New research suggests the ice volcanoes blasting off Saturn’s moon Enceladus are rooted in an underground sea, a finding that raises the prospect for microbial life.

The Houston company, which does construction work for the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, topped Wall Street estimates by 5 cents per share.

Kevin Prince is UCLA’s new starting quarterback. Rick Neuheisel’s announcement Thursday came as no surprise, but the move gave Prince a boost heading into the offseason.

Health officials warned doctors and patients Thursday about potentially deadly risks of using Botox and similar drugs for unapproved uses to treat certain types of muscle spasms.

Dow Chemical posted a 97 percent drop in first-quarter profit today due to plunging sales, though results easily beat Wall Street’s expectations.

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P., Philadelphia, said its operating income doubled in the first quarter to $90.45 million from $45.2 million a year ago, driven largely by more profitable results from its system of pipelines that gathers oil from small wells in Oklahoma and Texas and sells it to refiners.

Apologies in advance for perpetuating an overused pun, but Dexter’s fourth season sounds, well, killer.

Belgium’s military will provide onboard protection to commercial ships in pirate-infested waters off Somalia, the government said Thursday.

State health officials today confirmed five cases of swine flu in New Jersey, including three in Burlington County.