Google unveiled a new website that allows virtual tours of some of the world's most famous art galleries, featuring paintings photographed with extremely high-resolution gigapixel technology.
Massive celebrations are underway in Egypt today after the 82-year-old Hosni Mubarak officially stepped down from his role as president of the largest Arab country in the world.
A charity ride led by cycling great Lance Armstrong has raised more than $125,000 for Queensland flood victims. And, TV chef Jamie Oliver, who was planning to open a food center in March, sped up construction so he he could offer free meals to 250 people a day who have been affected by the floods in Australia.
With snow totals of anywhere from one to two feet falling across nine midwestern states along with brutalizing winds, the February snowstorm of 2011 left a 2000-mile trail of misery (and some deaths) all the way to Maine. But, other acts of nature -- tales of kindness and generosity -- were just as prolific.
Clutching her groom, she looked like any beaming bride. But Emma Howard's trip down the aisle Friday almost didn't happen. Just 72 hours earlier she was trapped under a building that collapsed in the earthquake.
A record-breaking animal rescue operation ended Thursday when 25 Bolivian circus lions touched down at Denver airport in route to their new life within an 80-acre sanctuary. The humanitarian airlift, called Operation Lion Ark, began last year when the group Animal Defenders International (ADI) won their campaign to effectively shut down the animal circus industry in Bolivia.
95-year-old Ida Keeling set the record as America's oldest sprinter. She started running when she was 67. Her training regimen includes lifting weights, riding a stationary bike, and running the halls of her apartment building at home.
Two new studies by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore shows optimistic, cheerful people are significantly less likely to develop coronary artery disease than their pessimistic peers.
Orders by U.S. companies for core capital goods like machinery, considered a proxy for business investment, rose 1.7 percent in October, the best showing since a 2.3 percent rise in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
The economy is improving more than professional forecasters anticipated. It isn't only the federal government's Bureau of Labor Statistics that is issuing surprisingly good news about the U.S. economy these days… It's also auto dealers, real estate agents, the Federal Reserve and corporate America's 96-year-old Conference Board.
Traffic deaths for all age groups continue to plunge at a record-shattering pace across America. But, among teen drivers the decrease, of 64 percent since 1975, is especially important given that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.
Rotary International made a promise to help kick polio out of Africa, and this month the group wrapped up a massive immunization mobilization that brought their dream to the brink of reality.