The Matrix is the collection of computer systems that is reachable by e-mail from the Internet. While all Internet systems that can receive e-mail are part of the Matrix, the Matrix also includes computers...

Police were searching for four gang members Monday after shots rang out amidst the crowds at Oslo’s popular waterfront complex Aker Brygge … police believe [this] was a clash between Oslo’s so-called “A” and...

It is hard to pretend you’re posing a threat to anything other than your own will to live when you’re surrounded by corporate logos at an event broadcast on the BBC and attended by...

We make an unannounced visit to China’s only retirement home for non-commissioned veterans of the Red Army. It is a Potemkin old people’s home. From an army of millions, fewer than 30 enjoy the...

The VA runs the largest integrated health-care system in the [United States] … this government-managed health-care program–socialized medicine on a small scale–is beating the marketplace … Males 65 years and older receiving VA care...

In Baghdad these days, not even the hospitals are safe. In growing numbers, sick and wounded Sunnis have been abducted from public hospitals operated by Iraq’s Shiite-run Health Ministry and later killed … the...

At least 20 gunmen and 8 civilians were killed Monday when the Iraqi Army battled fiercely for hours with members of a militia loyal to Moktada al-Sadr … The American military announced Monday the...

There are a lot of these video sites, all of them losing money like crazy in hopes of becoming the next Broadcast.com, which was bought years ago by Yahoo in a $5 billion state...

A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school … Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a...