Top headlines:
Ethnic Minorities Key to Burma's Future: As the vast majority of Burmese citizens clamor for change, ethnic minorities could be keys to the countrys future. How theyre planning ahead. ›20:30 6 Oct, Sat
Court urged to choose power over fish: The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let the nation's older power plants draw in billions of gallons of water for cooling without installing technology that would best protect fish and aquatic organisms. ›18:50 2 Dec, Tue
Climate explorers eye poles, Everest: A team of explorers plans to ski to the North and South Poles and climb Mount Everest all within 365 days and with the goal not to conquer but to protect the ice from global warming. ›23:51 21 Nov, Fri
Dow closes down 200 after late tumble: Wall Street turned cautious in the final hour of trading Thursday, sending the Dow tumbling as investors awaited Friday's monthly employment report. ›21:24
Pro-logging mob attacks Brazilian police: A mob enraged by a crackdown on illegal logging trashed a Brazilian government office in a remote jungle city and tried to attack environmental workers, authorities said Monday. ›20:43 24 Nov, Mon
Treasury weighs action on mortgage rates: Department considers plans to intervene directly to force down rates and stimulate the moribund housing market, according to sources. ›08:30
Broken butterfly gets mended, andride south: A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama. ›23:11 20 Nov, Thu
Cops: College adviser ran prostitute raffle: An Ohio State University academic adviser and a real estate agent held a $10-a-ticket raffle that offered an evening with a prostitute who is also a child sex-abuse caseworker, police said. ›23:37 1 Dec, Mon
Saad Hariri on Lebanons Future: Saad Hariri takes up the mantle of his assassinated father, and argues for the world to isolate Syria. ›15:46 12 Oct, Fri
Lawyer: Pierce 'had no idea' Plax had gun: Antonio Pierce didn't know New York Giants teammate Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun last weekend until it accidentally discharged, injuring the receiver in the right thigh, Pierce's attorney said Thursday."He had no idea Plaxico had a weapon," attorney Michael Bachner said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.Bachner said Pierce would cooperate with authorities and testify before a Manhattan grand jury about the incident if asked to testify, which has yet to happen. ›20:48
Vermont named healthiest state, Louisiana last: Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest state, and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new rankings. ›20:06 3 Dec, Wed
The phone that feels the flu before you do: Did your parents tell you to remember your scarf when you went out, so you wouldn't catch a cold? Today, the advice might be: Remember your cell phone. ›22:42 3 Dec, Wed
Measles deaths drop by 74 percent: Measles deaths worldwide declined dramatically to about 200,000 a year, continuing a successful trend, global health authorities reported Thursday. ›16:37
Gross: Banks Claim the Credit Crisis is Over. It's Not.: Banks insist their credit problems are over. Why on earth do investors believe them? ›21:31 9 Oct, Tue
Exercise helps heavy kids control their anger: Sedentary overweight children who start exercising after school become more fit and may also be less likely to express their anger in other aggressive ways, researchers report. ›23:27 3 Dec, Wed
Solar car completes first round-the-world trip: The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global warming. ›13:48
Hirsh: Democracy's Strange Bedfellows: The champions of democracy often share an overly romantic view of how quickly it can flower in hostile soil. ›16:56 11 Oct, Thu
Mars science laboratory delayed to 2011: The Mars Science Laboratory mission, originally slated to launch next year, has been delayed until 2011, NASA announced today. ›17:59
Big solar installation completed in Calif.: Utility officials said the largest solar panel installation in the state has been completed the first of some 150 solar projects planned for warehouse and factory roofs in Southern California. ›16:35 2 Dec, Tue
Judges reject Alaska offshore drilling plan: Federal regulators improperly granted Shell Oil permission for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. ›17:08 21 Nov, Fri
Breast cancer drug may cause tumors to spread: The most commonly used breast cancer drug may cause tumors to spread in a small number of women with low levels of a protein which makes cells stick together, researchers say. ›18:54
Economy brews some trouble for Starbucks: Starbucks warned Wall Street on Thursday that its profit would fall short of analysts' expectations this quarter. ›21:38
Al Gore's Nobel Patrol: A vigilant fan of the former veep keeps watch as the Nobel Committee announces its peace prize. ›15:10 12 Oct, Fri
Male suicide a growing concern in tough times: In today's world, the stressors are out in force: war, debt, joblessness, divorce. A lot of guys are fighting depression and might become casualties of the most needless death: Suicide. ›14:07
