Moon River singer Andy Williams charmed fans for decades with his smooth crooning, easygoing manner and boyish good looks and became one of America's most beloved entertainers.

Williams, who died of bladder cancer Tuesday at his Branson, Mo., home at age 84, had a career that spanned nearly 75 years. After rising to stardom in the

A Chinese woman who has spent her life in poverty is being hailed a hero for selflessly saving dozens of abandoned babies over the course of her lifetime.

According to Chinese newspaper Yanzhao Metro Daily, 88-year-old Lou Xiaoying has rescued more than 30 abandoned babies from the streets of Jinhua, China, over the past four decades.

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It was a beautiful autumn day and I had just gotten out of school. My cousin lived with me at the time and she was taking my friends and me home. At the corner of the street, where it is very hard to see around the bushes, my cousin pulled out and a huge van hit us. I was in the front passenger seat and that is where the van hit us going well over the speed limit. Nobody would stop and help us and I was the only one stuck in the car. I was pinned between the two captain chairs but thankfully I was wearing my seat belt or I would have flown out of the car.

Two very different posters emerged for November's release of the 23rd James Bond installment, Skyfall. In one, current Bond incarnation Daniel Craig looks the upright perfectly dressed 007. Sure he has a

When was the last time you sat down with yourself for a good assessment of your life? Don't we all need to know where we've been, how the changes we made in the past are affecting us today, where we want to be in the future and what aspects of our personal style are standing in our way of moving forward towards the life we really want to live?

The beauty of life I miss when my thoughts race in an unsteady haste

Is worrying about problems the solution or is it only that I am making waste?

Taking what I have for granted instead of appreciating the good in life that awaits

Do I not take notice of the kindness others show or do I dwell on past experiences that arise which bring about the hates

I believe we are here to make a remarkable difference in the world, through living our lives in harmony and connecting with others respectfully.

I believe we can't confront the formidable task of life unaccompanied, we need the guidance and acceptance of those who care about us and are willing to stand by us.

Those in high-stress positions with little say in the office could be working themselves into a heart attack, according to a new European study.

A study published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday showed those with demanding jobs and little freedom to make decisions are 23 per cent more likely to experience a heart attack compared to their less-stressed counterparts.

When she was in high school, Lizzie Velasquez was dubbed "The World's Ugliest Woman" in an 8-second-long YouTube video. Born with a medical condition so rare that just two other people in the world are thought to have it, Velasquez has no adipose tissue and cannot create muscle, store energy, or gain weight. She has zero percent body fat and weighs just 60 pounds.

In the comments on YouTube, viewers called her "it" and "monster" and encouraged her to kill herself. Instead, Velasquez set four goals: To become a motivational speaker, to publish a book, to graduate college, and to build a family and a career for herself.

When you think of a Ford the first thing to come to mind would probably be one the automaker’s popular models like the Mustang or F-Series pickup. Although Ford is mainly known for it’s long line of cars and trucks, the automaker recently unveiled the E-Bike concept in Frankfurt.

The E-Bike concept was meant to show how Ford’s design language would translate into a bicycle. The E-Bike concept demonstrates Ford’s

During a diplomatic visit to Calcutta, India, in May, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stopped at a shelter for young women and girls. It was not an ordinary shelter, but one with a specific mission – a mission Ms. Clinton wanted reporters to broadcast to Americans back home. It was a shelter

Apple introduced a taller, thinner, faster iPhone on Wednesday during a packed event that contained few surprises but showcased plenty of updates that could extend the product's dominance in the smartphone market.

The Cupertino technology giant also showed off the latest generation of its popular iPod lineup at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, along with revamped versions of its mobile operating system and iTunes media application.

Omega-3 fatty acids, found in oily fish such as sardines and salmon and once touted as a way of staving off heart disease and stroke, don't help after all, according to a Greek study.

Based on a review and analysis of previous clinical trials including more than 68,000 participants, Greek researchers whose report appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association said the fatty acids have no impact on overall death rates, deaths from heart disease, or strokes and heart attacks.

Americans are living longer, with our average life expectancy now surpassing 78 years, up from less than 74 years in 1980. But we are not necessarily living better. The incidence of a variety of chronic diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, has also been growing dramatically, particularly among people who are not yet elderly.

