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The Bruins desperately need a high-profile coach.

World AIDS Day 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of HIV. While tremendous progress has been made, cases continue to rise worldwide, with treatment still largely unavailable to the poor. President Obama aims to combat stigma and apathy about HIV/AIDS, and increase available medication, with a joint U.S.-global initiative targeting 15 countries most affected by the deadly disease.

Woodford, who blew the whistle on accounting tricks at Olympus after he was sacked in October, said he was putting together a team of candidates for a new board and talking to shareholders about replacing the current leadership, hopefully by February.

One of Newt Gingrich's former Republican colleagues called the current GOP presidential frontrunner an evil person on Tuesday. Do his previous policy positions and statements support that characterization?

A new study, presented on Nov. 30, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RNSA), links the consumption of fish to brain structure, while focusing on the risk of contracting Alzheimer's.

The former chief executive of disgraced Olympus Corp, Michael Woodford, launched a campaign on Thursday to oust the board of directors, reclaim his old job and bring in his own team to save the Japanese firm from a big accounting scandal.

The former chief executive of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp, Michael Woodford, launched a campaign on Thursday to oust the board of directors, reclaim his old job and install his own team to save the firm from a big accounting scandal.

Maksim Gelman, the man charged in deadly rampage that spanned two boroughs, pleaded guilty to four counts of murder as well as other charges.

An 80-year-old man, who did not trust banks and kept his life savings of $13,000, in cash, sewn into the lining of one of his suits, has been dealt a harsh blow, after accidentally donating his suit to a Goodwill store in Moline, Illinois.

Silent film The Artist and the apocalyptic tale Take Shelter led the Independent Spirit Award nominations on Tuesday, each taking nods for best feature, director and for acting.

One decade ago, the quiet Beatle died at age 58 from lung cancer. Relive Harrison's musical legacy through this collection of his ten best songs, including such classics as Something, My Sweet lord, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and learn what inspired Harrison's masterpieces, from the I Ching to Eric Clapton's garden.

Svetlana had fallen in love with Brajesh Singh, an Indian Communist in Moscow. She eventually became his common-law wife in 1964

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has ordered local governments to shut small gold mines with a daily ore processing capacity of less than 50 tonnes and is working on a plan to consolidate the sector, the Shanghai Securities News said on Tuesday.

George Harrison was, to many observers, the most ‘intriguing’ and ‘interesting’ Beatle since he seemed to have no comfortable ‘place’ in the group.

One out of every 10 people who get a stent inserted to open up blocked arteries ends up back in the hospital within 30 days, suggests a new study that also found the readmitted patients are more likely to die in the next year.

Shares of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc (ONXX.O), known for its liver cancer drug Nexavar, jumped more than 20 percent on Monday, after Bloomberg reported the company was exploring options, including a possible sale.

Lana Peters, only daughter and last surviving child of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, died last week of colon cancer at the age of 85.

A cancer vaccine that tackles tumors and out-of-control cells -- a first of its kind -- will soon enter clinical trials in what researchers hope will transform currently fatal diseases into chronic illnesses.

Despite concerns that removing both of a woman's ovaries would raise her chances of dying from diseases associated with aging, a large new study suggests the procedure may be safe.

Maggie Daley, who served 22 years as Chicago's First Lady, died shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, at the age of 68.

With a minimal 2 per cent increase in established businesses and a persistent rate of opportunity-driven ventures, the entrepreneurial scenario of the United States was still healthier than rest of the world in 2010.