An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain has prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar Wednesday evening in London. The event has sparked a debate in Britain about the ethics of an event ...

Prior to the start of the Vancouver Paralympics, Russian cross-country skiing and biathlon head coach Irina Gromova predicted her squad would struggle for medals. Instead, her countrymen have dominated the proceedings through four days of competition, leading the event with 15 medals, including six golds. With the cross-country skiers accounting for seven medals and the biathletes the rest, she attributed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich, saying he may be the "deciding vote," announced on Wednesday he will back the Senate-passed healthcare bill that President Barack Obama hopes to sign into law. Kucinich announced his support after Obama, seeking to win final passage of the measure in what is likely to be a razor-close vote, personally urged him to do ...

Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama's health care plan, in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion. Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59,000 Catholic nuns Wednesday sent lawmakers a letter urging them ...