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Galactic Hunt Bags Missing Supernova
At long last, astronomers have found one of the Milky Way's mysteriously missing supernovas.
Phoenix Set to Land on Mars
NASA's Phoenix lander is getting ready to touch down on Mars and begin an unprecedented investigation of the Red Planet's arctic realm.
Space Station Tricorder
Astronauts are using a Star Trek tricorder-like device to keep track of microscopic life forms onboard the International Space Station.
Planets by the Dozen
A NASA-funded survey set to begin in 2008 could dramatically increase the number of known planets outside our solar system.
A Super Solar Flare
In September 1859, a solar flare erupted so intense that the explosion itself was visible to the human eye. A ferocious geomagnetic storm ensued in which Northern Lights descended as far south as Cuba, the Bahamas and Hawaii. Meanwhile, telegraph engineers disconnected their batteries and powered communications by electricity from the auroras! Could it happen again?
Chinese leader visits quake area
Hu Jintao flies to Sichuan Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in Monday's earthquake.
Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capital
At least nine people are killed in a suicide attack in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, the army says.
Eight dead in Philippine robbery
At least eight people are shot and killed in a bank robbery in the Philippines, police say.
Mets' Wagner rips teammates for dodging media
Outspoken closer Billy Wagner ripped truculent Mets teammates Thursday for dodging reporters and ducking their way out of "being accountable" for failing to talk to the media.
USOC still working on TV network for Beijing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee's aggressive plan to start its own cable network is moving forward, though officials are giving no indications that the network will be on the air before the Beijing Olympics, as the federation had once hoped....
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action - she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show....
Burma storm aid frustrations grow
Top aid officials ramp up pressure on Burma, as the military government insists it has cyclone aid under control.
Oil on Bush Saudi agenda
US President George W Bush is due in Saudi Arabia for talks expected to focus of oil prices and Iran.
US marine guilty of Japan assault
A US marine is convicted of assaulting a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
