First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday launched a campaign to fight childhood obesity, a cause that is becoming her top policy priority.

A former Rockwell International and Boeing Co. aerospace engineer who worked on the Space Shuttle program was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for economic espionage and acting as an agent for China.

Nearly a month after being buried by Haiti's killer quake, a 28-year-old man has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a building in Port-au-Prince.

Michael Jackson's personal physician returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.

Coca-Cola Co. reported that its fourth-quarter net income attributable to Shareowners was $1.54 billion or $0.66 per share, compared to $995 million or $0.43 per share in the same quarter last year.

For the first ever time, Government programs for the coming year will account for over 50% of the entire US healthcare spending, as has been predicted by federal actuaries, mainly on the back of a weak economy pushing more and more people into Medicaid, all the while slowing the growth of private insurance.

Adopting healthy eating habits is one way to reduce the risk of developing heart disease and stroke, scientists believe.

University of California, Davis researchers discovered that advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly higher risk of having a child with autism, regardless of how old the father is.

The search giant is upgrading its Gmail program to add social-media tools similar to those found on Facebook. Google will incorporate photo and video sharing within the Gmail application, along with a new tool for status updates. Google will hold a press conference at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters today to show off the new features.

Iranian state television quoted officials who said the process of enriching uranium to a higher level started Tuesday at Iran's Natanz facility in the presence of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces a recall related to the software program that controls the antilock braking system (ABS) in current-model "Prius", "Prius Plug-in Hybrid", "Sai" and "HS250h" sold in Japan.

An avalanche in the mountains of Indian-controlled Kashmir killed 17 Indian soldiers and injured 17 others near a popular Himalayan ski resort Monday.

The Year of France in Russia and Russia in France seem to reflect positive in business sphere of both countries.

Survivors of clerical sexual abuse have written an open letter to Pope Benedict as Irish bishops prepare to meet the Pontiff at the Vatican next week.

Iran today started to enrich its existing nuclear fuel stockpile towards weapons grade strength. The move caused international alarm and gave new impetus to Western calls for new sanctions on Tehran despite opposition from China