Antibiotic-resistant bacteria fostered in livestock can be transferred to humans, a new study in the journal mBio has shown.
Jason Le Miere
Feb 21, 2012
Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Paul Babeu resigned his post as Mitt Romney's state campaign co-chair, following the revelation on Saturday that he was involved in a homosexual relationship with a Mexican immigrant who claims he was threatened with deportation if he spoke out about their involvement.
Ryan Villarreal
Feb 20, 2012
Watch Ben Flajnik vie for parental approval.
Cristina Merrill
Feb 20, 2012
Rick Santorum is everywhere in the news these days, between his surge in the polls to controversial statements about abortion and President Obama's faith. If he continues to dominate the GOP primary narrative, there's a good chance the former Pennsylvania senator could win the Republican nomination.
Sara Dover
Feb 20, 2012
Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
keep for now
Feb 18, 2012
A man in the Utah frontier has been breaking into cabins for more than five years, eluding police and stealing off with supplies needed for survival.
Dale W. Eisinger
Feb 17, 2012
CNN was forced to cancel a March 1 pre-Super Tuesday debate when Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum declined to participate.
Dan Rivoli
Feb 17, 2012
Republican critics of a Senate cybersecurity bill want to slow down consideration of the measure, saying it could give government too much power over private-sector infrastructure companies.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2012
One man learned the hard way that the Triple Bypass Burger at Las Vegas' Heart Attack Grill is no joke after he ended up in the hospital.
Mark Johanson
Feb 15, 2012
Santorum is the latest of the anti-Romney candidates to have his time in the sun.
Ashley Portero
Feb 15, 2012
The Mormon church apologized on Tuesday for the posthumous baptism by its members of the parents of famed Nazi hunter and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 15, 2012
Ben Flajnik, the protagonist of this season of the hit ABC show The Bachelor, is hanging on to controversial contestant Courtney Robertson, and fans are none too thrilled.
Cristina Merrill
Feb 14, 2012
Just one day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit northern California, two other earthquakes hit nearby early Valentine's Day: a 5.1-magnitude quake in northwest Mexico and a 3-magnitude earthquake in southern California.
Trevor Stokes
Feb 14, 2012
Rick Santorum has surged into a virtual tie in opinion polls with Mitt Romney, setting up a tough fight in the party's primary in Michigan on Feb 28.
Eric Linton
Feb 13, 2012
The voluntary buyouts are for employees who are at least 56 years old and have worked at the McLean, Va.-based company for at least 20 years as of March 31, according to a company memorandum.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 13, 2012
A study by the American Academy of Neurology has released information that shows memory loss in older people is related to calorie intake. According to the study, older people who consumed more than 2,142 calories a day had more than double the risk of a type of memory loss called mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared to those who ate fewer than 1,500 calories a day.
Amanda Remling
Feb 12, 2012
Jeffrey Zaslow, co-author of the best-seller The Last Lecture and an award-winning Wall Street Journal columnist, was killed on Friday in a car crash in Michigan, the newspaper said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 11, 2012
A fight is brewing in the U.S. South between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, while Mitt Romney's priority is winning Arizona and Michigan. Those are the presidential campaign strategies becoming clear as fundraising efforts and spending plans shine a light on how the GOP race is likely to play out between now and March 6.
J.J. McGrath
Feb 11, 2012
Jeffrey Zaslow, the best-selling author and Wall Street Journal columnist died Feb. 10 in a car crash in northern Michigan. Jeffrey Zaslow, 53, was returning home to Detroit from a book reading in northern Michigan when he lost control of his car on a snow-covered road and collided with a semi-trailer truck, police.
Swaty Sharma
Feb 11, 2012
Former U.S. senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with a shocking sweep of the three nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, dealing a blow to wounded front-runner Mitt Romney.
Jijo Jacob
Feb 08, 2012
Rick Santorum is poised to place first or second in Colorado, Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday night. Could that put him ahead of Newt Gingrich as the anti-Romney candidate?
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 07, 2012
A look at what the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision overturning California's Proposition 8 means for same-sex marriage.
Dan Rivoli
Feb 07, 2012