Top headlines:
China implements dairy industry reforms: Alarmed by the growing public outcry and international recalls over its tainted dairy products, Chinas government pledged this week to overhaul the troubled industry by monitoring every link in the supply chain that brings milk from farms to family kitchens. ›19:50 9 Oct, Thu
Top 10 fun fall foliage adventures: Looking to turn over a new leaf on your annual fall-foliage excursion? Trade in subdued oohs and ahs from the passenger seat for wows! and holy cows! by signing-up for a fun leaf-peeping adventure. ›15:38 10 Oct, Fri
Best bets: Oliver Stone's W. hits theaters: Josh Brolin plays President George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's controversial film. Plus: "Secret Lives of Bees," seeking out the "Dirty Jobs." ›19:39 12 Oct, Sun
Card collection includes 6,356 decks: The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics. ›18:07 12 Oct, Sun
YouTube satire is literally hilarious: The tale of Web 2.0 celebrity currently belongs to Dustin McLean of California, who just for kicks and giggles, posted a lyrically literalized version of a-has beloved 1985 video, Take On Me. ›12:41 9 Oct, Thu
American Paul Krugman wins Nobel: Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for his analysis of trading patterns. ›12:09
Where have all the little Plutos gone?: An ambitious project to track down small, icy bodies circling in the far reaches of the solar system has gone cold. Apparently, Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) between two and 17 miles in diameter don't exist. ›17:36 10 Oct, Fri
Insulated from global woes, Iraqi stocks soar: While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming. Investors are seeing gains, especially in the hotel sector. ›19:34 12 Oct, Sun
San Francisco district seeks recognition: In the Tenderloin, corner stores sell more alcohol than food, drug-addled panhandlers shake paper cups at passers-by and churches vie for real estate with strip clubs. ›19:49 12 Oct, Sun
Limit on cold remedies for kids was FDA's idea: When drug makers made an announcement this week that they no longer recommend cold remedies for those under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea. ›01:05 11 Oct, Sat
IMF warns of global financial meltdown: The International Monetary Fund warned Saturday that debt-ridden banks were pushing the global financial system to the brink of meltdown and rich nations had so far failed to restore confidence. ›12:21 12 Oct, Sun
New Yorker: Beyond the Palin: If John McCain loses, or even if he wins, his campaign will be remembered as a tragedy in the Aristotelian sense, in which a hero is ruined through some terrible choice of his own. ›11:25
Many women unaware of obesity-cancer link: Many women don't know that obesity increases their risk of several types of cancer, a new survey published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology shows. ›18:28 10 Oct, Fri
Plan pushed for government to buy bank stocks: With a new trading week dawning, U.S. lawmakers urged quick action by the Bush administration on measures to make direct purchases of bank stock to help unlock lending. ›21:57 12 Oct, Sun
All is forgiven; McCain returning to Letterman: David Letterman and Sen. John McCain will get a chance to make up. ›21:13 12 Oct, Sun
Wildfire burns 2,000 acres near Los Angeles: Fire officials prepared late Sunday for rapid growth of a wildfire blazing 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles with the expected arrival of strong, dry wind gusts overnight. ›03:25
la carte pricing not flying with passengers: When we asked msnbc.com readers what they thought of the "unbundling" of airline services, many were displeased. ›15:37 10 Oct, Fri
YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows: YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp's archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing. ›23:18 10 Oct, Fri
When puppies play, it's ladies first: A new study has found that young male dogs playing with female pups will often let the females win, even if the males have a physical advantage. ›21:36 9 Oct, Thu
Oil rebounds on Europes bank rescue plan: A pledge by European countries to keep banks from collapsing injected optimism into oil markets Monday, with prices rebounding from a 13-month low. ›12:18
Holocaust survivors share love story: He was a teenager in a death camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians. Their eyes met through a barbed-wire fence. ›21:44 12 Oct, Sun
45 slices of pizza ... in 10 minutes: Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse. ›02:50
Space millionaire confident ahead of liftoff: Richard Garriott, a U.S. space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship on Sunday, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to Earth, saying he expected to land safely. ›14:34 10 Oct, Fri
AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments: A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies with experts weighing the value of basic research against human clinical trials after a string of disappointments. ›16:42 12 Oct, Sun
