WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eat less, live longer? It seems to work for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death. This is not about a quick diet to shed a few pounds. Scientists have long known they could increase the lifespan of mice and more primitive creatures - worms, flies - with deep, long-term cuts from normal consumption....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise 'contrary views' about the pop star's life....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Firefighters worked on rugged slopes Thursday to finish off remnants of a brush fire that forced evacuations of the Getty Center art complex and a nearby college in the Santa Monica Mountains....

An attorney for U.S. Sen. John Ensign says the senator's parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000.

President Hosni Mubarak’s recent frailty has fueled speculation as to whether the Egyptian leader will step down.