New hope on AIDS in Africa
In a sign of hope on a continent ravaged by AIDS, a South African fertility clinic has started a service allowing couples infected with the virus to have a healthy baby.
AP: Feds ignored meltdown warnings
The Bush administration ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.
It's official: U.S. is in recession
A panel of the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. economy fell into a recession last year.
1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder
Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers report.
Dow plummets nearly 8 percent
The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may well be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging, hurtling the Dow down nearly 700 points.
Shoppers in trampling death sought
Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be difficult to bring criminal charges.
Cost of 12 days of Christmas: $86,609
Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might balk at the $86,609 price tag for the items in the carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
Hudson's in-law arrested in deaths
Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been arrested in Illinois in the deaths of the singer's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
How to get to Carnegie Hall? YouTube
Borrowing from "American Idol," the online video site announced plans Monday for a YouTube Symphony Orchestra, featuring a collaboration of wannabe musicians with Carnegie Hall, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, composer Tan Dun and others.
U.S. deaths in Afghanistan drop sharply
One American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed in part to their campaign against insurgents.
