Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced on July 30th his concern with handgun violence in Canada and promised harsher sentences for those in possession of illegal handguns. While such measures are of course welcome, are the necessary?

It began as an off-the-cuff curiosity that led Joe Williams to hang from the limbs of a tree and to a question that has puzzled scientists from the time of Charles Darwin to today.

Police ticketed 21-year-old Melissa Farrell after she spanked her child on the behind while trying to keep her from running out into the street during a 4th of July parade in Idaho.

Presumed GOP nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona had immediately called off a fundraiser event after the host made a joke about rape.

So long, 'Party of Principle' we hardly knew ye. It was a fun ride while it lasted, but it is now time for my fellow lovers of liberty and I to read you your eulogy and be on our way.

The House voted 251-166 to send the articles of impeachment brought about by Dennis Kucinich, (D-Oh.), to the House Judiciary Committee, which is a procedure often use to kill a legislation.

Recently, Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, weighed in on the AIDS epidemic. He said that discrimination against those that carry AIDS must stop immediately.

The Ron Paul Revolution lives on as Texas Representative Ron Paul will plan a rally in Minneapolis, the site of the GOP Convention, on the same day.

With the Sichuan earthquake, one moral has held true: When tragedy strikes, unity follows afterwards. Unfortunately, it is not the same with Burma.

New evidence that chemical contaminants are finding their way into the deep-sea food web has been found in deep-sea squids and octopods, including the strange-looking “vampire squid".

A Canadian waitress was fired from her job this week after she shaved her head to support her friend and raise money for a cancer charity.

More than 500 Australian soldiers are set to return home as Australia begins its withdrawal from Iraq, fulfilling an election promise to bring the soldiers home this year.

Michael Pfleger, the priest that guest spoke at Trinity United Church of Christ, formerly affiliated with Barack Obama, recently said, "They want to kill me." He also received thousands of threats since his public rant.

NASA's Phoenix Lander's robotic arm has looked under the vehicle on Mars, and NASA says it looks like there might be a hard icy substrate beneath. The ice-like substance was exposed by the thrusters during landing.

The prestigious Fulbright scholarship program awarded grants to seven Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip. Because of the blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel, the students are not being allowed to leave.

Susan Jacoby is a lady with an obvious mission in life: To try to reclaim the concept of American intelligence from wherever it’s gone. She has an op-ed in the New York Times, which led me to her book, The Age of American Unreason.

A controversial additive that has been linked to damage to DNA and also to hyperactivity in children is being phased out by Coke except in Australia. Coca-Cola in Australia does not have any plans to phase out the additive.

In the UK, we are, by tradition a nation which embraces all faiths and cultures - whether this has been a matter of choice or not is irrelevant, yet our cousins down under have chosen to make a stand and vote against a Muslim school being opened

Apparently some UN peacekeepers and NGO aid groups are providing "aid" on their own terms. Save The Children UK has released a damning report on blatant abuses, including abuse of children. The problem is known, but not acted upon. Talk about sick.

The military is trying to shift Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a taboo affliction to an honored injury to encourage military members to seek treatment. A vast majority of soldiers have become afflicted with the mental stress of war known as PTSD.