When is the best time to come up with an ingenious idea?

“Through Endangered Eyes” is an inspiring book of poetry and paintings describing the plight of 21 endangered and threatened animals. Written with simple verse, the poems are obviously meant to appeal to children, but the book seems to be written mainly for adults to read to children. Dillon beseeches adults to take action to help save these endangered species and to encourage their children to do the same.

Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.

Advertisements on buses and in movie theaters, television and radio spots, temporary tattoos, T-shirts and stickers are all being used in a media campaign to persuade Virginians to get the H1N1 swine-flu vaccine.

Breast cancer - often regarded as a female illness - can strike women and men alike, and is equally deadly for either gender.

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ABINGDON – It’s perched above the forest floor, where nature sings outside the door, inviting as a place of rest, beside the birds a human nest.

“I want to see it happen,“ said Dean Reganess, a third generation stone mason.

There’s an eerie silence at the edge of the quarry, where barren rock meets the forest’s end.

The economic downturn has prompted people to scale back in a lot of ways.

A year ago, Danville and the rest of the country started feeling the effects of an economic recession.

I have never been a huge coffee drinker, but everyone in my family is. Growing up, there wasn’t a day that our single-cup coffee maker wasn’t working overtime to keep up with the demand each morning.

As the swine flu sweeps through schools and households across the state, many folks feel as if hand washing now rivals time spent playing outside.

Joe Luebbert, a DanChem Technologies Inc. employee, knew he had suffered from congestive heart failure since 1997 but was surprised when he failed his annual physical at work in April.

My husband picked up my purse the other day.

Longtime “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert’s office, complete with Buffalo Bills pennants and a journalist’s clutter, will go on display next month at the Newseum.

Preparing to kick off its 57th season, the Danville Concert Association has four international cultural offerings this year — from a Russian orchestra to a Korean-Danish “musical alliance.”

Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.

You’re walking down the street, looking for a good place to eat. You hold up your cell phone and use it like the viewfinder on a camera, so the screen shows what’s in front of you. But it also shows things you couldn’t see before: Brightly colored markers indicating nearby restaurants and bars.

For late night TV host David Letterman, the question now is whether his personal embarrassment will help fuel further professional triumph.

With harvest season winding down, it’s time for dessert. How about some candy, real candy, from the garden?

For the Danville music and entertainment community, networking is everything.

If you’re still using plain old vanilla marshmallows at your campfire or in your cocoa, you’re out of touch.

While many nonprofit organizations are struggling for support during the recession, the Danville Science Center’s assistant director said the museum’s attendance has actually grown a small amount since last year.

Years ago, in the dim reaches of Danville’s history, various Indian tribes made their home in the area, leaving behind evidences of their lives that tickled the imagination of three brothers living in Schoolfield in the years before World War II.

Every Wednesday night after she and her parents have supper at her grandparents’ house, Logan Prysiaszniuk heads downstairs to her workshop.

One Pittsylvania County resident never worked so hard, yet never felt so happy.

Now that the weather is cooler, it’s a perfect time to head for the largest zoo in our area — the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, N.C.

As the seasons change, outdoor activities for the kids may fall away. Colder weather starts picking away at the countless outdoor options of the summer.

George Washington High School will be hosting the Dixie Classic band competition Saturday, with performances beginning at 1:30 p.m. and going on until after 7 p.m.