-city survey released by AutoVantage, an automobile membership club that offers travel services and roadside assistance. Read more…
The Coast Guard is searching for a 21-year-old passenger reported missing from the Mariner of the Seas as it sailed from Florida to the Bahamas. His friends reported him missing Monday when they realized his bed hadn't been slept in. Read more…
The region's record flooding is putting pressure on aging dams, some of which have already been damaged. But roads were reopening and residents were returning to their homes after the worst floods in 70 years. One person was dead. Read more…
Supporters of immigration legislation are predicting they will pass a Senate bill giving millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Meanwhile, hundreds of pro-immigrant advocates from at least 20 states will be in D.C. to lobby Senators. Read more…
The year's most anticipated movie, "The Da Vinci Code," is stirring up passions. While readers devoured Dan Brown's novel, reaction from Cannes critics ranged from mild endorsement of its suspense to groans of ridicule over its heavy melodrama. Read more…
The bird flu that spread across Europe and into Africa this year seems to be slowing as warmer weather approaches, but flu experts ... Read more…
The sign-up period for a massive federal program to help older and disabled Americans pay for prescription drugs ends Monday, ... Read more…
My column on bottled water prompted readers to ask whether "spring waters" or "artesian well waters" were better than other bottled ... Read more…
For years, doctors have believed that patients with metastatic breast cancer are incurable. But two studies suggest that some ... Read more…
Sex researcher/cultural historian Shere Hite is not the household name she was 30 years ago when The Hite Report: A Nationwide ... Read more…
Mounting evidence that scores of heart patients can avoid second heart attacks or strokes with intensive treatment to reduce ... Read more…
Medicare pays tens of thousands of dollars more in some states, regions or hospitals to provide care to chronically ill patients, ... Read more…
Teen smoking and drinking continued to drop, but teenage abuse of prescription drugs has become "an entrenched behavior" that ... Read more…
Japan wants to see the results of a survey of U.S. meatpacking plants before starting talks on reopening its market to American ... Read more…
Reports of the death of recess may be greatly exaggerated, a U.S. Education Department study suggests. Data released Tuesday ... Read more…
Popular drugs hailed for revolutionizing treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may increase the risk of cancer and serious infections, ... Read more…
Republican lawmakers who previously opposed extending the May 15 deadline to sign up for Medicare prescription drug plans before ... Read more…
Nearly nine months after Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans cancer patients still struggle to get care. Cancer centers were ... Read more…
The maker of a synthetic drug similar to the active ingredient in marijuana said Tuesday that it had received Food and Drug Administration ... Read more…
The Carter Center's success in pushing the Guinea worm parasite to the brink of extinction is one of several achievements that ... Read more…
A gunman stormed into a meeting at Turkeyр# top administrative court on Wednesday and opened fire, wounding five judges, the Ankara governorр# office said. Read more…