"Thinspro" girls: Alexa Chung and Kate Moss

“When I started this journey, I knew it would be difficult, but once I am skinny, it will all be worth it. Skinny people are beautiful and happy people,” is the opening line to 16-year-old Stephanie's (not her real name) "Thinspiration" blog.

It also marked the start of her two years as a Thinspo girl, during which the 160cm tall Secondary Four student dropped from a healthy 53 kg to an emaciated 42 kg by self starvation and in the process developed depression before finally being diagnosed as bulimic.

Claire Lim at 70 kg

Although eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating is not new, the importance of looking good – offline AND now online -- among the young has never been greater. Now more than ever, “Thinspiration” models such as Kate Olsen, Kate Moss and picture-perfect K-wave stars from Girls’ Generation and Wonder Girls serve as role models for their army of teen fans. Yahoo! reporter ELIZABETH SOH delves into their world and uncovers a worrying trend of forced starvation, weight-loss pills and three-apple-a-day diets.  

Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in the lives of their children and shrug, "It's their life," and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting

If zombies take over, the government wants you to be prepared.

The Homeland Security Department warned citizens on Thursday that the “zombies are coming,” and urged them to be ready for a walking-dead apocalypse, The Associated Press reported.

The zombie “warning” is part of a public health campaign calling for citizens to be ready for disaster — to know to stock up on food, batteries and water, and to keep extra changes of clothes and medication on hand.

Christian Bale may not save lives in reality, but the actor definitely tries to make a difference in the lives of his fans.

The Dark Knight Rises star flew 4-year-old leukemia patient Jayden Barber and his family out to California for lunch date at Disneyland's Club 33 earlier this week.

"Finally can share!!! Christian sent us to LA and we had lunch at Disney club 33 on wed," Barber's mother wrote with a picture of the two on her Lighting the Batsignal for Jayden Facebook page. "He and his family were so awesome and down to earth!"

Charlene Barber continued by sharing her family's experience with Bale at the Anaheim theme park, "The entire interaction was like old friends having lunch. Jayden did not get star struck but was well aware of who we were with!"

Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was originally sentenced to death in his native country for his Christian faith, was acquitted of apostasy charges and released from custody.

Nadarkhani, 32, was imprisoned for three years and waiting execution for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. His charges

Crimes of the heart cause us great injury. Hurt feelings, harsh words, nasty misunderstandings leave deep imprints in our minds and hearts. We dwell on the cruel and unkind violations against us. Letting go of anger about things that have occurred in the past is difficult and sometimes feels insurmountable. We get stuck and hold on to our anger, and the wounds grow deeper and fester. The pain keeps us from finding peace within ourselves. When is it time to let go?

It is time to let go when holding on to the anger no longer serves us. When carrying the burden of our

There was this museum laid with beautiful marble tiles, with a huge marble statue displayed in the middle of the lobby. Many people came from all over the world just to admire this beautiful marble statue.

One night, the marble tiles started talking to the marble statue.

Marble tile: "Marble statue, it's just not fair, it's just not fair! Why does everybody from all over the world come all the way here just to step on me while admiring you? Not fair!"

I was told a story about a lady in the hospital who was near death when an area chaplain came to visit her. This chaplain was a very young female with long blond hair. She listened to the lady who was ill and left her a small gift for comfort. It was a tiny ceramic frog.

The next day one of the people from the ladies church came to visit. The lady told her friend about the beautiful young chaplain who had come to visit her.

The friend was so impressed with the way the lady had improved and

As Election Day approaches, President Obama is sharing a few important things about himself. He has mentioned more than once in recent weeks that he cooks “a really mean chili.” He has impressive musical pitch, he told an Iowa audience. He is “a surprisingly good pool player,” he informed an interviewer — not to mention (though he does) a doodler of unusual skill.

If your mother gave you ginger ale to relieve a stomachache, I’ll bet you thought it was the fact that it made you burp that helped. The burping effect of ginger ale might be one reason you felt better, but the main reason is the curative properties of ginger, one of the ingredients. Ginger has the ability to absorb some of the toxins and acid in the stomach and neutralize them. It also increases the digestive fluids.

Straphangers rescue Jeff Golub moments before train enters W. 66th St. and Broadway station. Golub says he fell on tracks because he thought he was entering train car.

