COLON (large intestine) cancer, also referred to as colorectal cancer, is the No. 1 cause of cancer death for men in this country. For women, it ranks third. The large intestine is about 5ft long, and it is followed by a ... Read More

This was the sort of performance that could have had everyone talking about Metta World Peace. Until one momentary lapse of reason (and one wild elbow) left everyone thinking about Ron Artest. Late in the second quarter, World Peace powered his ... Read More

It's been 2,711 days since Ron Artest did the seemingly unthinkable—running into the stands of The Palace at Auburn Hills and inciting a brawl that forever vandalized the imaginary wall between player and fan. In those 2,711 days, a lot has ... Read More

Robin Gibb's spokesman says the Bee Gees star has woken from a coma and is showing signs of recovery. The 62-year-old singer fell into a coma last week after contracting pneumonia. Doug Wright on Saturday said that Gibb had been able to ... Read More

He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips, and insists on black toilet paper in his home. A revealing new biography offers intimate — some might say too intimate — details about Simon Cowell, along with a portrait of the ... Read More

In one clubhouse, they spoke of the improbability of it all, beaming with satisfaction that their remarkable efforts had come against their most bitter rivals. In the other, important men with unenviable jobs met behind closed doors, reminding one another to ... Read More

Last spring, police followed a tip to a northeast Tampa apartment and arrested Micah Lashawn Alexander, suspected of collecting federal tax refunds on dead people. An ex-boyfriend told police she took Social Security numbers off a genealogy website and stood to ... Read More

After 28 straight days at No. 1, The Hunger Games finally passed its box-office crown on to someone else. The relationship comedy Think Like a Man debuted in first with a better-than-expected $12.2 million on Friday, according to early estimates. ... Read More

Charles W. Colson, the Republican political operative who boasted that he would “walk over my own grandmother” to ensure the reelection of President Richard M. Nixon and went on to found a worldwide prison fellowship ministry after his conversion to ... Read More

When White Sox starter Philip Humber threw the 96th and final pitch of a game that would leave him among an elite club that includes Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson, Catfish Hunter and Roy Halladay, he immediately thought: "Oh, ... Read More