World May 19 Workers Killed as China Mourns Quake Victims More than 200 workers repairing quake-shattered roads in China's Sichuan province were buried over the past three days by mudslides, state media reported Monday as millions of Chinese people paused to mark the first week since the deadly quake.
Science May 16 Six Years On, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Slowly Moves Forward Energy Department officials confirmed this week that they plan to submit an application in June to license the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump as the nation's first spent-nuclear fuel repository.
Economy May 16 Oil Tops $127 but Saudi Arabia Declines to Increase Production As oil soared to a record-high $127 a barrel on Friday, Saudi Arabia's leader rebuffed appeals by President Bush to increase oil production, saying they did not see enough demand to warrant increased output.
Nation May 16 Cities Are Looking to Share and Share a Bike European style bike-sharing programs are soon coming to U.S. cities.
World May 16 More Rain Threatens Cyclone Victims' Well-Being Survivors of the cyclone that ravaged Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta have received little emergency aid from the country's ruling military junta, though government officials insist their relief operations are running smoothly.
Politics May 15 Deal Reached to End Fighting in Lebanon Standoff Arab mediators brokered a deal on Thursday to end days of fighting between the government and Hezbollah after the government's ruling coalition backed down on two measures that infuriated the opposition.
Politics May 15 California's Top Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban The Supreme Court in California ruled Thursday that barring lesbian and gay couples from marrying is unconstitutional, clearing the way for the nation's most populous state to join Massachusetts as the second state to allow same-sex marriages.
World May 15 Death Toll in China Quake Could Soar to 50,000 China said the death toll of the 7.9 magnitude quake that ravaged the country's central Sichuan Province on Monday could reach 50,000 as the government made a rare appeal to its citizens to help the rescue operation.
Economy May 14 Inflation Pressures Ease with Small Rise in CPI The overall Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in April, the Labor Department announced Wednesday, a smaller-than-expected rise despite the highest jump in food prices in 18 years.
World May 14 Helicopters Drop Food to Isolated Earthquake Survivors in China As the official death toll in China's massive earthquake neared 15,000 Wednesday, military helicopters dropped food and medicine to survivors who remained cut off in remote mountain villages.