The Queen has struck a deal with Prince Charles to split the proceeds of gold reserves which have been discovered in Cornwall. After prospectors found 'commercial quantities' of the precious metal, royal advisers have decided to resolve a centuries-old …

SCI-FI. Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. BBC1, 23 November. Not only do we get three doctors, all at once – the outgoing Matt Smith, the past David Tennant, and John Hurt as some kind of mystery, filling-the-gap doctor – but also Daleks, zygons and …

In the late 1800s, prospectors rushed to the Colorado Rockies searching for gold and silver. Mineral-spawned boomtowns sprouted faster than dandelions in a mountain meadow, then withered away as veins played out. Their ghostly remains serve as …

With Twitter getting ready to go public, intellectual property expert Maulin Shah of EnvisionIP has been prowling through the company's patent collection, eager to see what special techniques the king of 140-character tweets might be counting as its …

Stanford piles Non the pressure: It's now up to the Brownlee boys to get a gold in the men's event. Matthew Lloyd. Non Stanford has done her bit, now it's up to the Brownlee brothers – her training partners – to complete a fantastic weekend for British …

Its critics will claim that the award is meaningless, that defense cannot be evaluated by statistics and that the voting, by-and-large, is nothing more than a glorified popularity contest. To be sure, past winners have an advantage over those who have …

MEDFORD, Ore. — A man who stole $1.26 million worth of historic gold nuggets, jewelry and other artifacts from a Northern California courthouse has been sentenced to five years in prison. Scott Bailey, 51, of San Pablo, Calif., pleaded guilty to …

An extremely rare $4 gold coin featuring the face of Lady Liberty is being auctioned off later this month in a sale that could fetch millions. The auction house Bonhams is offering 27 valuable coins at a September 23 auction in Los Angeles, Calif. as …

FORT QU'APPELLE, Saskatchewan — From the tee box of the fourth hole, Mark McMorris could spot the small green hill in the distance where, as a young boy, he spent most of his winter weekends snowboarding. Mission Ridge Winter Park has 292 vertical …