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Under normal circumstances, we could feel sorry for Herman Cain, who has never before held political office. If he were still just a businessman, it would all be horribly unfair. But Cain is more than that now, for the moment at least. He became a legitimate contender for the highest office -- President of the United States. With that comes the terrible trail, the one candidates must must be able to navigate like carefully stepping through a mine field with 1,000 pounds on their back if they hop...

Last week, private investigator T.J. Ward announced that a layered voice analysis test proved Herman Cain's innocence of the sexual harassment charges against him. But according to two studies, the technology is not a reliable lie detector.

A public health expert says if pediatricians help their patients maintain a healthy weight and abstain from smoking early in life, fewer of them will develop heart problems as adults.

To most Republicans in Congress, it is a given that any deficit-reduction deal would have to include cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. According to a newly released survey, however, Republican voters in four key early-voting states disagree.

The top 15 American cities favored by citizens of the United States were revealed by a recent poll conducted by one of the world's leading custom market-research firms.

Barbara Grier, writer, publisher and the co-founder of Naiad Press, once world's largest publishing house for gay and lesbian literature, died of cancer yesterday in Tallahassee, Fla. She was 78.

Can you imagine spending $2 million on a trailer? This list of oddly expensive places is sure to surprise.

The international pavement art event has gone on for years, dazzling local residents, but Sarasota, Fla. officials decided to clean the streets immediately after the festival was finished. See fallen angels rendered in chalk, 3D terracotta LEGO soldiers, street-wide mosaics and more in these videos and photos, as artists from around the world create beauty on pavement.

U.S. foreclosure filings increased by 7 percent in October to a seven-month high, according to data from RealtyTrac.

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname looks to be on the way out.

Penn State will likely hire a young assistant.

Fifty-eight percent of Mississippi voters rejected the so-called Personhood Amendment on Tuesday.

The Florida Panthers mauled the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Tuesday to put an end to a string of frustrating shootout defeats.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that federal government employees make considerably less than private sector workers in the same position.

Mississippi voters rejected a ballot initiative Tuesday to declare that a human life begins at conception. The measure would have effectively banned abortions in the state and legally challenged abortion rights nationwide as it conflicts with the Supreme Court 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortions.

Physically acting out dreams, also known as rapid eye movement behavior disorder (RBD), develops into degenerative nerve disorders in 40 to 65 percent of patients, such as Parkinson's disease, researchers found.

SeaWorld Orlando officials detailed the park's largest ever expansion on Tuesday, including three new parks: TurtleTrek, Freshwater Oasis and Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin.

The number of homeowners with debt greater than the vaue of their homes rose to 28.6 percent in the third quarter, according to Zillow.

More homeowners were 60 days late or more on mortgage payments in the period of June to September, the first increase since the end of 2009, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion.

Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said on Monday.

A total of six climate change-related events in the US during the period 2000-2009 accounted for around $14 billion in lost lives and health costs; researchers mentioned in a report on Monday.