Nation and World
-
Lander to give Mars its first libraryAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- When NASA's newest Mars lander departs Earth this weekend, it will be carrying the words and art of visionaries from Voltaire to Carl Sagan....
-
Bush invites nations to confront climate change
Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush invited representatives of major industrialized and developing countries to a fall climate change summit in Washington the same week that th...
-
Coast Guard research finds 1 million lives savedAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Everyone knows the Coast Guard has saved countless lives in U.S. waters. Now they've gone back and counted: more than 1 million rescues from the days of wo...
-
More aboard!Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lofty gasoline prices have helped push U.S. public transit ridership to the highest level since the country spawned its highway system in the 1950s -- but th...
-
People in the news
-
Death toll lowered in Minneapolis bridge collapse
-
BP pollution tiff hits Chicago bond underwritersAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A powerful Chicago alderman, upset about oil company BP's plan to release more pollutants from an Indiana refinery into Lake Michigan, says municipal bond und...
-
A million lives savedAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A million lives saved: WASHINGTON -- Everyone knows the Coast Guard has saved countless lives in U.S. waters. Now they've gone back and counted: more than 1 million resc...
-
House votes to pay to have bridge rebuilt
-
Want to waste money? See 'Underdog'Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - "Underdog" on star out of four Opens today Starring As Jason Lee Shoeshine Jim Belushi Dan Unger Peter Dinklage ...