“Because not a lot of people have iPads, just the novelty of having an iPad is kind of cool, “ remarked Gabrielle Giffords, just weeks before she was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt outside a grocery store in her congressional district of Tucson. Giffords gave an interview to …

Large dams may cause shifting regional weather extremes, causing scientists to wonder if aging dams around the world can withstand the extreme weather events they may inadvertently generate. It was nearly 75 years ago that scientists first speculated that large dams could vastly transform local climate. Weather results from the …

A little-known group called the InterAcademy Council has been made the voice of authority on the credibility of climate change, leaving critics scratching their heads — and some key questions unanswered. Acknowledging the rising tide of public skepticism toward global warming, the United Nations announced on March 10 that the …

Tragedy has hit a team in charge of facilitating challenges for “The Amazing Race” and other reality shows on the continent of Africa, a source close to the show tells FoxNews.com. At least two freelance facilitating producers were poisoned — one fatally — after a failed shakedown attempt, the source …

Arizona school children are told they can’t pray in front of the Supreme Court building … Two University of Texas Arlington employees are fired for praying over a co-worker’s cubicle after work hours … In Cranston, R.I., a high school banner causes controversy when a parent complains it contains a …

To date, President Obama’s strategy on ‘fiscal responsibility’ has been to say most of the right things, most of the time, but do as little as possible. This tactic, after all, had long proved a political winner. But as others began stepping up to face the nation’s looming crisis, the …

Have a craving? Looking for a restaurant that meets your health needs? Want to know more about the food you are actually eating? You can find out all of these things using your smartphone. Here are three great apps to meet your food needs. FoodspottingDid you just have the best …

Lynne Russell and her husband, Chuck de Caro, believe they would be dead if she hadn’t been carrying a gun. Late Wednesday night, Russell was forced at gunpoint from a motel parking lot into her room. The robber, not satisfied with merely taking her husband’s briefcase, started shooting at him. …

Imagine if we had assassinated Usama bin Laden in 1995. No September 11. No Afghanistan War. No Iraq War. Without Usama bin Laden, the world be an infinitely better and safer place today. That’s the equivalent of what happened in Pakistan this week. An American drone aircraft wasted Pakistan’s Usama-in-Waiting, …

When I was on Henry Kissinger’s National Security Council Staff in the 1970’s he insisted that every presidential memoranda have three options. We thought it would be very funny to write a spoof proposing three options for a new U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union: Option A – all out …