For the first time U.S. scientists matched a meteorite found on Earth with a specific asteroid that became a fireball plunging through the sky. It gives them a glimpse into the past when planets formed and an idea how to avoid a future asteroid Armageddon. ...more

March 26, 2009

This book makes baking European-style breads like brioche and cinnamon buns a breeze. ...more

March 20, 2009

"Terminal Freeze," by Lincoln Child (Doubleday, $24.95) ...more

February 22, 2009

How best to ensure the bird will stay moist? Give it a bath. ...more

November 14, 2008

Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. ...more

November 4, 2008

If the thought of negotiating a salary made you cringe in the past, the thinning job market and faltering economy could add to that anxiety. ...more

October 19, 2008

The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases. ...more

October 13, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, has stepped in for U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, to conduct today's Fair Tax Town Hall meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Ga. ...more

August 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel has stepped in for Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite to emcee Wednesday's Fair Tax Town Hall meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-Georgia. Brown-Waite will not attend because her husband, Harvey Waite, died Tuesday at their Brooksville home from pancreatic cancer. Today's town hall meeting will be held 2-3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Rosary Hall, 2348 Collier Parkway. At the event, attendees will be able to ask questions on tax reform, learn more about various reform measures pending in Congress and share their views. Linder is the author of the Fair Tax legislation, and the bestselling co-author of "The Fair Tax – Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS." ...more

August 19, 2008

Most deaths in the 1918 influenza pandemic were caused not by the virus alone but by common bacterial infections that overwhelmed victims' weakened immune systems, according to two new studies that could change the strategy for the next pandemic. ...more

August 18, 2008