A black professor at Columbia University tells Soledad O'Brien that he instructs his 11-year-old son to fear the police. ...more

July 20, 2008

Who is Barack Obama and from whence has he come? Obama was born 1961 in Hawaii, graduated Columbia University in 1983 and Harvard University in 1991 (magna cum laude). At Harvard he was elected the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review, a high honor indeed. Although his educational honors would have brought him an excellent position and salary, he chose to work for only $8,000 per year as a community organizer after some time at a law firm as a civil rights attorney and organized voter registration for Bill Clinton's candidacy for president. ...more

June 12, 2008

Who is Barack Obama and from whence has he come? ...more

June 11, 2008

From the start, it didn't make sense to make the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Institute - built on the campus of the University of South Florida - an independent center. ...more

February 7, 2008

the synthetic form of folate. ...more

February 5, 2008

After decades of inattention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines, the Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug makers to study closely whether patients become suicidal during clinical trials. ...more

January 24, 2008

HARTFORD, Conn. - It was the plea heard around the world. "Don't tase me, bro" -- shouted by a Florida college student as officers removed him from a speech by Sen. John Kerry -- tops this year's list of most memorable quotes compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. ...more

December 20, 2007

Researchers say they have discovered a major reason why women who inherit a mutated version of the gene BRCA1 run a high risk of breast cancer - and that finding might aid the search for new treatments. ...more

December 10, 2007

Physicians are among the most trusted professionals in America, but a new survey shows that when it comes to dealing with colleagues' mistakes or incompetence, many doctors abandon the high standards they espouse. ...more

December 5, 2007

The Rays added four players to their 40-man roster Tuesday, protecting them from possible selection in the upcoming Rule 5 draft. ...more

November 21, 2007