Monthly Archives: February 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of gene therapy developer Bluebird Bio Inc. are surging in their trading debut….

TOKYO — On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion. In the latest flap, a senior reconstruction official in charge of h…

WASHINGTON — Worry and speculation have consumed investors since Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to Congress last month about the Federal Reserve's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. On Wednesday, many hope the Fed will s…

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State Police have returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez….

If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he’ll have to do it the hard way….

Afghanistan suspends talks on a bilateral security agreement with the US, after Washington’s announcement of peace talks with the Taliban.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government’s gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for da…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — In an accelerated election for a new U.S. senator from New Jersey, the Democratic field is Cory Booker vs. everyone else….

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks….

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts State Police have returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez….

If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he’ll have to do it the hard way….

Brian Dawkins has some advice for second-year quarterbacks on how to keep up with defensive adjustments to their style of play.

The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn is going to picture the ringed planet in a special photo that also includes a distant Earth.

The Forestry Commission is warning that a whole generation of ash trees is likely to die because of the unstoppable spread of the ash dieback disease.

The grass-free, scented, floral lawn that could be a boon for biodiversity