- U.N. climate panel faces major review
10 Mar 2010 at 1:31pm
The world's biggest scientific guns are being called in to mop up after a trickle of unsettling errors in the authoritative reports written by a global warming panel.
- Female WWII aviators honored with medal
10 Mar 2010 at 2:24pm
A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
- Sick ships: Cruises see rise in norovirus cases
10 Mar 2010 at 8:38am
More than 400 passengers were sickened by the norovirus on a Celebrity Cruise lines ship in mid-February. That outbreak of gastrointestinal illness is one of eight to hit cruise ships in 2010 ? with four in just one week, according to the CDC.
- Biden: Palestinians deserve ?viable? state
10 Mar 2010 at 2:48pm
Vice President Joe Biden voices displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement and reassures his Palestinian hosts that they deserve an independent state.
- Tainted ingredient sold after salmonella found
10 Mar 2010 at 2:39pm
The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.
- Actor Corey Haim dies at age 38
10 Mar 2010 at 12:40pm
Haim had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, Police Sgt. William Mann said.
- Obama hosts Haitian President Preval for talks
10 Mar 2010 at 12:48pm
President Barack Obama is renewing America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he understands the situation there "remains dire."
- Toyota luring buyers back with incentives
10 Mar 2010 at 10:34am
A high-ranking Toyota executive says the auto company's North American sales spiked around 50 percent the first eight days of March as incentives helped lure customers.
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- German Catholics to investigate abuse charges
10 Mar 2010 at 2:24pm
Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday.
- Massa admits tickling, denies sexual intent
10 Mar 2010 at 11:16am
A day after former Rep. Eric Massa acknowledged tickling a colleague but denied the intent was sexual, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer accused "some people" of seeking to politicize the situation.
- U.S. lays out set of common school standards
10 Mar 2010 at 5:19am
New educational standards say 4th graders should know the difference between poetry and prose, 8th graders must be able to prove Pythagoras? theorem.
- Minority babies set to become majority in 2010
10 Mar 2010 at 6:50am
Demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites.
- NYT: Michelangelo bumped from art chart by ...
10 Mar 2010 at 7:01am
By one new metric, Michelangelo has been bumped from his perch atop the Italian art charts by Caravaggio.
- 'Extreme' 2010 hurricane season possible
10 Mar 2010 at 10:54am
Five hurricanes, two or three of them major, are expected to strike the U.S. coast this season, private forecaster AccuWeather.com said Wednesday.
