Sesame Street is trying hard to teach kids another valuable lesson, by taking the radical step of introducing an HIV-positive Muppet to "Takalani Sesame," the South African version of the American television program.
A documentary film offers disturbing evidence that almost 5,000 Taliban prisoners were killed by Northern Alliance commanders -- perhaps with the help of U.S. soldiers.
The media is rushing to cover Winona Ryder's fall from glory. In the months leading to her June trial, the events of what actually went down have taken comic -- no, mythic -- turns.
Director Stacy Peralta talks about his new documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys," the story of how a bunch of SoCal kids put their stamp on the early dog days of skateboarding.
Thanks to dogged activism by environmental groups, President George W. Bush's dreams of drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will go unfulfilled.
Posted on Nov 5, 2001, Source: Metro Silicon Valley
From Barry Bonds' bodyguard to singer Carnie Wilson, gastric bypass surgeries have gained popularity as a means for the morbidly obese to slim down despite the high risk.