EVANSVILLE — When the great snowstorm of 2004 slammed into the Tri-State, forecaster Christine Wielgos was hunkered down at the National Weather Service’s Paducah, Kentucky, office trying to keep ...

Dec. 18, 2004 — The Food and Drug Administration says a large study has shown no increased survival among patients taking a newly approved drug against lung cancer. The drug, called Iressa, is ...

For Wall Street, it was better late than never: The Dow Jones industrial average closed at a 3 1/2 -year high Tuesday, becoming the last major market index to top its best levels of last winter. The ...

Canadian bear researcher Charlie Russell knew it was dangerous to set up shop in Kamchatka—a frontier of lawless poachers, ruthless kingpins, and 10,000 wild grizzlies. But when up to 20 of his ...

Dec. 23, 2004 — The Food and Drug Administration has issued interim guidelines on the use of painkillers, in light of recent studies showing some may be harmful. While many experts say painkillers ...

A group of just nine climate scientists is trying to change the media coverage of their discipline. Thanks to an ongoing revolution in electronic news, they might just succeed.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the cabinet on 27 December that it holds the key to reconstructing and stabilizing the war-torn country (see news items below). "The people of Afghanistan have big ...