A woman's mental health may affect her pregnancy, a recent study shows. The small observational study published in the journal Human Reproduction looked at 791 women who were screened early in their pregnancies for symptoms of depression. ...more

December 6, 2008

The federal government has invested billions of dollars over the past 16 years building a fleet of 112,000 alternative-fuel vehicles to serve as a model for a national movement away from fossil fuels. ...more

November 30, 2008

Researchers think the way to a healthy heart might be through your gums and teeth. ...more

November 29, 2008

Small brain lesions, detectable only on scans, have been linked to the loss of thinking skills and dementia. ...more

November 29, 2008

171 Number of pardons President Bush has granted in seven years 2,064 Number of petitions for a pardon Bush received in seven years ...more

November 25, 2008

The Washington Post With a backlog of applications piled up at the Justice Department, high-profile criminals and their well-connected lawyers increasingly are appealing directly to President George W. Bush for special consideration on pardons and clemency. ...more

November 25, 2008

To make up for losing the recent referendum for change in the nation's governance, the losers have come up with a snappy comeback: a coup. ...more

November 23, 2008

Olie Kolzig stepped off the Lightning team bus early Sunday afternoon, walked inside the team hotel and looked around the lobby of the historic Mayflower. ...more

November 10, 2008

In this Twittering, podcasting, digital age, the morning after America's presidential election found thousands of people clamoring for something more old-fashioned and tangible: extra copies of the morning paper. ...more

November 6, 2008

Women, not men, will save the world. First Lady Laura Bush didn't say those precise words, but her remarks Monday to a small gathering of biographers, historians and journalists implied as much. ...more

November 1, 2008