A blind professional jazz guitarist who has played with the biggest names in music, was lucky to be alive Monday morning after falling on the subway tracks and being briefly dragged by a No. 1 train Wednesday morning, police said.

As children we all played with those "connect the dots" puzzles. We would trace along the numbers from 1 to 2 to 3 ...until suddenly a picture appeared. It always amazed me that when it was just a page of hapless numbers, I was unable to see what it was meant to be and even as I traced along through the numbers, the meaning of the picture often remained a mystery until the end. The odd thing is, once the picture appeared, it was easy to see the outline and I would wonder why I hadn't been able to guess it earlier.

It's official: the iPhone 5 will be unveiled Sept. 12. Apple sent teaser invitations to the event Tuesday, with the shadow from the number "12" forming the number "5" — an obvious reference to the next release of the company's popular smartphone. The invite includes the headline, "It's almost here."

The Sept. 12 iPhone 5 event has previously been reported by a number of media outlets that cited anonymous sources.

A former Navy SEAL's insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, the Pentagon said Tuesday, and the admiral who heads the Naval Special Warfare Command said details in the book may provide enemies with dangerous insight into secretive U.S. operations.

Rear Adm. Sean Pybus told his force Tuesday that "hawking details about a mission" and selling other information about SEAL training and operations puts the force and their families at risk.

Spicing up your life a bit might also reduce the potential for thrombosis. This doesn’t mean that you need to go to the Playboy mansion. It’s not that type of spicing. The use of spices may work far better than the aspirin a day recommended by many doctors. It also may be safer for your stomach than aspirin and better for your health than many of the blood thinners prescribed by physicians.

The body’s repair system forms clots as a mechanism to prevent bleeding to death in the event of an injury. The body sends signals

I was on the outskirts of a little Southern town, trying to reach my destination before the sun went down. The old CB was blaring away on channel 1-9, when there came a little boy's voice on the radio line. He said, "Breaker 1-9, is anyone there? Come on back, truckers, and talk to Teddy Bear."

I keyed the mike and said, "You got it, Teddy Bear."

Yesterday I was on my way to picking up my children. I was remembering someone I lost and the pain it caused me.

I stopped at a traffic light. There was this man who fell off his bike in the middle of the road. He was carrying two huge bags filled with clothes. I assumed he was carrying all his possessions.

Michael Clarke Duncan, the tall and massively built actor with the shaved head and deep voice who received an Academy Award nomination for his moving portrayal of a gentle death row inmate in the 1999 prison drama "The Green Mile," died Monday. He was 54.

The Chicago native rose to fame playing a hulking inmate with a special psychic gift opposite Tom Hanks in the 1999 film, adapted from the novel by Stephen King.

It’s been said by the Democrats that Mitt Romney is a murderer, felon, and tax cheat. Democrats have also maintained that Bain Capital is all about making money and destroying the little guy. As it is with Liberals, there are no facts to back up the allegations. People are supposed to believe them because the Democrats say they’re true. Here’s a story about Mitt Romney that’s been fact checked.

“In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had

Mitt Romney probably hoped that surprise guest Clint Eastwood would make his day at the convention. Instead, the 82-year-old actor gave a rambling speech that was as disastrous as the botched bank robbery that he stopped in "Dirty Harry" while playing a jaded San Francisco cop.

Eastwood talked to an empty chair representing President Barack Obama.

On Friday evening, people will get the opportunity to observe the last "blue moon" or rare full moon until the following occasion which takes place in 2015.

A blue moon is a second full moon of the same month that occurs due to the length of calendar months and the duration of the moon to circumnavigate the Earth. A full orbit only takes 29.5 days, meaning that our 30 to 31 day months occasionally cram in two full moons.

The cofounders of Sifteo first imagined how great it would be to sort through a pile of digital data as if it were a pile of Legos while graduate students at the MIT Media Lab. Thirteen million dollars and several generations of prototypes later, today they announced the next generation of their Sifteo Cubes, an interactive gaming system of LEGO-like blocks—except with computer screens.

Scientists now look at findings, which indicate 5 cups of green tea is the best cancer defense. The studies look at three different types of cancer and the reduction of the incidence of cancer in those that drank five or more cups of green tea every day. They also believe the significantly lower rate has a logical scientific explanation.