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Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk.

A lot of lives have changed since Barack Obama won the presidential election one year ago last Wednesday, none so much as the life of Chicago's Sam Kass, the engaging, shaved-head assistant White House chef and food initiative coordinator, a crusader for healthy eating who has shot to fame in the almost 10 months the Obamas have been in the White ...

A high-ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout in 2011.

Share + Nov 7, 2009 1:11 pm US/Eastern BOSTON Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Experts say obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the US every year and that number will rise as rates of obesity continue to rise.

The 4.4billion Large Hadron Collider has broken down again - all because of a passing bird.

Breast-feeding offers health benefits for infants and mothers, and should be promoted and encouraged, says an updated position paper released by the American Dietetic Association.

A U.S. health and wellness expert says an easy way to boost immunity is to eat more fruits and vegetables in different colors.

The world's leading finance ministers were treated to a distinctly Scottish dinner as they settled in for the G20 summit.

Peter Vandyke's steps have slowed since he stormed Normandy Beach, but his 1942 Army uniform still fits and he wore it proudly as the National World War II Museum dedicated a $60 million expansion as Tom Hanks and other celebrities looked on Friday.

Award winning French chocolatier Patrick Roger is commemorating the fall of communism with a fifteen meter long and nine hundred kilogram chocolate reproduction of the Berlin Wall.

Offshore wind farms, yacht building and cheese are among the industries driving the UK's economic growth, according to a new report.

A New Jersey food store owner and two employees have admitted defrauding the federal food stamp program of more than $280,000. Mehal Mothon, who owned a Citgo Food Mart in Westville, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to embezzle from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program.

The former James Bond star has been trying to persuade Selfridges to discontinue sales of the pate which, he says, is made using cruel methods to fatten goose livers.

The God machine just can't catch a break ... A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault at the Large Hadron Collider this week which saw significant overheating in sections of the mighty particle-punisher's subterranean 27-km supercooled magnetic doughnut.

A sign outside a Wendy's restaurant in Orangeburg, S.C. is shown against a blue sky Tuesday, Nov.

St. Louis, MO, November 4, 2009 -- Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 79-year-old female, 5 feet 2 inches tall and weigh 127 pounds.

A plan that puts a large area of the Arctic off-limits to commercial fishing goes into effect Dec.

Kellogg is scrapping controversial immune-system claims from its Cocoa Krispies and Rice Krispies cereal boxes even as some critics are turning their attention to another food giant, Nestle, which is making similar claims on some cartons of its kid-targeted Juicy Juice.

In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama holds a sweet potato as she... FILE - In this Oct.