Agency on climate change is proposed
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration yesterday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
Climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, threatening to harm crops, spread disease, increase sea levels, change storm and drought patterns, and cause polar melting.
Rep. Murtha, a force on Hill, dies
John P. Murtha, 77, the powerful dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation who survived scandal and seismic political shifts to become the longest-serving House member from the state, died yesterday at a hospital in Arlington, Va., after complications from gallbladder surgery.
Mother's age is found to raise autism risk
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increases substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older fathers than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than five million births found.
Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's personal physician pleaded not guilty yesterday at a standing-room-only arraignment attended by Jackson's parents and several siblings.
In Aston, an unlikely capital of ice dancing
It's hard to imagine a more macho-flavored chunk of the Philadelphia area than lower Delaware County.Ride west from the Delaware River refineries to Baltimore Pike's strip malls and you'll pass through a vibrant blue-collar world of bars, parish gyms, street-hockey games, hoagie joints, Eagles flags, Phillies hats, Flyers decals, and rowhouses whose sports-crazed occupants are as rock-hard as the brick facades.
In Ukraine, prime minister is urged to concede
KIEV, Ukraine - Pressure swelled yesterday for Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to bow out gracefully from a hard-fought and narrowly lost presidential race.
Drinking problem solved
LONDON - Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won't.The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government last week. Officials swore the country would save billions in health-care costs by coming up with a glass that doesn't double as a lethal weapon.
