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As Sunday's election approaches, there's a flurry of activity in Myanmar. People from all over the world have come in search of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate and leader of the opposition National League for Democracy. The chaotic environment is a reminder of how far the party has to go to be ready for the political prime time.

Even kids as young as 5 or 6 years old can strengthen their muscles and bones with resistance training, say physical education researchers. And, the strength training can help kids avoid injury on the sports field or in gym class.

In his new book, Charles Murray, co-author of the controversial The Bell Curve, argues that in an increasingly economically stratified America, the white working class is slipping behind.

Thinking about running a marathon for the first time? Dr. E. Lee Rice offers pointers on knowing if you're physically ready.

U.S. archer Khatuna Lorig hopes to return to the Olympics this summer. But she's already helped put archery into The Hunger Games this spring — by training the film's star, Jennifer Lawrence. In the film's kill-or-be-killed competition, Lawrence's character relies on her ability with a bow.

Police today sealed the coroners report about the death of an Iraqi woman, who was brutally beaten in her El Cajon home after getting what was described as a terrorist threat.

Is This American Generation Too Fat to Fight?

In his latest novel, You & Me, Padgett Powell continues the experimentation of his previous work The Interrogative Mood. Here, two Southern men sit on a porch, discussing everything from R. Crumb to human failure. No action, no attribution — just dialogue.

In an exclusive interview with our media partner inewsource, mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher talked about a “living hell” with his biological father. Fletcher says he made the revelations hoping to set the record straight after questions about his past began surfacing in the campaign.

Stories like Jim Stanek's are common and quickly multiplying: An Iraqi war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, he says his life was saved by a dog that gave him the confidence to do seemingly simple things, like go out to dinner and look his wife in the eye rather than watch his own back.