WASHINGTON (AP) — Take that, moon!NASA bulldozed two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba acknowledged its first deaths from swine flu, saying three pregnant women succumbed to the virus and many more have been treated for symptoms.Deputy Health Minister Jose Angel...
(AP) — Courtesy has dwindled in politics, hurting chances of compromise and pushing voters out of both the Democratic and Republican parties, says former U.S. Sen. John Breaux.He said one reason...
(AP) — Out of the spotlight since his second failed bid for a U.S. Senate seat, Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy has seized an opportunity to regain center stage, and he's upstaging Gov. Bobby Jindal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine had quit firing as militant forces surrounded...
ZHANGLIDONG, China (AP) — Visitors can smell this village long before they see it.More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Twenty families who were sent into exile in Iran by Saddam Hussein following a failed uprising returned Thursday to Iraq, another sign of Baghdad's warming relations with Tehran.Iraq...
(AP) — A Baton Rouge high school has been turned into a movie set, and students and teachers were all abuzz Thursday as Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. stood outside for a scene in the...
(AP) — A spokesman for Gov. Bobby Jindal says the governor has a fundraiser in Texas, to raise money for his re-election campaign.Spokesman Kyle Plotkin said the fundraiser is set for Katy, in suburban...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House vote Thursday put Congress on the verge of significantly expanding hate crimes law to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation. The...
(AP) — The state plans to delay action on three proposals by charter schools to teach courses online, officials said Thursday.The proposals — by one New Orleans charter school and two in Baton...
Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California.NOAA Fisheries officials said Thursday...
