SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Callers to a state road-construction information line Thursday might have been surprised to hear, "We love nasty talk as much as you do."

The Illinois Department of Transportation intended newly installed signs along the Dan Ryan Expressway, which will undergo major reconstruction starting later this month, to instruct motorists to call a toll-free number for inf...

Well, well, Michael Douglas certainly has some opinions about celebrity romances.

"I don't know about Brad Pitt," says Douglas, "leaving that beautiful woman [Jennifer Aniston] to go hold orphans for Angelina [Jolie]. I mean how long is that going to last?"

It's an odd comment, coming from someone who himself is a "Messenger of Peace" for the United Nations. Pitt's rep declined t...

Regan Hofmann Tapped As New Editor in Chief of POZ Magazine

Hofmann assumes her new role at a critical time in the changing landscape of HIV. After 25 years of HIV/AIDS awareness, the country faces still staggering increases in the numbers of new HIV infections. In 2005 alone, there were more than 40,000 new infections in the U.S., including higher numbers of women and people of color th...

You started your business because you wanted to be your own boss. But your business is growing so fast, you need some help. So in addition to being your own boss, you're going to have to be someone else's boss, too. You're going to have to hire your first employee.

Chances are you'll be facing the task by yourself. You'll have to play the roles of recruiter, interviewer, negotiator, ...

Public safety officials say human trafficking has come to Minnesota. They don't have enough information on exactly how many victims of this modern form of slavery are here, but they believe it's probably more than 100.Traffickers bring victims to the United States by fraud or coercion, and compel them to work in the sex industry or as forced laborers. A Senate anti-trafficking bill is expecte...

"Know your audience." It's one of the most important principles for a comedian to follow. If Dave Attell knows anything about UB students, it's that we are perverse, offensive and shameless.

Comedian Dave Attell, known as the "Insomniac" for his late-night Comedy Central series, came to the Center for the Arts on Friday with his signature hobo beard, working boots and brash humor.

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