Science Aug 22 Scientists Announce Potential Stem Cell Breakthrough Harvard researchers announced Monday that they have found a way to fuse adult skin cells with embryonic stem cells, which could lead to the creation of stem cells without having to destroy human embryos.
Politics Aug 22 Remaining Settlers Leave Gaza; Israel Turns to West Bank Jews from the last remaining Gaza Strip settlement were evacuated Monday, concluding Israel's historic pullout after nearly four decades of occupation.
Education Aug 21 Number of Schools Failing to Make Federal Standards Likely to Jump Four years after the federal No Child Left Behind act was signed into law, administrators, teachers and elected officials in many states are struggling to keep up with increasing levels of performance required under the act.
Politics Aug 19 Merck Found Liable in Death of Texas Man in First Vioxx Trial A jury in Texas found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable in the death of a man who took the painkiller Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million.
Nation Aug 19 Militants Fire Rockets At U.S. Navy Ships in Jordan Attackers in the Red Sea port city of Aqaba, Jordan Friday, fired three rockets at U.S. war ships anchored nearby, missing their apparent targets, but killing a Jordanian soldier on land.
Science Aug 18 NASA Delays Next Shuttle Launch to Address Falling Foam In light of what they learned from the space shuttle's return to flight and the reoccurring problem of foam breaking off the external fuel tank during takeoff, NASA officials said they will hold off launching the next shuttle until spring…
World Aug 18 Police Kill Al-Qaida Leader in Saudi Arabia Security forces killed the leader of al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia on Thursday during a gun battle in the western holy city of Medina, the Interior Ministry said.
Nation Aug 17 Triple Bomb Blasts in Baghdad Kill At Least 43 Three car bombers struck near a bus station and hospital in Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding dozens in the worst attack in Iraq's capital in weeks, police said.
Politics Aug 16 Latest Set of Documents Reveals Roberts’ Early Thinking Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Jr.'s past thinking on issues such as abortion and school prayer became somewhat clearer when the National Archives released documents pertaining to Roberts' work as a young lawyer in the Reagan White House.
Nation Aug 16 Engine Problems Down Commercial Aircraft in Venezuela A West Caribbean Airways plane flying from Panama to the Caribbean island of Martinique with some 160 people aboard crashed early Tuesday near a cattle farm in western Venezuelan after experiencing engine problems.