BP, others investigate new sheen in Gulf

(AP) LONDON – A new oil sheen has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, although energy company BP said Thursday the discovery had nothing to do with its operations and was far from the site of its disaster-hit Macondo well.A spokesman for another company involved in investigating the sheen said he...

Every Hour Of TV You Watch After Age 25 Shortens Your Life By 21.8 Minutes

That represents 11 minutes of life lost for every cigarette and that’s the same as half an hour of TV watching, the researchers said.Without TV, researchers estimated life expectancy for men would be 1.8 years longer and for women, 1.5 years longer.”While we used Australian data, the effects in...

Wave of Violence Hits Iraq, At Least 60 Dead

A relentless barrage of bombings killed 63 people Monday in the most sweeping and coordinated attack Iraq has seen in over a year, striking 17 cities from northern Sunni areas to the southern Shiite heartland. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the simultaneous attacks, the targeting of Shiite...

Obama’s Gallup numbers show 12 states in play in 2012 – Los Angeles Times

Twelve states constitute the likely battlegrounds for the 2012 election, based on Gallups state-by-state ratings of President Obamas approval level.The ratings, which aggregate Gallup polling done from January through June, came out just as Gallup was releasing its latest tracking poll showing Obamas...

3 Dead in Indiana Fair Stage Collapse

Authorities said they have confirmed at least three deaths after a stage collapsed Saturday night during a storm at the Indiana State Fair, where the country group Sugarland was set to perform.About two dozen people were reported injured in the incident at the fairgrounds in Indianapolis. The witnesses said...

Chimp attack victim reveals her new face

After two years of living behind a veil, Charla Nash revealed on TODAY the new face that science has given her, a visage that replaces the one mangled in a vicious attack by a friends pet chimpanzee that left her without a nose, eyes or lips. Seeing emotions play across Charlas new face has been amazing,...