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The lives of three fishermen have been saved thanks to the RNLI's new and unique MOB Guardian alert system

The WTActive system's flexibility and groundbreaking features allow it to accurately time a broad range of races.

Martin Truex Jr.'s road to NASCAR appeared to be paved with gold. So far it's been anything but. The New Jersey native, who broke in with tons of promise, has had a dark shadow hanging over his head for much of his time in the sport's top level.

Alister Richardson and Dan Johnson won the International 14 Prince of Wales Cup on Weymouth Bay after launching their brand new boat barely an hour before the start in Weymouth Bay. The yellow paint had scarcely dried before the ...

Atop the linebacker ratings sits just one man: Lawrence Taylor, a near-universal choice among USA TODAY's panel that ranked the ...

People who believe that God is involved in worldly affairs are less likely to participate in national elections than others, according to a new survey.

Towards the end of the 1990s there were only two or three actively sailing Royal Corinthian One Design keelboats and many thought the fleet was destined to die out.   A new sense of enthusiasm started in 2001 and a ...

According to a post on the Facebook blog, Facebook will add the ability to comment on items in the Mini-Feed today, making it even more similar to Friendfeed. Within the last few months, Facebook started to allow users to aggregate their items from various external social media, photo, and bookmarking sites such as Flickr, del.icious, and StumbleUpon.With this latest announcement, Facebook is starting to encroach even more on Friendfeed's territory.According to the announcement post on the Facebook blog, you can now 'easily converse around friends' statuses, application stories, new friendships, videos, and most other stories you see on their profile. Just click on the comment bubble icon to write a comment or see comments other people have written.' This is, of course, exactly what you would do in Friendfeed.Facebook will also handle long comment threats very similar to the way Friendfeed deals with them. The feed will show up to 8 comments by default, with the ability to clic

The New York Liberty have thrived at Madison Square Garden this season, but their struggles on the road have kept them at .500. They'll try to climb above that mark Thursday as they welcome the Indiana Fever to Manhattan before embarking on a difficult five-game western conference road trip. New York (6-6) has won five of its last six home games, including a 105-72 drubbing of defending champion...

Scientists have identified a primitive area of the brain that makes us adventurous -- a finding which may help explain why people routinely fall for 'new' products when shopping.