It was still dark when Stan Brock began calling out numbers on his megaphone to admit a crowd of hundreds gathered at a Los Angeles sports arena Tuesday morning. "We opened the door at 5:30 and there were 600-odd people already gathered," he told CNN. Over the last week, thousands seeking free medical care have turned up at the mobile health care clinic set up by Remote Area Medical, a non-profit organization founded by Brock. Tuesday marks the final ...

Cardiologist Steven Greenberg keeps tabs on his patients around the clock, but he doesn't have to lose much sleep to do so. Greenberg is able to monitor his patients daily, thanks to a device billed as the world's first wireless pacemaker. The pacemaker communicates with a monitoring system in the patient's home, vital information is then gathered and automatically relayed to Greenberg's office. Greenberg became the first doctor to implant the pacemaker in an operation which happened in the ...

For three days in August 1969, 400,000 people gathered on a dairy farm in upstate New York to listen to rock 'n' roll. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair boasted performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Who and Jefferson Airplane. But the festival is most famous for exuding a harmonious, we-are-all-one attitude that rain, traffic jams and overcrowding could not dispel. In honor of the festival's 40th anniversary, a new documentary, Woodstock: Now and Then, airs Aug. 14 ...

The drama continues with the "Real Housewives of Atlanta," both on camera and off. Despite reports that Lisa Wu Hartwell and husband, Ed, were evicted from their Atlanta home, the housewife tells PEOPLE.com, "We chose to move, we were not evicted." Adds Hartwell, 38, "It was decision that we made and not one that was made for us. But we were not put out." As for the TMZ report that the couple defaulted on their bank loan, she ...

Laura Ling and Euna Lee are back in the United States after President Bill Clinton flew to North Korea to negotiate the journalists' release. NEW YORK (CNN) -- Laura Ling and Euna Lee are back in the United States after President Bill Clinton flew to North Korea to negotiate the journalists' release. Bill Clinton agreed to go on the mission but made it very clear that this was purely a humanitarian effort. Clinton also wanted to make sure there was ...

Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father, President Johnson, with what she considered a reasonable request. "I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House," she recalled. "I was very excited about it." His response A decisive no, "without even any moment of trying to soften the blow," Johnson said in a recent phone interview. The president thought the move would be viewed as self-serving. His ...

Bad news, American Idol fans: This year, it's Paula Abdul who won't be getting the chance to go to Hollywood. During the same prime-time Tuesday time slot so familiar to the show's millions of fans, the high-drama American Idol judge updated her personal Twitter page with news that she was leaving the popular reality show. "With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to #IDOL," Abdul posted to her account around 7:30 p.m. on the west coast. ...

Coagulated sheep's blood. Pig knuckles. Snake bile. Fried crickets. Sound like ingredients you might see bubbling away in a caldron, right? Well, these are just some of the unusual items Zane Lamprey has eaten -- yes, eaten -- during the course of his day job. No, he's not a human garbage disposal. Lamprey is a 37-year-old comedian who hosts a TV program about drinking, "Three Sheets." The show follows him all over the world as he samples local libations. ...

"American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi will be back on the show next season, officials announced Monday. The Grammy-nominated songwriter will return as a judge for the show's ninth season, which is set to premiere in January 2010, according to an announcement made by Fox, 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. "American Idol" airs on Fox, and the other two companies oversee the popular talent competition. Despite less-than-glowing reviews of DioGuardi's judging last season from some fans, "Idol" creator and executive ...

What a difference a few weeks can make. There was a time when fans of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" sympathized with Jon Gosselin, the seemingly beleaguered father of twins and sextuplets whose wife appeared to nag and belittle him before millions of viewers. Even when there were allegations of infidelity on Jon's part, some fans rushed to his defense with the justification that perhaps he was driven to it by wife Kate's behavior. But since the couple has announced ...