Science Sep 01 Lockheed Wins Contract for NASA Exploration Spacecraft NASA has awarded a multibillion dollar contract to Lockheed Martin to build a manned spacecraft to replace the retiring space shuttle fleet and ferry astronauts to the moon and possibly Mars.
Politics Sep 01 Maryland Democratic Senate Contenders Debate Iraq, Spending The top Democratic candidates for Maryland's open U.S. Senate seat squared off in a debate Thursday, ahead of the Sept. 12 primary to see who will run against presumptive Republican candidate Lt. Gov. Michael Steele.
World Aug 31 U.N. Approves Peacekeeping Force in Darfur, Despite Sudan Opposition The U.N. Security Council approved Thursday the future deployment of more than 20,000 peacekeeping troops to Sudan's troubled Darfur region, despite opposition from the Khartoum government.
Politics Aug 31 President Bush Campaigns for Corker in Tennessee In his tour across the United States to raise support for embattled Republican candidates, President Bush made a fundraising stop in Nashville Wednesday to boost support for Bob Corker.
World Aug 31 Report Finds Iran Defiant of Deadline to Stop Uranium Enrichment An International Atomic Energy Agency report found that Iran continued its nuclear enrichment activities despite demands from the U.N. Security Council to stop research by the Thursday deadline.
Politics Aug 29 Pastors Back Blackwell; Strickland Widens Lead in Polls In the week before Labor Day's traditional fall campaign kickoff, Ohio governor's race has been anything but static.
Nation Aug 28 Shiite Militia, Iraqi Forces Clash in Southern Iraq Fighting between Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and U.S. and Iraqi soldiers left at least 34 people dead and 70 injured in the southern city of Diwaniyah Monday, officials said.
Politics Aug 25 Santorum-Casey Race Going to the Dogs (and Ducks and Gorillas) As if the battle for the U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania was not rough enough, now, it appears, the animals have hit the campaign trail, and are wading into protest politics.
World Aug 24 Top U.S. Diplomat to Lobby Sudan for U.N. Darfur Force Calling an end to genocide in Darfur one of its top priorities, the State Department announced Thursday that it would send one of its top diplomats to Sudan to try to convince the African nation to allow a peacekeeping force.
Science Aug 24 Pluto Demoted to ‘Dwarf Planet’ Status After years of debate over Pluto's planetary status, the International Astronomical Union voted Thursday to classify the celestial object as a "dwarf planet," thereby shrinking the number of major planets in the solar system to eight.