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A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research indicates that some employers discriminate against job applicants based on the Afrocentric or black-sounding names on their resumes, regardless of their education, job experience or qualifications.
A nursing advocacy group in Baltimore has come up with a new reason for nationwide nursing shortage: "ER," one of television's most enduringly popular prime-time shows, which attracts more than 20 million viewers per week.
Scientists in Germany have announced the discovery of a petrified hoard of 17-million-year-old nuts they say form the oldest known cache of stored food.
India and Pakistan agreed to stop shooting at each other in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir from midnight — but now disagree when midnight actually is.
Stars the turkey may have pushed his luck by gobbling throughout a Rose Garden ceremony but President Bush just the same gave him a presidential pardon from being served for Thanksgiving dinner.
Local lawyer Antonio Di Lorenzo has begun a signature drive to change the name of the hill town south of Palermo made famous by "The Godfather" books and films of the 1970s.
Texas police say they made the state's largest seizure of cash during a traffic stop when troopers pulled over a truck hauling frozen dinner rolls — and found $5.3 million in bills sealed in plastic wrap.
Singer Loreena McKennitt may be a powerful voice in Celtic music circles but she's not hitting any high notes in her home town of Morden, Manitoba, with a plan to move her family's herd of cows into town.
A stuffed toy version of the Incredible Hulk that opens its mouth and yelps when hit in the chest is among a dozen toys criticised by a U.S. group opposed to marketing violence to children.
A state law mandating that people take a bath once a year is just one of many unusual — some bizarre — statutes that are or have been on the books in Kentucky.
Starkville police detectives are investigating a series of incidents in which portable toilet facilities, or port-a-johns, have been set on fire and destroyed at various construction sites around the city.
An antelope being taken to the San Diego Zoo's veterinarian area for treatment suddenly turned on its keeper, knocking her to the ground and ramming her in the abdomen with its spike-like horns.
San Diego County's Animal Services Department has filed a complaint against a veterinarian who allegedly authorized a Valley Center egg ranch to kill 30,000 hens by dumping them alive into a wood chipper.
