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Thomas mother charged in child neglect Saturday, November 21st 2009 ST. A 31-year-old Oswald Harris Court mother is facing a child neglect charge after police said she left her five young children home alone...Thursday in connection with the incident that...

Auctions set for veterans for 6 taxi medallions Daily News Staff Monday, November 23rd 2009 From Dec. Virgin Islands Taxicab Commission will hold its annual veteran medallion auction, open to armed services veterans living in the territory...Bids can be picked...

Institute for Statistics (UIS), noted that between 2002 and 2007 almost 1 million new researchers were counted in developing countries, bringing the total number to 2.7 million and increasing its global share from around 30 per cent to over 38...

When Nuria Silva arrived to visit her family in El Salvador on Nov. 6, the weather was dreary, but there were few signs of a pending disaster. "It was kind of sprinkling when I got there, and the skies were...

She said that of the 177 students who sat the exam, 158, or 89 per cent, passed seven or more subjects, inclusive of mathematics and English. Forty-five per cent of the papers written received grade ones, with 63 students receiving...

Nazi war criminal Joseph Mengele didn't genetically engineer "Aryan" twins in a Brazilian town, National Geographic researchers report. Cândido Godói, a Brazilian town of 6,000 people, is known for its high rate of twins, particularly among its German families.

During World War I and II, many American men who were drafted to fight in the war found excuses to not fight. Excuses ranged from, "I'm an only child," "I have flat feet" and some even shot themselves with a...

Dominican Republic — From a development perspective, this town has a few problems. It is 60 miles from the nearest airport, a three-hour drive on roads so bad the trip can be nauseating. Electricity is erratic, drinking water is contaminated,...

A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students. In the small town of Poquitos, some 30km...