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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - Yes, that was a blimp towing a water skier across the surface of a Southern California lake. The Press-Enterprise reports the blimp towed skier Kari McCollum for 6.9 miles (11....

CALGARY- University of Calgary researchers say a new device based on the simple glucose meter used by diabetics should make it easier to test humans and animals for infections. “I realized that ...

ATHENS, Greece - Greece could be expelled from international soccer competitions because of widespread violence, a FIFA representative said Wednesday. Herbert Huebel said a series of incidents, culmin...

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada said Wednesday it has opened a full investigation into how Loblaw Companies Ltd. has required customers to produce personal identification to secure a $25 gift card ...

The three military fathers sat at the commander’s conference table on the U.S. Army base in Germany, pleading for help. They told the commander that their daughters were among a half-dozen girls...

LONDON - Stephen Hawking was a prolific author with a knack for making books on challenging scientific topics engaging to a wide spectrum of readers. The physicist is best known for his bestselling 19...

LONDON - Physicist and author Stephen Hawking possessed an uncanny ability to come up with memorable phrases and sayings that summed up his world view. Here is a selection of his famous observations: ...

LONDON - Key events in the life of celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking, who died Wednesday at 76. Jan. 8, 1942 - Born in Oxford, England, the eldest of four children of Frank Hawking, a biologist, an...

WASHINGTON - Everyone knew of Stephen Hawking’s cosmic brilliance, but few could comprehend it. Not even top-notch astronomers. Hawking, who died at his home in Cambridge, England, on Wednesday ...

PARIS - In his final years, the only thing connecting the brilliant physicist to the outside world was a couple of inches of frayed nerve in his cheek. As slowly as a word per minute, Stephen Hawking ...