Some 20 universities and colleges have decided to allow undergraduates of the opposite sex to share an on-campus room. Most quietly made the move in the past five years, with Clark University in Worcester, Mass., deciding this month. It’s the final frontier in the decades-long march away from gender separation in college dorms, hallways, and […]

Iran is supporting both Sunni and Shiite terrorists in the Iraqi civil war, according to secret Iranian documents captured by Americans in Iraq.

We’ve seen some fairly interesting means of keeping track of your mischievous kids (or pets), but Sayo Isaac Daniel’s latest invention takes top honors as the ultimate paranoid parent’s must-have gizmo.

It looks like those serious about motoring around on their Segway might have to start crossing international boundaries in order to do so legally, as the Netherlands has made the boneheaded move to curb the use of the oft ridiculed personal vehicle.  By doing so, they are once again acting as the pawns of the oil companies, […]

It seems like most of America has watched the hit television shows Deal or No Deal or American Idol at one time or another, and the shows have also introduced many of those viewers to the commercial applications of short message marketing.

According to a recent poll on Gasbuddy.com most people spent between one and two thousand dollars on gasoline during 2006.

Growing numbers of Japanese women are punching their spouses, lovers and male co-workers, according to Yomiuri Weekly.

A survey of US holiday shoppers by the tax firm KPMG found that it was not coupons and deals that were driving consumers into stores, or e-mail promotions, either. It was simply service — and having products in stock.

It’s something to contemplate in the anxious minutes before surgery — your anesthesiologist makes six times more than your clergyman and 12 times more than your bartender. At $307,629 a year for an average salary in the Chicago area, anesthesiologists were among the best paid of Chicago workers, according to a sample of Chicago area […]

Austin ricochets around the Ritz-Carlton hotel room, bouncing from bed to chair and leaping high to lick the face of his personal masseuse. He’s an energetic 4-year-old pug, so there is a lot of wriggling as his "privileged pup" pet massage begins. But soon his eyelids droop and his tiny muscles relax under the soothing […]