NASA astronaut becomes father while in orbit on Atlantis
LONDON - NASA officials have announced that an astronaut on the space shuttle Atlantis has become a father while in orbit, when his wife back on Earth gave birth to their baby daughter.
LONDON - NASA officials have announced that an astronaut on the space shuttle Atlantis has become a father while in orbit, when his wife back on Earth gave birth to their baby daughter.
LONDON - Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have made a radical new design of an electrical generator that solves an engineering quandary and promises to be cheaper, lighter and more reliable than anything currently available, possibly bringing about a power revolution.
WASHINGTON - Census of Marine Life scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight - creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid black world down to 5,000 meters below the ocean waves.
WASHINGTON - A team of pioneering South Korean scientists has succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals, which clears the way for the production of eco friendly plastics.
WASHINGTON - Bacteria living on the surface of the skin helps in maintaining its healthy texture, says a new study.
LONDON - In a revolutionary study, researchers have discovered what makes skin cancer grow - a finding that could lead to new ways to prevent the disease from spreading.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Penang state government will send a dietician and counsellor to visit obese Nurhaniza Ahmad, weighing 170 kg, to offer her help.
WASHINGTON - Shakira has admitted that she's desperate to start a family with her fiancee Antonio de la Rua.
LONDON - Spanish experts have come up with a new wonder bra that gives women a lift and massages their breasts.
MELBOURNE - Women nag about their husbands' uselessness because it makes them feel more feminine, a new study has revealed.
LONDON - Football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria rewarded their son with a lizard when he got good grades in school.
CALABASAS, Calif. - Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads.
LONDON - Social networking site Bebo has set up a special onscreen panic button for users to report abuse without delay.
BROMONT, Quebec - A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
WASHINGTON - A butterfly's proboscis resembles a straw -- long, slender used for sipping -- but works more like a paper towel.
NEW DELHI - The row over the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry into the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition led to the Lok Sabha being adjourned till 12 noon Monday.
LONDON - Silvio Berlusconi has landed amid fresh allegations that threaten to further taint his reputation following claims made by an escort girl that she was attacked and threatened after sleeping with the Italian Prime Minister.
CHENNAI - AIADMK general secretary J.
NEW DELHI - The leak of the report of the Liberhan Commission that probed the 1992 Babri mosque razing led to uproar in the Rajya Sabha Monday, leading to adjournment till noon.
SYDNEY - A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city.
KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has defended her decision to rope in intellectuals and theatre personalities into railway committees and their so-called hefty salaries that have come under criticism from the ruling Left Front in West Bengal.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Bryan Bickell scored his first goal of the season 1:12 into the third period, and Antii Niemi made 30 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.
MUMBAI - The scrip of Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, rose nearly 2 percent Monday morning after its weekend announcement that it had bid for a controlling stake in bankrupt Dutch petrochemicals firm LyondellBasell Industries.
SEOUL, South Korea - Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after a decline on Wall Street and as investors hunkered down ahead of a stream of figures that could confirm the U.S.
Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.
NEW YORK - For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.
Chicago 0 0 1-1Vancouver 0 0 0-0 First Period_None.
LONDON - Roger Federer and Andy Murray started the ATP World Tour Finals after the tournament moved from China to Britain, with both earning opening group victories at the eight-man year-end showcase.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - World champions Ryan Lochte and Rebecca Soni won male and female athlete of the year awards Sunday night at the Golden Goggles honoring the year's top American swimming performances.
LOS ANGELES - More than two decades ago, after Larry Bird made a shot from behind the backboard that didn't count in a preseason game, the NBA changed the rule on plays like that.