Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome that hinder learning and make it hard for the brain to develop normally, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said mice with a rodent version of Down syndrome that …

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A North Carolina man serving time in a Georgia prison is set to face murder charges Monday in the murder of his brother and sister-in-law more than two decades ago. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said 48-year-old Sean Patrick McDuffy is being extradited back to North Carolina …

In the chronicles of UFO oddness, there’s been a long-standing oddity — some say folklore, others deem it reality. This saga, now over four decades old, centers on a reported out-of-the-sky incident involving the small town of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. The date is Dec. 9, 1965: Residents see a ball of …

CLARKSVILLE, Md. – Howard County police say two people were shot at a late-night Halloween Party in Clarksville that turned deadly. Police say 19-year-old Aaron Thomas Brice of Silver Spring, was found dead at the scene early Sunday. Twenty-two-year-old Nathaniel Quick of Columbia was taken to the University of Maryland …

NEW DELHI – At least eight children drowned Wednesday when a boat carrying at least 35 students capsized in southern India, police said. Rescue workers were searching for the other children and their fate was not immediately known, said Vasudev, a local police official who uses only one name. The …

LOS ANGELES – University of California police have arrested 14 noisy protesters and dispersed dozens of others outside a meeting at UCLA where the regents committee approved a 32 percent boost in student fees at University of California campuses. Scores of protesters chanted outside the building as the university Board …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” September 1, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Well, they’re angry about health care, angry about taxes, angry about the exploding size of our government, and they …

The Cayman Islands is sacrificing beauty for bucks. The government is telling beauty pageant participants that all contests have been postponed until the economy improves. The move is expected to save some $120,000 — a small windfall for one of the world’s largest tax havens, but which is struggling with …

Cindy Crawford is offering a rare glimpse into her former life with actor Richard Gere, detailing how dating and eventually marrying an older man impacted her lifestyle. “I think I was 22 when we met and in the beginning of a relationship when you’re a young woman, you’re like, ‘You …

Aaron Rodgers may have left Green Bay, but that doesn’t mean he’s not watching the team he spent 18 seasons with. The star quarterback is currently rehabbing an unfortunate torn Achilles he suffered after just four snaps with the New York Jets, but he’s keeping tabs on the Packers and …