Price of oil slides below $124 a barrel
Oil prices slipped below $124 Friday, yet a number of traders believe that even with flagging fuel demand, the cost for a barrel of oil may be stabilizing, if not ready for another bounce.
Congress OKs $48 billion global AIDS bill
Congress has sent to President Bush a bill to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, funding a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives.
New IVF dilemmas make old fears seem quaint
Early fears about IVF turned out to be misplaced, but 30 years after the birth of the first 'test-tube' baby, new worries about the evolving uses of reproductive technology are emerging.
Foreclosure filings jump 121 percent
Home foreclosure filings during the second quarter were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties, up 121 percent from a year earlier, RealtyTrac, an online market of foreclosure properties, said.
Brooke Hogan to go nude for Playboy?
Brooke Hogan has already posed in skimpy attire for a men's magazine, but now she's reportedly considering taking it all off for Playboy magazine. She also has some unusual opinions on women in politics.
Nonprofits walk fine line on political activity
Nonprofits could be one of the "sleeping giants" of this fall's presidential election, having as much to do with turning red states blue — or vice versa — as will Iraq, Barack or soaring gas prices. Contribute magazine has the story.
Embassy: U.S. boosting Zimbabwe sanctions
The United States is in the process of strengthening sanctions against individual Zimbabweans blamed for deadly electoral violence, the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe said Friday.
Obama's brief stop in Paris belies popularity
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expected to spend just enough time in Paris on Friday for talks with the French president and a joint news conference, not a rousing speech like the one he delivered in Berlin.
NASA solves mystery of northern lights
A flotilla of NASA probes has solved the 30-year mystery behind the most colorful aurora displays on Earth and the explosive magnetic "substorms" that spawn them.
Election loss deals blow to U.K.'s Brown
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a stunning setback when his party was defeated in a Labour stronghold in Scotland. His leading opponent demanded Friday that Brown call an early national election.
