You have to hand it to Mel Gibson - when he makes a visceral film, he gives you the actual viscera. "Apocalypto," his violent look at the early 16th-century collapse of the Mayan civilization in Central America, begins with a hunting party as it pursues a...

Empire Racing Associates, a finalist in the bidding for New York's racing franchise, released a plan on Monday that the group said would provide the safest racing and training environments for humans and horses at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race...

Dr. William A. Banks, professor of geriatrics at St. Louis University School of Medicine, said his findings, which will be published in the March 2006 issue of Anthrozoos, show there is some truth in the cliche of a dog as "man's best friend."