The bond between Harley-Davidson motorcycles and America's military stretches back to World War I when the Milwaukee-based manufacturer allocated 50 percent of its production for the U.S. armed services.

During World War II, the company produced 90,000 military motorcycles and was presented four silver service stars that signify exceptional performance in the production of war materials....

Veterans Day: a day to support and honor our veterans and troops

Just a few days ago, my father-in-law was laid to rest, a World War II veteran, Pacific Theater, one of possibly a thousand veterans laid to rest across this nation that very day. He was one of a few million American farm boys who saved the world some 60 years ago.

Although numerous, each one is very special. To the ve...

— Mercedes Almada and Valentin Orellana both live in San Francisco Solano, a barrio settled by squatters almost 25 years ago on the fringes of the Argentine capital. They established households on identically sized lots and worked similar blue-collar jobs for comparable wages — she in sewing, he in a factory. They endured the same hardships, including an effort by Argentina's 19...

WASHINGTON -- Got your Tamiflu yet? How about a home respirator and a live-in nurse? If expert predictions of a coming flu pandemic prove right, there's little chance you'll be able to find a hospital bed in which to recover.

Here in Washington, for example, after a long series of hospital closures, there are only 4,346 hospital beds left -- a number that will soon go lower with the clo...

The country is benefiting from the effects of an ambitious new scheme, called Malaysia My Second Home, which launched in 2002 with generous government backing and the aim to drive up numbers of long-term foreign visitors and private property prospectors.

The scheme has steadily been pulling in applicants territories including Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, France, Canada and South A...

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Three days ago, Kimberly-Clark announced a 6% price increase on consumer tissue products, effective early next year. It is the first widespread increase since March 2004, and reflects the considerably higher costs of pulp materials, energy, and distribution.

Kimberly is not alone. Procter + Gamble recently raised family-care products about 6%, which followed hikes in other lines such as C...