Southern Baptists Won’t Vote On Name Change

When Southern Baptists gather for their annual meeting this June, they will not be asked to create a new official name after top leaders decided it was not worth pursuing.

How Exercise Energizes the Brain

Can exercise make the brain more fit? That absorbing question inspired a new study at the University of South Carolina during which scientists assembled mice and assigned half to run for an hour a day on little treadmills, while the rest lounged in their cages without exercising.

Yo-Yo Dieting: Why The Fat Comes Back

All you have to do is wheel your grocery cart into a checkout line to see the cautionary tales screaming at you from the tabloids: celebrities struggling to get thin and stay that way.

Microsoft Hits Motorola, Google with EU Complaint

Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union’s competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola’s aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules.

Why Obama’s Christian Faith Is Questioned

In many ways, the last few days in political coverage have been like watching a reality show, and religious zealotry is the emerging theme. First there was Rick Santorum, a Catholic former U.S. senator, who interrupted a discussion on energy with a conservative Christian group in Ohio to declare that President Obama’s “got some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible … “

Lessons for Young African Americans from Jeremy Lin

An open letter to African-American young people:

Virginia Governor Calls for Changes on Abortion Bill

Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia backed down on Wednesday on a bill requiring women to have a vaginal ultrasound before undergoing an abortion. It was a sudden change of position for a conservative governor who is viewed as having political ambitions on the national stage.

Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, at a news conference in Richmond on Wednesday, has requested changes in abortion legislation.