A Connecticut man who has been donating blood for 34 years said he has donated a total of 18 gallons in 144 separate donations.Alan Gittleman of South Windsor, first donated blood to the American Red Cross in 1978 as part of the Bridgeport Jewish Community Center's drive in the name of his father-in-law, who had recently undergone surgery.He said he has donated about six times per year since his o

  (123rf)American adults may boost their life expectancy by two years by sitting for fewer than three hours a day, researchers said Tuesday, while admitting this was a tough task.Reducing television viewing to under two hours a day could similarly add1.4 years, the US team said in a paper in the online journal BMJ Open.A recent study found that US adults spend about 7.7 hours per day engaged in "s

A federal judge has dismissed Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, but says the cyclist can refile it within 20 days.The seven-time Tour de France champion sued USADA on Monday in an attempt to prevent it from moving forward with charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout much of his career.U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled just hours later. He critici

Sex crimes reported against disabled people have soared about 60 percent over the past two years, a ruling party lawmaker said Tuesday.The number of reported sexual offenses against the disabled totaled 462 in 2011, up from 288 in 2009 and 294 in 2010, according to the data Rep. Cho Hae-jin of the Saenuri Party presented based upon National Police Agency statistics.The number of such crimes agains

(123rf)Sounds associated with auroras, or northern lights, described in folktales and by wilderness wanderers, have been confirmed by Finnish researchers.Scientists at Aalto University using microphones determined the crackles or muffled bangs are formed about 70 meters above ground level."Our research proved that, during the occurrence of the northern lights, people can hear natural auroral sound

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said a pair of Egyptian parents were arrested when an X-ray machine revealed their baby in their carry-on luggage.Police said customs officers at Sharjah International Airport arrested the couple Saturday on a flight from Egypt when an X-ray machine revealed they were smuggling their 1-year-old baby in a carry-on bag, Gulf News reported Monday.Officials said

A U.S. House panel launched an investigation Monday into whether a U.N. agency sent computers and other technology to Iran and North Korea in possible violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions.The Foreign Affairs Committee probe comes on the heels of a State Department review of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization, which insisted last week that it did nothing wrong in providing “s

The Supreme Court has confirmed a three-year prison term for a member of LG Group family convicted of stock manipulation and embezzlement, court officials said Monday.Koo Bon-hyun was convicted of pocketing around 13.9 billion won(US$11.7 million) of illegal profits by manipulating the stock price of Exa E&C Inc., through spreading false information about the company during the process of taking o

Lotte Giant`s Kim Joo-chan hits a home run during a game against Samsung Lions on Sunday. (Yonhap News)The Lotte Giants in the nation's top baseball competition on Monday became the first team in league history to be represented in all starting positions at an All-Star Game.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced that all 10 starting players for the Eastern League, nine position players pl

(MCT)SAN FERNANDO, Calif. -- Two council members of this Los Angeles suburb who admitted to having an affair have taken out restraining orders against each other after an alleged violent spat.San Fernando Councilman Mario Hernandez and Councilwoman Maribel De La Torre sought the court orders this week following the June 28 incident.In court papers, both said they argued about a trip he was going o

An Australian forklift driver who some historians argued was the true heir to the British throne has died in the small New South Wales town he called home, his local newspaper reported Thursday.Mike Hastings, 71, was a real-life aristocrat, born the 14th earl of Loudoun, who moved to Australia in 1960 in search of adventure.He made international headlines in 2004 when a documentary team from Brita

Lotte Shopping Co., the flagship affiliate of retail-oriented conglomerate Lotte Group, said Friday it reached a deal to buy electronics appliance retailer Himart Co. for 1.24 trillion won (US$1.09 billion).The stock purchase agreement calls for the takeover of a 65.25 percent stake in the electronics retailer currently owned by Eugene Corp., Hi Consortium and former Himart CEO Sun Jong-koo, Lotte

Officials said due to a police mix-up, an innocent Atlanta woman spent 53 days in jail on charges of battery and assault.Teresa Culpepper called 911 to report that her boyfriend had stolen her truck on Aug. 21. Around the same time, Angelo Boyd called saying his girlfriend, Teresa Gilbert, had doused him with boiling hot water. The same officer was dispatched to two scenes. However, he reported to

South Korea has postponed the timing of submitting a claim to an extended portion of continental shelf in the East China Sea to a United Nations body to sometime "within this year," according to an official Friday. The foreign ministry had been finalizing details to submit the claim on seabed beyond its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East China Sea to the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the

(AP-Yonhap News)Josh Tomlin pitched seven stellar innings and Shin-Soo Choo, Michael Brantley and Travis Hafner homered, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.Tomlin (5-5) limited the Rays to one run and two hits, easily the right-hander's best outing since April.Choo led off the first with a homer off Jeremy Hellickson (4-5), Brantley connected in th

Striker Jung Jo-gook will return home to his original South Korean club after a stint in the top French league, the local team here said Friday.FC Seoul of the K-League announced Jung will rejoin the team after spending 18 months with two teams in France.Jung left for France in December 2010 as a free agent, after helping FC Seoul win the K-League championship. He first played for AJ Auxerre and t

South Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong of the Yakult Swallows in Japan has undergone a successful surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow, the club said.The Swallows said in an announcement Thursday that Lim had his second elbow reconstructive operation, also known as Tommy John surgery after the former major league pitcher. The team estimated Lim, 36, will need about a year to recover.L

Astronomers using a British telescope in Hawaii say they've seen four pairs of stars, known as binaries, that orbit each other closer than was thought possible.While binary stars are common, believed to have formed close together and orbiting each other since birth, it was always thought that if binary stars form too close to each other, they would quickly merge into one single, bigger star.Observ

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that it had probably posted a record operating profit in the second quarter on strong sales of its flagship Galaxy series smartphones.Samsung, the world's largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, estimated its operating profit at 6.7 trillion won($5.9 billion) for the April-June period, up 78.7 percent from a year earlier and 14.5 p

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga trying to reach a the ball during a match against Philipp Kohlschreiber at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament in Wimbledon, London, Wednesday. (AFP-Yonhap News)After curling in a 102 mph ace to grab a two-set lead a mere 56 minutes into his Wimbledon quarterfinal Wednesday, Roger Federer casually pulled an extra tennis ball from his pocket and strolled to sit in