Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse are behind an alarming rise in the number of former British soldiers ending up in prison, a report says — and more veterans have had tangles with the law than there are British troops in Afghanistan. The National Association of Probation Officers report, issued Friday, added that most veterans don't receive adequate counseling ...

A Brown University football player has been convicted of misdemeanor assault in connection with a fight in a bar where he was working as a bouncer. David Howard was found guilty of simple assault Tuesday after a two-day bench trial. Judge Madeline Quirk sentenced the ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The future of wind farms and hybrid cars may well hinge on what happens to a 55-acre (22.3-hectare) hole in the ground at the edge of California's high desert. The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the world's richest proven reserve of "rare earth" metals, a family of minerals vital to producing the ...

SECRET BALLOTS IN UNION ELECTIONS

Jack and Suzy Welch are entitled to their own opinions about the Employee Free Choice Act (The WelchWay, May 18). But they are not entitled to their own facts. The act would not eliminate the secret ballot in union elections, as they assert. Rather, the workers would have the right to decide whether to have ...