St. Anthony’s stolen religious relic sparks searches

A 780-year-old treasure honoring St. Anthony of Padua has been stolen from a Southern California Catholic church. The relic, which is normally kept under lock and key, was brought out by the Rev. Jose...

10 Symptoms He Shouldn't Ignore

Whenever I get sick, I have a conversation with my wife, Rachelle, that goes like this: Her: “How are you doing?” Me: “Fine.” Her: “Are you sure?” She just doesn’t trust me when I tell her nothing is...

Scientists predict rare 'hibernation' of sunspots

WASHINGTON (AFP) – For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested...

Mildred Baena Breaks Her Silence About Arnold's Love Child Scandal

It's taken less than a month for Mildred Baena to sell her side of the story to a celebrity magazine. In her first-ever interview, the former maid and mistress of Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up to Hello!...

The Truth About Calories

You can't go anywhere without being confronted by calories. Restaurants now print calorie counts on menus. You go to the supermarket and there they are, stamped on every box and bottle. You hop on the...

Superman Getting New Costume in 'Action Comics' Relaunch

Superman will go get a new look in the 21st century reboot of "Action Comics," DC Comics said Friday. According to the LA Times, the long-running comic series will restart at No. 1 in September , with...

Scientists find genes linked to migraines

PARIS (AFP) – Scientists have uncovered a trio of genes tied to migraine headaches, including one in which the link is exclusive to women, according to a study published Sunday. Migraines are acutely...

’3 Way Street’: Artist video tracks scary traffic

Warning: The video below may cause you never to want to leave your house again. A School of Visual Arts thesis project by artist Ron Gabriel, named "3-Way Street," tracks a camera at the Manhattan...

Once in a blue lobster

This rare genetic oddity one won't be seeing a lobster pot instead he's going to live out his days in the comfort and safety of an aquarium.  The odds of ever seeing a blue lobster is a 1 in 3 million...

Upgrade Your Life: Wet cell phone rescue

 Did you just drop your cellphone in water? Or maybe you'd like to know what to do if that happens! This week on Upgrade Your Life, Yahoo! News' Becky Worley shows us first aid techniques for rescuing...

New Zealand mourns death of Shrek the famously shaggy sheep

New Zealanders were mourning the loss of the country's most famous sheep Tuesday, a shaggy national icon named Shrek who was renowned for avoiding being shorn for years. Shrek captured the public's...

5 Tips to Keep Your Salads Slimming

For people on a diet or looking to eat better, salads seem to be the go-to lunch or dinner. But this can be problematic for a few reasons. One: If you load up on heavy ingredients like bacon or butter-soaked...

Best Weight-Loss Diets

The best diet to lose weight on is Weight Watchers, according to weight-loss experts who rated the diets below for U.S. News. The Jenny Craig diet program and the Raw Food Diet come in close behind. Some other diets outperform these for fast weight loss, but long-term weight loss is more important for...

'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications

An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. The potent...

Budding basketball star shot dead at Sweet 16 party near Chicago

Tragedy struck prep sports again on Saturday night when a budding 17-year-old basketball prospect from the Chicago area was killed in a  shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday party. According to the Chicago...

Strange Image on Mars

A self-described "armchair astronaut" claims to have found a base on the planet Mars using a satellite imaging map. He thinks the base could have been made by aliens The video David Martines uploaded to...

5 signs he’s about to dump you

We can all agree on the obvious signs your sweetie wants out — like he swaps that wallet photo of you for one of his mom — but what about the more subtle signs? Spotting them is the key to surviving with your pride (and even your relationship) safely intact. “Instead of closing up when we’re afraid...

NY-born twin friars die on same day at age 92

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week. The Buffalo-born brothers were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor.  Professed friars for 65 years, they spent much of that time working together...

2011 is deadliest US tornado season in 75 years

The deadliest US tornado season in 75 years has ripped babies from their mother's arms and transformed entire towns into apocalyptic scenes of destruction as the toll hit 523. And it isn't over yet. While warmer summer weather should hopefully reduce their intensity, the peak tornado season runs through...