A new product from Lifeline Scientific has been shown to make transplanted kidneys less likely to fail, which could help increase the supply of the organ.

Increases in digitally downloaded albums and songs were not enough to offset a nearly 20% plunge in CD sales, according to SoundScan year-end U.S. figures.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is being revised under a cloak of confidentiality.

Whether revisions to the bible of mental illness should be carried out in secret might seem like an academic question.

NEW YORK - It’s probably safe to retire - or at least put to rest for a long winter snooze - your skinny-leg pants. Once the first signs of spring start to stir, the…

Santa Cruz Sentinel Residents of the 172-unit condo complex at 1925 46th Ave. have been shivering since the heating system broke down on Christmas.

BOSTON - Boston College can certainly expect a different atmosphere in its next game.

Rakim Sanders scored 20 points and Tyrese Rice added 18 to lead BC to its ninth straight…

General Motors Corp. received the first $4 billion of a $13.4-billion lifeline from the Bush administration on Wednesday, while Chrysler LLC continued to craft final details with U.S. Treasury officials.

Last summer, Microsoft’s marketing department pulled a strange stunt to prove that its latest operating system, Windows Vista, isn’t as terrible as everyone on the Internet claims. The company invited 140 people who said they hated Vista to take part in a focus-group review of the new Microsoft OS, Windows Mojave. The malcontents were blown away by all of Mojave’s amazing features, like how well it organized photos and music—why didn’t the company put all this great stuff in Vista? That’s when Microsoft’s sales team dropped the bomb: Windows “Mojave” was actually Windows Vista! The company had rebranded its beleaguered OS to prove that much of what troubled the software was in people’s heads, not in the program itself. As long as customers don’t know they’re using Vista, they love it.[more …]

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Mike Comrie scored twice in New York’s three-goal second period _ first with his skate and then with his stick _ and the Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Tuesday.

General Motors and the U.S. Treasury finalized the terms of a $13.4-billion lifeline today, while Chrysler continued to craft final details with Treasury officials for its $4-billion rescue. GM Chief Financial Officer Ray Young signed the final loan agreement around 4:30 p.m.