Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants on Thursday to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant price increases or changes regarding which drugs the plans will cover.

'666' Road Sign Thefts Bedeviling Roadways All Across The Country.

Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended Monday.

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States, and said Americans need to view Iraq with "a sense of strategic patience" because the stakes in the region are so high.

Federal health officials encouraged Medicare participants on Thursday to shop around for their prescription drug coverage next year because it could include significant price increases or changes regarding which drugs the plans will cover.

Suicide attacks have killed nearly 1,200 people in Pakistan since July 2007, most of them civilians, according to military statistics Monday that underscored the ferocity of the threat facing the U.S. ally in the war on extremist groups.

The largest alternative medicine study the government has ever launched has stopped enrolling people while officials investigate whether participants were fully informed of the risks and are being adequately protected, The Associated Press has learned.

Prosecutors have charged two people involved in an accident that injured Shia LaBeouf with giving police false information.

British candy maker Cadbury said Monday it is recalling 11 types of Chinese-made chocolates found to contain melamine, as police in northern China raided a network accused of adding the banned chemical to milk.

A former attorney for Heath Ledger is suing over a $10 million life insurance policy he claims has gone unpaid since the actor's death earlier this year.

The highly anticipated revival of "West Side Story" has found a theater and set an opening date on Broadway

TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.

The grand opening of the VA Service Center on Fort Riley is scheduled for Friday, October 3 at Irwin Army Community Hospital.

Outside the Zekai Tahir Burak maternity hospital stands a bronze statue of a mother nursing a baby with an inscription from the Prophet Mohammed: "Paradise lies at the feet of the mother."

The Topeka Police Department's Hot Wheels stolen vehicle featured this week is a 2009 dark blue Toyota Camry, taken from the 1300 block of SW Summit Woods.

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash more than a week ago.

5 Italians, 5 Germans, 1 Romanian Free And Healthy After 10 Days.

The nation's fresh produce would be safer if U.S. farmers were required to adopt strict standards for growing leafy greens similar to industry-written ones devised for California growers, a Food and Drug Administration official said Friday.

Only one member of Kansas' congressional delegation voted in favor of the Wall Street bailout legislation, Democratic Representative Dennis Moore, of Lenexa. Democratic Rep. Nancy Boyda, of Topeka, opposes the measure, along with her opponent in the November election, Lynn Jenkins.

Police Say They Suspect Actress' Driving Was Impaired By Prescription Drugs In Her Blood.

The West Nile virus season is on track to be the mildest in seven years, with less than a third the number of serious cases as last year's total, U.S. health officials said.

A hug has landed an Iowa City man in hot water. An Iowa City man who thought a police officer just "needed a hug" faces several charges including assault on a peace officer and public intoxication.

Authorities say a U.S. hotelier kidnapped a week ago has been freed. Security Vice Minister Mario Perdomo says 55-year-old Thomas Jacobson was released by his captors Saturday in Copan, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Tegucigalpa, the capital.

Snackers, beware: Your favorite chocolate or creamy treats might contain milk contaminated with melamine

The Shawnee County recycling site at 10th & MacVicar, in Topeka, will close Tuesday, Sept. 30.