Highly Recommended Review: The Discovery Channel series "Treasure Quest" ("The Historic-est Catch"?) follows Odyssey Marine Exploration, which is an incredibly ambitious company that combs the bottom of the oceans in search of buried treasure and historic shipwrecks. The crew - made up of scientists, technicians, archeologists, engineers […]

With the new Alice in Wonderland film opening this week, PETER LAW tells the story of the real Alice, her life in Lyndhurst and asks whether it’s time the village did more to celebrate one of its most famous residents

NORTH ANDOVER — Lisa Stump is on a personal mission to locate the owner of an engagement ring she found a couple of weeks ago. The 39-year-old Andover woman knows it would be a lot easier to take the ring she discovered in a parking lot near Market Basket at the North Andover Mall and turn it over to the police.

Troubled waters tinge UK's marine protection plan

Momentum builds for eurozone to rescue Greece

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon had been on his team about rebounding since a loss to Baylor earlier in the week where they were outrebounded by seven.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polyurethane plastics used to make a host of products from furniture fillings to shoe soles, cable insulation and paints - and which can be difficult to recycle - could soon be degraded in compost heaps, thanks to a study at the University of Manchester.

Lost "The Substitute" Originally aired February 16, 2010 Mario Perez: ABCWHEEL AWAY, JOHN! WHEEL QUICKLY AWAY! With these episodes like this one that tell us SO MUCH: Jacob brought everyone to the Island in a search for his replacement!...

WARSAW, Poland - The stirring strains of Frederic Chopin's music are reverberating across the world as music lovers celebrate the composer's 200th birthday this year — from the chateau of his French lover to Egypt's pyramids and even into space.

Retirement? Not on the cards for this woman of a certain age, writes Denise Gadd.

Superintendent of Dublin City Schools Chuck Ledbetter says faculty and staff checked all 750 students with handheld metal detectors as they walked in to school Tuesday morning, one day after police say a gun a student brought to school accidentally fired in a classroom.

School leaders say they're taking extra security measures at Dublin High School, starting with metal detectors at the doors. The security change comes one day after a gun went off in a classroom, placing the school on lock down. Tuesday, all 750 students were scanned with metal detector wands before entering the school. Bags and purses were also checked […]

AUSTIN -- New security measures have been approved at the State Capitol after a man fired a gun outside the building earlier this year.  The measures include bomb-sniffing dogs and increased training, but not metal detectors -- at least for now. January's gunshots at the Capitol triggered an increased look at security. The Texas Department of Public Sa […]

Less than two months after a gunman showed up at the State Capitol and fired shots, Gov. Rick Perry sends a letter to DPS with new security measures the state wants in place. Metal detectors didn't make the cut.

Veteran actress RAQUEL WELCH turned heads at a U.S. airport security checkpoint last week (ends07Mar10) - after her bustier set off metal detectors.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- Capitol Police frequently violate security protocol by not screening congressional employees, the U.S. House sergeant at arms told a House subcommittee.

The inquest into the death of Corporal Sarah Bryant was this afternoon shown how Ebex metal detectors - used in ground checks for bombs - were used.

There have been multiple instances when lawmakers were running late to votes or meetings and officers waved through accompanying staff members. Read more...

There is a moment in every war when it becomes necessary to wheel out the big guns, the heaviest weapons in the armoury. In the continuing war in Afghanistan, it is time to deploy the moral firepower of William Howard Russell, the greatest Times war reporter of them all.

I've been doing research into school science projects, and came across this interesting item, billed as "The Ultimate Science Fair Project" - homebrewed nuclear reactors.