Eight years of frustration are close to an end for scientists seeking ways to use embryonic stem cells to combat illness and injury. ...more

March 7, 2009

The country's style-watchers haven't been this excited about having a fashionista first lady since Jacqueline Kennedy moved into the White House in 1961. ...more

January 2, 2009

If Rosalynn Carter was criticized for being too politically active, Nancy Reagan, her successor, was criticized for being too socially active. But they can at least take heart that criticism of first ladies goes back to the beginning of the Republic. Here's a look at some of the nation's other first ladies, and some of the criticism that swirled around them: ...more

December 2, 2008

Design experts wonder if the first family will use the nation's most famous house to back a serious agenda: going green. ...more

November 26, 2008

WASHINGTON - President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House. ...more

November 7, 2008

For the first time in 22 years, all four ex-members of ABBA appeared together at the Swedish premiere of the film "Mamma Mia!" that stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth. ...more

July 6, 2008

Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears. ...more

February 18, 2008

Hillary Clinton has done some good things in her life, no question. But if Democrats want to win, they shouldn't nominate Clinton. ...more

January 11, 2008

A mention of first lady style typically invokes iconic visions of Jacqueline Kennedy in pearls and a pink pillbox hat. But a new exhibition devoted to Nancy Reagan's signature look proves that this former White House doyenne more than held her own when it came to glamour. ...more

November 25, 2007

Water, once everywhere, but now nary a drop What? Are you guys nuts? We buy you books and buy you books, and you still won't learn how to read! ...more

November 22, 2007