ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2011) ? People attempting to lose weight won’t need to track their daily food intake anymore, thanks to a wearable, picture-taking device created at the University of Pittsburgh. eButton — a device worn on the chest (like a pin) that contains a miniature camera, accelerometer, GPS, and other sensors — captures data [...]

The House’s bid to pass a balanced budget amendment failed to get the two-thirds majority it needed to proceed. All but four Republicans voted to make federal deficits unconstitutional.? A Republican-led effort to pass a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution failed to win the needed two-thirds House majority, dealing a setback to advocates [...]

JOHANNESBURG ? Sure, 24-year-old Gertrude Kitongo cherishes a cell phone as a link to family and friends, from her grandmother in a Ugandan village to former schoolmates in Zimbabwe. For Kitongo, her cell phone also serves as a radio, library, mini cinema, bank teller and more. The Kenyan-Ugandan who just finished marketing studies in South [...]

This undated photo provided by Kathy Blair shows a publicity poster for a play. The poster with “Sex” in the title has been banned from a northeast Ohio courthouse. This week, Tuscarawas County commissioners ordered the removal of posters advertising a local production of the play, “No Sex Please, We?re British.? (AP Photo/Kathy Blair) This [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela ? South American independence hero Simon Bolivar once dreamed of unifying several nations as a counterweight to their powerful hemispheric neighbor, the United States. Two centuries later, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is tapping into that legacy at a two-day summit of the Americas starting Friday. Chavez describes the new regional bloc that excludes [...]