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NASA rover changes path to Mars

Jan 11, 2012 / 7:39 pm

NASA's latest rover to Mars fired its thrusters Wednesday to adjust its course to the red planet for a landing in August. Deep space antennas tracked the...

US denies killing of Iranian scientist

Jan 11, 2012 / 7:37 pm

The United States denied any role in Wednesday's killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist, the latest in a series of events that have exacerbated tensions...

Pandas: one 'paw' closer to release

Jan 11, 2012 / 10:52 am

If you go into the woods today . . . . six pandas bred in captivity wandered into an enclosed nature preserve in their native central China on Wednesday, a step...

5 yrs. & 47K killed in Mexico drug war

Jan 11, 2012 / 10:38 am

More than 47,000 people have been killed in drug violence in the five years since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown against drug cartels,...

Man suing over wedding photos

Jan 11, 2012 / 7:17 am

It may come across as an extreme case of nuptial nostalgia: A now-divorced man saying a photography studio should pay to recreate his wedding to make up for...

Car bomb kills nuclear expert

Jan 11, 2012 / 7:13 am

Two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and his...

Poachers kill 8 rhinos in a day

Jan 11, 2012 / 7:10 am

South African rangers say they have found eight dead rhinos that had been stripped of their horns, an unprecedented one-day toll. Reynold Thakhuli, South...

Syrian president vows crackdown

Jan 10, 2012 / 10:41 pm

By turns defiant and threatening, President Bashar Assad is vowing to use an "iron hand" to crush what he called the terrorists and saboteurs behind...

US fires drone into Pakistan

Jan 10, 2012 / 10:39 pm

An American drone strike killed four Islamist militants in Pakistan, the first such attack since errant U.S airstrikes in November killed two dozen Pakistan...

Thai official demoted over pat down

Jan 10, 2012 / 10:30 pm

A Thai customs official has been demoted over a YouTube video that shows him hitting an airport security officer while refusing to be patted down. Footage from...

North Korea offered food for nukes

Jan 10, 2012 / 10:28 pm

North Korea says that before Kim Jong Il's death the United States offered to provide food aid if Pyongyang halted its uranium enrichment program. North...

Earthquake prompts tsunami warning

Jan 10, 2012 / 11:58 am

A powerful earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning. There were no immediate reports of...

Fired for faking daughters death

Jan 10, 2012 / 11:57 am

A New York City school employee forged a daughter's death certificate to get extra vacation time in Costa Rica and has since been fired, according to a...

US drug agents helped launder millions

Jan 10, 2012 / 5:30 am

Mexico's government allowed a group of undercover U.S. anti-drug agents and their Colombian informant to launder millions in cash for a powerful Mexican...

Ten feet of snow in three weeks

Jan 10, 2012 / 5:00 am

One town is buried in snow. Another is iced in. This year's winter is being meaner than usual for at least two Alaska communities. Now, residents are...

Sorry we sterilized you - here's cash

Jan 9, 2012 / 8:08 pm

RALEIGH, N.C. - It's a question that has not been answered before and doesn't have an easy solution: How do you repay people for taking away their...

13 bodies found at Mexican gas station

Jan 9, 2012 / 7:45 am

Police in western Mexico have found 13 bodies at a gas station in the state of Michoacan. Michoacan state prosecutors' spokesman Jonathan Arredondo says...

Police smuggle bomb onto Olympic site

Jan 9, 2012 / 7:39 am

U.K. police managed to smuggle a fake bomb into Olympic Park in a security test, overshadowing a special U.K. Cabinet meeting held at the park Monday marking...

Coast Guard & Russia to the rescue

Jan 8, 2012 / 6:39 pm

A Russian tanker is inching through thick ice in the Bering Sea en route to delivering fuel to the iced-in western Alaska city of Nome. The U.S. Coast Guard...

Bungee cord snaps, Aussie hits river

Jan 8, 2012 / 6:36 pm

An Australian tourist bungee jumping in Africa plunged 365 feet (111 metres) into a river when her cord snapped, but she managed to swim to safety with a broken...

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