We all know the physical tics or poker "tells" that suggest a person is lying. The liar habitually looks to the left, or covers his mouth to cough, or scratches his nose. If that nose also grows 12 inches and sprouts a trembling leaf, there's a high probability that at least some of what he's saying is not entirely true.
Amid the skyscrapers, sidewalks and subways of New York City, scientists have discovered a new species of frog within view of the Statue of Liberty. In fact, the researchers who discovered the frog say the center of its range is Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister-in-law, Edythe Scott Bagley, has died of natural causes at her Pennsylvania home, her family said Monday.
Emergency responders continue to tally the dead from the second-deadliest, single-day tornado outbreak in U.S. history.
As emergency responders continued to count the dead on Saturday, states pulverized by this week's tornado outbreak encouraged volunteers to help -- but in an orderly way.
Leveled buildings, fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South Thursday after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.
A tornado kills dozens and levels parts of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
When my eldest daughter, Olivia, neared 2, she started hitting me. All sorts of injustices could elicit a serious whack from my formerly angelic child -- announcing it was bathtime, say, or my wearing the wrong shade of lipstick. Being an enlightened mother, I checked my impulse to swat back; instead, I said, "We don't hit people" and told her to use her words.
Auburn University officials got their first glimmer of hope Friday since they received word that that school's beloved live oak trees had been poisoned with a massive dose of the virulent herbicide Spike 80DF.
Student presidents from Auburn and the University of Alabama come to a truce over Auburn's poisoned oaks.
Work to replace heavily poisoned soil choking the life from two beloved oak trees at Auburn University continued for a second day Tuesday, according to Mike Clardy, the school's director of communications.
A federal judge sentenced children's author K.P. Bath to six years in prison Thursday for possessing child pornography.
It's no secret in Braintree, Massachusetts, that Amy Bishop killed her younger brother with a single shotgun blast to the chest in her parents' kitchen more than 20 years ago.
Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."
The investigation continues into the past of a professor charged with killing three people. CNN's Brooke Baldwin reports.
Previously missing police records on the 1986 shooting death of the brother of Alabama professor Amy Bishop -- accused of gunning down her colleagues last week -- have been found, and investigators said Tuesday they back a state police report that deemed the shooting an accident.
A biology professor suspected of killing three University of Alabama colleagues has a history of run-ins with police.
A biology professor charged with killing three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville fatally shot her brother more than 23 years ago, but she and her mother claimed the shooting was accidental, according to documents released Sunday.
A shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has wounded several people. Affiliate WAAF has the video.
Three faculty members were killed and three other school employees were wounded Friday in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a school spokesman said.
A five-eyed monster under the bed isn't what worries most kids. Experts say young people fear a lot of what's in the news -- from kidnappings to murders to salmonella.
Marjorye Heeney knew something was wrong when she saw a bulging cloud of black dust darken the sky.
Hanny van Arkel was poring over photos of galaxies on the Internet in August 2007 when she stumbled across a strange object in the night sky: a bright, gaseous mass with a gaping hole in its middle.
Alabama senior guard Ronald Steele, whose career began with great promise, has decided to forgo the rest of the season, Crimson Tide coach Mark Gottfried announced Tuesday.
Gas shortages are afflicting drivers across the Southeast. Some of the problems were caused by Hurricane Ike affecting oil production and refining along the Gulf Coast, but empty gas pumps also are being blamed on the consumers themselves.
iReporter Gary Berman captures empty gas pumps in Marietta, Georgia.
The country singer wore Vera Wang to marry Jay Barker in her "fairy-tale wedding"
The country singer's son walks her down the aisle in the ceremony in Tennessee
The country singer and former DWTS contestant is marrying football player Jay Barker
The country singer and her fiancé are like "two 15-year-olds in love," adds the friend
The Dancing with the Stars alum will marry former Alabama football star Jay Barker
After a bitter divorce battle that ended last fall, Sara Evans has a new man in her life.
With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up luxury condos
I have close, meaningful relationships with espresso brownies, cold beer, and reruns of "The West Wing." Until recently, it hadn't occurred to me that these paramours are, in fact, three of the major players in my stress-management strategy. Hey, I wasn't even aware I had a stress-management strategy.
SI.com: A bad fit for Sabanupdated: Wed Jan 03 2007 11:00:00
Five reasons why Nick Saban decided the NFL meant "not for long,'' and opted for the University of Alabama on Tuesday, ending his tenure as the Dolphins head coach after just two seasons:
Investigators on Monday were examining two fires in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to determine whether they were set intentionally and, if so, whether they are related to a series of fires set at churches elsewhere in the state.
An attempted arson at an east Alabama church on Sunday bears little similarity to 10 other intentionally set church fires in the state, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said.
After being detained and then released last month in Natalee Holloway's disappearance, two brothers were arrested again Friday in Aruba on suspicion they acted "together with other people" in raping and killing the Alabama teen, the prosecutor's office said.
An Aruban judge ruled there was enough evidence to continue holding two suspects in the disappearance of an 18-year-old Alabama woman for another eight days to allow for more evidence gathering in the case.
Prosecutors in Aruba decided to further detain two hotel security guards in the disappearance of an Alabama student based on what authorities called "a reasonable suspicion" they were involved in "criminal acts" related to the case.
Science backs up what the etiquette books have been saying all along -- a firm handshake helps make a good first impression for both males and females.
Money Magazine: Stock Jockeyupdated: Tue Jun 01 1999 00:01:00
Jim Craig fell in love with stocks in 1974. Back then, the 18-year-old University of Alabama undergrad spent his summer vacation toiling in the 95[degree]F heat, stripping rubber roofing from indus...
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA -- Complaints have forced the University of Alabama to sideline the symbol of its athletic team, a rough-and-tumble Norseman who drew fire for being too mean, too masculine, and...
When politicians first started tossing hot-potato social issues over to the courts to decide, they probably congratulated themselves for their cleverness. But judicial intervention backfired on Was...
Even if college costs seem hopelessly high, don't despair. You can bring them down in several ways, some of which you may not know about. -- A hardworking, brainy kid may be able to finish college ...
Fortune: CHU? WU? OR WHO?updated: Mon Feb 13 1989 00:01:00
Just when the fever over superconductivity had begun to cool, an acrimonious dispute has broken out that has the circuits sizzling. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is grappling with the questi...
Fortune: Signalsupdated: Mon Mar 16 1987 00:01:00
A superconductor developed by physicists at the University of Houston and the University of Alabama in Huntsville promises eventually to reshape the electric utility, railroad, and medical diagnost...
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