Chemicals

Attorneys for ex-driver Jeremy Mayfield are asking a federal appeals panel to reinstate his lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test. A 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Richmond heard arguments Tuesday. A...

If you ever complain about a cough, cold or the flu on Twitter or Facebook, a Baltimore startup called Sickweather.com wants your tweets and status updates. The website, which launched in November, mines social networking sites using a computer...

For years, Baltimore County police were convinced that 24-year-old Heidi Bernadzikowski was killed in 2000 by her boyfriend. Stephen M. Cooke Jr. had taken out a lucrative life-insurance policy on Bernadzikowski just a month before her death. The...

Wheat Growers had a profitable 2011, despite lower-than-expected grain totals due to flooding, say Wheat Growers officials. The cooperative had $17 million in earnings and $9 million in profits according to figures. "Financially, we had a solid year,"...

WINTER GARDENS, Calif. -- A 10-year old boy has been charged with murder and assault in the fatal stabbing of his 12-year old playmate. The unidentified boy is scheduled to appear at a detention hearing in juvenile court on Thursday. Family members of...

Wheat Growers had a profitable 2011, despite lower-than-expected grain totals due to flooding, say Wheat Growers officials.  The cooperative had $17 million in net earnings and $9 million in profits according to figures.  "Financially we had a solid year,...

Pharmaceutical company Novartis on Sunday voluntarily recalled a number of over-the-counter drugs -- including certain bottles of Excedrin and Bufferin -- due to complaints about mislabeled and broken pills. The Switzerland-based company said on its...

In a step into the spotlight on a prominent stage, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will attend the World Economic Forum annual meeting next week in Davos, Switzerland - a prestigious conference that draws world leaders in various fields. The University of...

College students, who are new this semester, are required to get a meningitis vaccine before starting classes. "This is my first time. I'm a little nervous, because I'm kind of afraid of needles," said Lan Nguyen, a student at Tarrant County College....

Nearly 20 years after he was imprisoned, Juan Rivera walked out of Stateville Correctional Center and into a throng of jubilant family members Friday evening after he was exonerated in the murder of a Waukegan baby sitter. His release came less than...

Melissa Clark sat wide-eyed and agitated in a visiting room at Cook County Jail's Cermak Hospital, rocking her right leg so vigorously that her entire body shook. Why can't you bail me out? she repeatedly pleaded to her mother. Carla Clark leaned...

When Cpl. John Feather responded to a call that a vehicle had crashed into a house along state Route 3041 on Sept. 9, 2009, he had no way of knowing that the case would take nearly two and a half years to come before a magistrate. Joshua Paul Hoover, 31,...