Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Miami, FL (AHN) - According to documents, guards at a Florida juvenile boot camp routinely used the same techniques of kicking and punching that killed a 14-year-old boy. Documents from the Bay County Sheriff's Office boot camp obtained by The Associated...

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Miami, FL (AHN) - According to documents guards at a Florida juvenile boot camp routinely used the same techniques of kicking and punching that killed a 14-year-old boy. Documents from the Bay County Sheriff's Office boot camp obtained by The Associated Press...

Remember the story of Archimedes lolling in his bathtub? To an observer, he'd have seemed to be wasting time. While ostensibly doing nothing, however, he discovered the principle of displacement, a cornerstone of physics. Would he have reached the same insight in a quick shower?

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Sacramento, CA (AHN) - The California State Senate yesterday approved Senate Bill 288, which would re-allocate $20 million from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (SDF) to be used for grants to local government agencies. Since the inception of the...

Reuters - Iraqi security forces will control about 75 percent of Iraq by the end of summer, up from under 50 percent now, as U.S. forces continue turning over more responsibilities, a senior U.S. commander said on Friday.

AFP - A Chinese dissident was jailed for 10 years over an essay he posted on the Internet, a US-based rights body said, as China continued its crackdown on people who express anti-government views.

AP - A trail to the rim of the Mount St. Helens crater, closed since a slow eruption began in 2004, may reopen this year even as molten rock continues to ooze from the mountain.

AP - Bullish data on inflation and the housing market sent stocks mostly higher Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor's 500 index posting nearly five-year highs for the third straight session. A jump in oil prices moderated the gains, however, and the Nasdaq composite index finished lower.

AP - A trail to the rim of the Mount St. Helens crater, closed since a slow eruption began in 2004, may reopen this year even as molten rock continues to ooze from the mountain.

Reuters - Bulgarian media and broadcasting authorities criticised a popular reality television show on Thursday for letting a toddler live in a house with 12 frolicking adults.

Reuters - The pace of U.S. housing construction slowed in February as permits, starts and completions fell, the government said on Thursday in a report pointing to moderation after a five-year rally in the housing market.

AP - Inflation slowed sharply in February as food costs moderated and the price of gasoline, natural gas and other energy products posted big declines.

AP - South Korea on Thursday stripped disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk of his license to conduct stem cell research, the latest blow since revelations that his most high-profile work relied on forged evidence.

AP - It's George Clooney versus Arianna Huffington in a standoff worthy of "Good Night, and Good Luck."

Reuters - It's a long way to Tipperary from Japan's sprawling capital, but that doesn't stop thousands of Tokyoites from donning green and flocking every year to what might be the world's most unlikely St. Patrick's Day parade.

AFP - Oscar-winner George Clooney took a prominent US political commentator to task for posting on her website a blog made to look like it was written by the superstar.

AP - Maybe George Clooney feels that taking home an Oscar was enough.

AP - Jose Soto got one more doctor than he counted on when he went to a hospital for an ear problem on Wednesday. Dr. Michelle Bachelet — a physician turned president — stopped by to make sure nobody was charging him for the service.

Reuters - A newly discovered, perfectly preserved fossil of a 150 million-year-old dinosaur found in southern Germany may force scientists to rethink how and when feathers evolved.