Advancing Atlantic swallows African village: The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was washed away so often they abandoned it. ›14:13 26 Aug, Tue
Space station dodges controversial junk: For the first time in five years, the international space station changed course on Wednesday to avoid a piece of space junk in this case, satellite debris that the Russians have insisted wasn't there. ›20:39 28 Aug, Thu
NYT: New hope 45 years after King's dream: Many veterans of the March on Washington will gather at televisions Thursday night and watch an event they would have considered impossible not just in 1963, but perhaps in 1983, or 1993. ›04:36 28 Aug, Thu
Obama's big speech a high-tech blitz: Forgive some of the 75,000 people amassed at Invesco Field Thursday if their thumbs are a bit weary by the time Barack Obama takes the stage for a triumphant acceptance of his presidential nomination. ›02:30
Koreans condemn LPGA's English-only rule: The LPGA sparked a national conversation with its new English proficiency evaluation, and it didn't take long for the news to travel East. ›03:58
Why is it so hard to swat a fly?: The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. ›23:27 28 Aug, Thu
Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific: Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land. ›14:54 28 Aug, Thu
NYT: For a new political age, a self-made man: Some of the same qualities that have brought Barack Obama just one election away from the White House may be among his biggest obstacles to getting there. ›15:17 28 Aug, Thu
Technology Review: 2007 Ford Expedition: Ford's full-size SUV is big on conveniences and standard features. ›07:00 19 Oct, Fri
McCain to appear with VP nominee Friday: The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain sought to siphon attention from Democrat Barack Obama's show in Denver by playing coy about his pick for vice president. ›20:27 28 Aug, Thu
Margaritas and politics: Strangers get acquainted over margaritas and politics talk. ›22:40 25 Aug, Mon
Videogaming enters the third dimension: Videogamers, your glasses to transport you into three dimensional space. ›18:05 28 Aug, Thu
How the Amazons lost cities worked: Researchers explain how an urban culture flourished 1,500 years ago in what are now the overgrown jungles of the Brazilian Amazon. ›18:00 28 Aug, Thu
Apple's image still shines despite woes: Even as iPhone griping rages online, it looks like Apple's sterling reputation will emerge untarnished. ›21:40 28 Aug, Thu
NYT: McCain to reveal his VP pick Friday: NYT: Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with Mr. McCains campaign said Wednesday. ›00:55 28 Aug, Thu
Forcing English on LPGA is un-American: The LPGA is creating a language barrier: English only. In a global game, nothing could be more un-American, Mark Kriegel says. ›16:39 28 Aug, Thu
Too little too late? Giambi rallies Yanks past Sox: ›20:31 28 Aug, Thu
Dungy expects Manning back for opener: Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy expects star quarterback Peyton Manning to play in their NFL regular-season opener against the Chicago Bears next week."I would be shocked if he's not there (a week from) Sunday," Dungy said after Thursday's preseason finale. "He would have to have a dramatic setback. Right now, every step we've taken has been good. ›04:22
NFL fully reinstates Cowboys' Pacman: Adam "Pacman" Jones has been cleared to play for the Dallas Cowboys this season.The cornerback-kick returner was suspended all last season, when he was with the Tennessee Titans, because of an accumulation of arrests and legal problems. He was traded to the Cowboys in April, then allowed by commissioner Roger Goodell to join the team in training camp and in preseason games.Goodell, however, was still waiting to decide whether to let Jones play in the regular season. ›00:06
Speed limit likely around Atlantic right whales: The government on Monday recommended a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence. ›00:28 26 Aug, Tue
Bush may create largest protected area: President Bush on Monday said he was considering creating two protected marine areas in the Pacific Ocean one of which would be the world's largest, covering an area almost as large as Alaska. ›23:45 25 Aug, Mon
Drunken-driving deaths fall in 32 states: Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states. ›22:06 28 Aug, Thu
New Orleans asks: Will levees hold?: Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold? ›22:43 28 Aug, Thu
Stuck pin delays shuttle's trek to launch pad: NASA engineers successfully freed a stuck metal pin on the space shuttle Atlantis late Tuesday, but the work delayed plans to roll the spacecraft out to its Florida launch pad this week. ›19:05 28 Aug, Thu