Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
Sunday, November 22, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday....
Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial
Sunday, November 22, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday....
3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India
Sunday, November 22, 2009
GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Police say three bombs have exploded in India''s restive northeast killing five people and wounding more than 25 others....
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club....
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients
Sunday, November 22, 2009
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force''s largest hospital....
Report: Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 228
Sunday, November 22, 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island....
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
Sunday, November 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare....
Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala
Sunday, November 22, 2009
DETROIT (AP) -- Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty - the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock....