Stress on the job may take its toll on your heart. A new study shows workers who report high levels of job stress have increased levels of an inflammatory marker linked to heart disease. Researchers found that workers who felt they had little or no control in their jobs had …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Sunday that it has no plans to resume uranium enrichment (search) soon but warned that it might change its mind if the International Atomic Energy Agency (search) asks the U.N. Security Council to consider sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The 35-nation board of the U.N. …

NEW YORK – Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC) , the No. 2 U.S. electronics chain, Tuesday posted a surprise second-quarter profit, helped by strong sales of plasma TVs and other digital products. Shares of Circuit City, which is trying to stem more than four years of market-share losses to top-ranked …

BEIJING – Negotiations aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons aspirations resumed Tuesday after a monthlong recess, but prospects for progress were uncertain as Pyongyang (search) remained insistent on its right to a civilian atomic program. Envoys from China, Japan, Russia, the United States and the two Koreas gathered at …

NEW ORLEANS – The last bedraggled refugees were rescued from the Superdome on Saturday and the convention center was all but cleared, leaving the heart of New Orleans to the dead and dying, the elderly and frail stranded too many days without food, water or medical care. No one knows …

Microwave heat — delivered by a futuristic machine — may one day become part of the standard treatment for advanced cervical cancer. The finding comes from 68 cervical cancer patients treated in the U.S., the Netherlands, and Norway. All patients were treated with state-of-the-art chemotherapy and radiation treatment. They were …

The cast of “The Outsiders” (search) was a rare assemblage of young, upcoming talent — in Matt Dillon’s words, “everyone wanted to be cast in it.” The casting, led by Francis Ford Coppola (search) and producer Fred Roos, was untraditional — an all-day affair on a sound stage with actors …

NEW ORLEANS – Nearly 250 police officers — roughly 15 percent of the force — could face a special tribunal because they left their posts without permission during Hurricane Katrina (search) and the storm’s chaotic aftermath, the police chief said. Police Superintendent Eddie Compass (search) plans to assemble a tribunal …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Census Bureau (search) Monday said it awarded Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT) a six-year contract valued at more than $500 million to handle information technology work for the 2010 national census. Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed beat out Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) to win the contract, which will …

Now that we’re looking carefully at the situation with nursing homes in New Orleans (search), it has become apparent that it is not a city where the frail should congregate to spend their final days. The New York Times reported Thursday that in the past when New Orleans was evacuated …