Nation and World
-
All alcohol raises breast cancer risk, experts say
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BARCELONA, Spain -- All types of alcohol -- wine, beer or liquor -- add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday. "Th...
-
Bush: Air travel needs help
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush promised on Thursday to take steps to reduce air traffic congestion and long delays that have left travelers grounded. "Endless hours sittin...
-
Oxygen on Earth longer than thought
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Oxygen, key to life on Earth today, began to appear on the planet millions of years earlier than scientists had thought, new research indicates. An analysi...
-
Poll: Races differ on Simpson case
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Far more whites than blacks say O.J. Simpson will be tried fairly in his armed robbery case and think he is guilty, according to a poll released Thursday t...
-
Soldier says sergeant ordered Iraqi killed
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- A U.S. soldier cried Thursday as he told a court-martial that his staff sergeant ordered him to shoot an unarmed Iraqi. He said the sergeant then laughed and ...
-
A lock of hair may solve mammoth mystery
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Attacking several tons of woolly mammoth with stone-tipped spears must have taken extraordinary courage -- and ancient people left paintings to prove they ...
-
Briefs: Tellabs to lay off 30 in DenmarkSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- Telecom equipment maker Tellabs said in a federal filing Thursday it plans to reduce its work force by the first quarter of 2008. Company spokesman George ...
-
Boeing gets partial order from British Airways
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- British Airways divided its largest aircraft order in nine years between rivals Airbus and Boeing on Thursday as the airline prepares to increase capacity on i...
-
Cool warming, but save economy
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush's climate meeting opened Thursday with its main problem on full display: The biggest polluters -- industrialized and developing nations alik...
-
Senate tacks hate crime bill on war spending legislation
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Democrat-led Senate on Thursday voted to let federal law enforcement help states prosecute attacks on homosexuals, attaching the provision to a massive...