If you’re on Facebook or use Gmail, you might have seen them: Ads touting a sizable check from the U.S. Treasury. It’s a scam that’s piggybacking on Washington’s stimulus agenda.

A cup of joe a day may help keep skin cancer away: A new study shows that caffeine helps kill off human cells damaged by ultraviolet light, one of the key triggers of several types of skin cancer.

James Brown knew all along that he wanted to open a museum to inspire people — especially the poor — to pursue their dreams. So he carefully saved all his belongings, from glittering suits and glossy shoes to the comb he used to neatly sculpt his hair.

Police in New Mexico have unearthed an 11th body outside Albuquerque.

The Bangladeshi government said Thursday that all the mutinous border guards who seized control of their headquarters had surrendered after a two-day revolt that left at least 10 people dead.

Geologists, biologists and other scientists convened in Paris on Thursday for a conference on how to stop the spread of fungus stains — aggravated by global warming — that threaten France’s famed Lascaux cave drawings.

A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday thanked musician Stevie Wonder for creating “a style that’s uniquely American” as he presented the singer-songwriter the nation’s highest award for pop music.

The economic downturn is forcing America’s households to learn a tough lesson: how to fend for themselves.

The Royal Bank of Scotland posted Thursday a record net loss of 24.14 billion pounds ($34.4 billion) for 2008 — the biggest in British corporate history — and unveiled a massive restructuring program.