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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
With the late morning liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Watkins became the first Black woman to lea…
'Frozen zoo' helping endangered species
ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) - Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, ma…
KB Home: New home orders up 25 percent
NEW YORK (AP) - In a fresh sign of the recovering U.S. housing market, KB Home said Wednesday that its orders for new homes so far in its current quarter jumped 25 percent compared with the same period a year ago.
Big Brother bound?
NEW YORK - Those days of calling your bank to let them know that, yes, you really are in Thailand, and yes, you really did use your credit card to buy $200 in …
Trouble in the Tri-Cities
PASCO, Wash. (AP) - Officers involved in the investigation of a deadly police shooting in southeastern Washington pleaded with the public on Friday to not make…
Facebook isn't forever
NEW YORK - Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife.
'You are not forgotten'
WASHINGTON - Acknowledging the struggles of the nation's veterans, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation intended to reduce the high rate of su…
Year of the recall
DETROIT (AP) - For the U.S. auto industry, 2014 was the year of the recall.
Partial West Coast port shutdown looms
LOS ANGELES - Troubles on the West Coast waterfront are getting worse.
Congress clears Keystone XL pipeline bill, setting up veto
WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled Congress cleared a bill Wednesday to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure.
The future of food?
Printed pastries with individually tailored nutrient levels. Ravioli that assemble themselves. Wedding cake toppers that are exact, tiny, renditions of the hap…
Tarmac delays fell to lowest level in 2014
There were no super-long tarmac delays for airlines in December, making 2014 the best year on record for the fewest such incidents.
Snowstorms test transit systems
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - The hardy side of Boston might not extend to its aging public transit system.
Burger King released from suit over needles in sandwich
HONOLULU (AP) - A retired soldier who filed a lawsuit saying there were needles in his Burger King sandwich has reached a settlement with the fast food chain.
Oil on wild ride
NEW YORK - The price of oil is on a wild ride, and there is little agreement on where it's headed.
High winds scrap SpaceX launch again
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Dangerously high winds kept a deep-space observatory grounded Tuesday and put off a radically new landing test of the booster rocket.