STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Monday awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel jointly to two U.S. men.

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2003 with 71 to follow.

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- South African John M. Coetzee won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday, his works praised for "pregnant dialogue and analytical brilliance."

Today is Monday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2002 with 71 to follow.

In the midst of the 2001 anthrax scare, Congress went back to work. But, Senate office buildings remained closed while the investigation continued and security officials did a sweep for more anthrax spores, similar to that found in the office of Senate Ma

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The Nobel Prize for Literature 2002 goes to Imre Kertesz of Hungary "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbi

DURHAM, N.C., June 3 (UPI) -- Even though doctors have used the explosive nitroglycerin to treat heart pain for more than 130 years, how it works has remained a mystery until now, researchers announced Monday. Scientists have pinpointed the biochemical secrets behind this volatile dru