They say time heals all wounds, and new research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates that time spent in dream sleep can help us overcome painful ordeals. UC Berkeley researchers have found that during the dream phase of sleep, also known as REM sleep, our stress chemistry shuts down and the brain processes emotional experiences and takes the edge off difficult memories. The f...

LIMA, Nov 20, 2011 (AFP) - A Peruvian archeologist on Sunday announced the discovery of the remains of 44 infants and young children sacrificed to appease ancient deities in the 14th century at a site in the high Andes near the border with Bolivia. The remains were found near a stone funeral tower -- known locally as chullpas -- in the Sillustani archeological site, located some 1,300 kilometers...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections. The decision announced Monday was expected after her party decided last week to rejoin mainstream politics in long-isolated Myanmar. Nyan Win, the spokesman of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, says she has not yet decided which district she will seek to represent. But he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A man wanted in an investigation of shots fired near the White House was arrested Wednesday in the state of Pennsylvania, a day after agents discovered two bullets had struck the executive mansion while President Barack Obama was away, the U.S. Secret Service said. Law enforcement officers photograph a window at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, as seen f...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The family of an Indiana teenager filed a civil lawsuit against USA Swimming and others Thursday, saying officials didn’t do enough to protect the girl from the sexual assaults by her coach. The suit, filed in Marion County Superior Court, levels accusations against the umbrella group for U.S. amateur swimming, Indiana Swimming, the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Town...

GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Western Black Rhino had led it to declare the species extinct, adding that the Northern White Rhino of centr...

Chinese couples flocked to registry offices to marry on Friday in the belief that the "11/11/11" date is the most auspicious in a century. November 11 has been celebrated as an unofficial "singles' day" in China since the 1990s -- as the date is composed of the number one -- and it is seen as a good day to marry and leave the single life behind. Two newly married couples show their marriage cer...

ROME (AP) _ Silvio Berlusconi survived sex scandals and corruption trials. Tawdry accounts of sexy ``bunga bunga'' parties turned him into an international laughing stock. Prosecutors pursued him over a mind-boggling array of suspected improprieties. Every time he seemed finished, the perma-tanned premier managed to miraculously bounce back. But he just couldn't beat the markets. Italian Premi...