Possessing marijuana, cocaine and
even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if they are in
small amounts for personal use under new reforms passed by
Congress that quickly drew U.S. criticism.

A California woman who sued
her former employer after she was spanked on the job was
awarded $1.7 million (931,000 pounds) in damages and
compensation on Friday.

Brazil’s army has started
drafting a low-tech but effective transporter for its Amazon
operations to complement its modern military arsenal — water
buffalo.

Google Inc. on Wednesday ran an ad for Firefox on its popular homepage, giving the open-source Web browser a big marketing boost over their joint rival Microsoft Corp.

A Silicon Valley start-up hopes
to introduce a lot of bounce, rattle and roll into the video
game industry with a new microchip that makes virtual worlds
behave as realistically as they look.

Real pheromones can work very well. The problems is cutting through the hype to find out which ones are real and work, which ones are real and kinda work, and which ones are totally worthless.  Here are the ratings.

A group of Filipino mothers are aiming to set a new world record for mass breastfeeding.

Making money on the moon is an essential part of the U.S. plan for space exploration, NASA officials said on Friday after a four-day strategy workshop with international space officials and scientists.

A new television reality show invites porn stars to test their serious acting abilities in London’s theater district, raising the question: Debbie can do Dallas, but can she take on Chekhov’s "The Cherry Orchard"?

The following is a survey of customers at Sam’s Club on the effect of fluctuating and higher gas prices.

Psychiatric scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Glen Oaks, N.Y., say they’ve found a gene that seems to influence intelligence.