Alcohol-related Traffic Deaths on the Rise

Drinking and driving kills. And it’s killing more Americans every year. Traffic fatalities last year were at the highest level since 1990, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. And alcohol was a factor in 42 percent of those deaths, a total of...

Study Links Money, Faith, With Feeling Happy With Life

People with money and people with religious faith are more likely than others to say they lead a happy life, according to a new survey on quality of living. Despite threats of terrorism, war in Iraq, SARS, a declining economy and national image problems, the study by...

GOP Factions Divide Over Santorum Remarks

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has become a lightning rod in a battle between religious and social conservatives in the Republican Party over his controversial remarks about homosexuality. Santorum came under fire for comments in an April 7 interview with the...

Americans Worry About Having Enough Money to Retire

What are Americans most fearful of in today’s economy? Retirement. A recent Gallup poll found that 54 percent of Americans were either “very worried” or “somewhat worried” about having enough money to retire. When it came to ranking...