Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee, Flor. has been baring it all for 50 years as of this year and one of the longest operating havens for those who prefer life in the buff keeps still going strong. One reasons is its ability to attract newbies.

We should be thankful — thank God if you like — that the grotesque bill the Arizona legislature passed was vetoed today by Gov. Jan Brewer (R). She chastised her own party in doing so and saved the citizens of her state, all of them, from chaos.

An independent Quinnipiac University poll conducted in Ohio has found citizens of that state support legal medical marijuana in large numbers and they narrowly support personal pot use. The poll results were announced Monday, Feb. 24.

Media, motivated by their ethical standards, recently used words like "tragedy" to describe the killing of South African model Reeva Steenkamp. It is being revisited now because her life was taken a year ago and her killer has now broken his silence.

On the night of the Costa Concordia tragedy, it was first mate Roberto Bosio who gave the order to abandon ship. As Bosio told the court in the trial of the Captain Francesco Schettino, Schettino refused to.

Sydney - The freedom of the press is looking like a mere buzz phrase like never before, according to Reporters without Borders. The U.S., inventor of the idea of press freedom, now ranks an abysmal 46th regarding the freedom of its own press.

Uruguay's president, José “Pepe” Mujica, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by the Dutch activist organization, the Drugs Peace Institute. Thanks to Mujica, in April, his country will be the first to completely legalize marijuana.

A new online poll of heart attack and stroke victims conducted by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation has found that over half of the respondents are not making the changes needed to ensure their health. The reason? Poor motivation.

Thirty-two people died on Jan. 13, 2012 in the Costa Concordia disaster when the Italian cruise liner went down. On Saturday a 33rd victim was taken when a diver from Spain cut his leg underwater. Brought to surface, he later died.

After Canadian singer Justin Bieber's recent shenanigans, arguably his most serious, a petition to deport him appeared on the 'We the People' page of the White House's website. If successful, such a petition can force the government into a response.

Superstar pop singer Elton John has struck out at Russia's anti-gay laws. On his website Wednesday the openly gay singer called the laws "vicious homophobia" that have "given extremists the cover to abuse people’s basic human rights.”

As parts of the U.S. deal with freezing temperatures they might take solace in the thought that the cold is helping them lose weight. That's what cold can do for you, according to a study from the Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.

Kingston - The former 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell told a Jamaican disciplinary hearing that he received several injections from his physical therapist.

Dr. Prabhat Jha, a director at the Center for Global Health Research of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, says 200 million lives could be saved by tripling cigarette taxes worldwide. He made the claim in a press release today.

Insurance experts said on Saturday that all claims made as a result of the Costa Concordia disaster could easily end up being $2 billion, or more. Payments made already are at more than $1 billion.

It appears that there is a type of fountain of youth on Earth but the catch is that, for now at least, only mice have benefited from it. It is a compound, referred to as an anti-aging compound, and researchers intend next to use it in human trials.

The captain of tragic Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, was "distracted" on the bridge leading up to the tragedy that killed 32, the ship's First Officer Ciro Ambrosio said. Ambrosio is testifying at the trial of Francesco Schettino this week.

The investigation by Scotland Yard into the death of Princess Di has found no credible evidence that the SAS was involved. Already the father of a man killed with her in France in 1997 has called it disappointing.

A group of 5 doctors published an editorial in the respected 'Annals of Internal Medicine' Tuesday that says multivitamins and other supplements do nothing for your health. The doctors suggest consumers should save their money and stop buying them.

Canada's minster of industry, Conservative James Moore, is trying to get himself out of a jam borne of remarks he made to a reporter about child poverty. James Moore made remarks to the effect that it wasn't the government's "job" to feed hungry kids.