Here's the latest news for Thursday October 29: Obama attends solemn ceremony; Gang rape suspects may be in court; Bay Bridge closed again: Phils take game one. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery just hours before it was to head to the international space station Wednesday because of a hydrogen gas leak that could have been catastrophic at liftoff. (March 11) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 was unveiled Monday in what backers of the venture hope will signal a new era in aviation history. (Dec. 7) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The Chacaltaya glacier ski run in Bolivia - once famous for being the highest in the world - is set to disappear completely within the next few months. (Dec. 7) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled Google Earth-based applications Wednesday to show climate change risks. CalAdapt will let Internet users see the irreversible affect of global warming facing California before they happen. (Dec. 2) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Australian scientists say a new blood test to detect certain types of cancer is offering hope that new forms of treatment will soon be available. (Dec. 1) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
AP's Haven Daley goes inside the Yahoo Accessibility Lab where engineers work to find ways for people with disabilities to use the world wide web. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The Obama administration looks to jump-start mortgage aid, retail expectations remain muted and a check on major league baseball salaries. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Nov. 30) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
50-year-old William Dillon of Satellite Beach, Florida says he's not angry about the 27 years he spent in prison following a wrongful conviction. He was freed based on DNA evidence. (Nov. 6) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Crowds turned out to mark the traditional beginning of the holiday shopping season, Wall Street feels Dubai's pain and crude takes a tumble. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Nov. 27) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts are back on Earth. The shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday morning. (Nov. 27) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression said she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. (Nov. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. (Nov. 25) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Google is documenting the artifacts of Iraq's national museum. Google chief Eric Schmidt toured the museum Tuesday, and said the photographs would be available for viewing online in 2010. (Nov 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Here's the latest news for Monday, Nov. 23: Obama to wrap up Afghanistan strategy meetings; Radioactive dust exposes workers at Three Mile Island; S.C. Governor Sanford facing ethics charges; Homeless man gets trapped in trash. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
President Barack Obama says he will have a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House. (Nov. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Astronauts celebrate a birth on the International Space Station. Randolph Bresnik is now the father of a new baby girl. Abigail Mae arrived just hours after his first spacewalk. Wife Rebecca delivered the six-pound, 13-ounce girl in Houston. (Nov. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Republicans are using their weekly radio and Internet address to criticize health care legislation coming up for a test vote in the Senate. (Nov. 21) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Snowboarder Shaun White tells AP's weekly Video Game Video how his creative impulses influenced his second Wii game. (Nov. 20) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners were announced Thursday in San Jose, CA. (Nov. 19) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Astronomers are constructing one of the biggest, most powerful instruments ever built, capable of peering far deeper into the universe and further back in time than ever before.(Nov. 19) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A streaking fireball briefly illuminated parts of the Utah sky to daylight-level conditions early Wednesday. Surveillance video from an observatory shows a blinding flash of light at 12:07 a.m., followed by clear images of the object. (Nov. 18) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
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