Heather Whipps

The remains of a medieval "vampire" have been discovered among the corpses of 16th century plague victims in Venice.

Internet dating is just the modern version of the first "matrimonial" agencies of the 1700s.

Nothing celebrates Valentine's Day quite like a good love story. And by good, we mean tragic, of course.

The Greek god of thunder and lightning had Earthly beginnings, and scientists think they know where.

Southpaw Obama is another notch for the column of left-handed presidents, now totaling eight.

Some inaugural speeches totally forgotten, or at best remembered for how bad they were.

Barack Obama will continue a 220-year-old oratorical tradition begun by George Washington.

For all the election rhetoric, though, is today's government really so fractured?

This year got historians and archaeologists all hot under the elbow patches.

For all the talk about change, everything old seemed oddly new again in 2008.

Is a government that ignores the sentiment of its people what the Founding Fathers had in mind?

The 2008 campaign for president was the most vicious in U.S. history, some pundits have said. Yeah, right.

All those Halloween ghosts and goblins apparently are scaring away the kids but not the consumers.

The night of Oct. 30 is called Devil's Night in Detroit and Miggy Night in parts of England. Elsewhere it's Mischief Night.

A controversial voodoo doll is proving to be quite the pain in the side of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Sophisticated pirates who hijack trade ships cause billions of dollars in losses every year.

Who would make a better president — a man with more than 30 years of experience in Congress or one with about six?

Just over 30 years ago, a baby girl came screaming out of the womb much like any other. It was how she got in there in the first place that was far from average.

Few pictures are so important and so unrecognizable as the one scientists call Photo 51.

Banks seemed to collapse overnight, but the reasons date back decades, even centuries.

The Kilroy character became a legend among the millions of military men and women who served during World War II.

The man from Gujarat is the most famous of the world's peaceful political dissidents.

Few books over time have stirred up such controversy.

The athletes of the world might currently be competing for titles in Beijing, but it was in northeast China where the battle for world supremacy was played out one century ago.