In a real life twist to the familiar Bollywood storyline of siblings separating in childhood and meeting years later, a brother and sister reunited after 18 years when they discovered they worked in the same office.
Siblings Kay Lund and her half-brother Steven Philips could not believe their luck when a chance encounter at their workplace [...]

The 19-year-old Vernon resident twice cheated death as a young boy in Haiti and, after being adopted by an American couple, has overcome one obstacle after another.
“He’s on his third life now,” said his adoptive mother, Kathy Rovetto.
Despite partial paralysis in his left arm and leg — from elbow-to-fingers and shin-to-toes — from a [...]

Ten years ago, Michael Helyer, of Auckland, was implanted with pancreatic cells from pigs in a hope that they would help balance his blood glucose levels.Today, not only are the pig cells still alive, they seem to be producing steady levels of insulin.
The findings, reported in New Scientist, have given researchers hope that xenotransplantation, or [...]

On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. (Go to article.)
1789 George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.
1803 The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
1812 Louisiana became the 18th state.
1900 Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory.
1900 Train engineer [...]

The security guard in the lobby of the Los Angeles Times couldn’t help but ask the question. When he looked at the computer in front of him earlier this week, he saw the picture of a strapping blond man. The screen identified the employee: “Michael Penner, Editorial.”
But the person flashing the ID was a tall [...]