Gates Says Iran Remains A Threat
The defense secretary today called on Tehran to account for intelligence describing its support for terrorism....
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KB Home Posts Quarterly Loss, But Shares Rise
The home builder KB Home posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss yesterday, sending its shares up, after taking a $343.3 million noncash charge for declining land values....
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You Go To A Fight, And A Boston Pops Concert Breaks Out
In the first half of a concert by the Boston Pops, a fight between two audience members broke out in the balcony....
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Countrywide Warns On Profits And ’prime’ Loans
Countrywide Financial sent shockwaves across the credit industry today when America’s largest mortgage lender declared that the well-publicised problems with its high-risk "subprim...
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Outsize Profits, And Questions, In Effort To Cut Warming Gases
A fast-growing climate plan that pushes foreign companies to clean up third-world factories has revealed hidden problems....
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Science News

Kissing the Earth Goodbye in About 7.59 Billion Years
2008-03-12 05:30 - What exactly will happen to our planet when an aging Sun expands and brightens?

Findings: A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names
2008-03-12 05:30 - Why Marion or Leslie may have better self-control than David, Jennifer or Christine.

Shuttle Launches on 16-Day Mission
2008-03-12 05:30 - The shuttle Endeavour blazed a roaring trail to orbit as a spectacular night launch kicked off a sixteen-day mission to the International Space Station.

Government Reports Warn Planners on Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts
2008-03-12 05:30 - Coastal ecosystems and infrastructure are threatened by climate change, scientists said.

Southern Baptists Back a Shift on Climate Change
2008-03-11 06:01 - A group of Baptist leaders has decided to back a declaration on climate change, saying the Southern Baptist Convention’s previous position on the issue was ?too timid.?

Malcolm McKenna, 77, Fossil Seeker, Dies
2008-03-11 05:30 - Dr. McKenna hunted fossils from the Rockies to the Gobi Desert, from Patagonia to the Canadian Arctic, and published an authoritative classification of mammals.

George B. Litchford Sr., 89, Aviation Inventor, Is Dead
2008-03-11 05:30 - Mr. Litchford had a vital role in the development of the collision warning system now used on every airliner in the United States.

Engineering a Tough Switch: Getting New Yorkers to Recycle Electronics...
2008-03-11 05:30 - As Mayor Michael Bloomberg considers a bill requiring electronic waste recycling, many New Yorkers have no idea where and how to dispose of unwanted cellphones and laptops.

Shuttle Appears Ready for Launch Early Tuesday
2008-03-11 05:30 - Neither technical nor weather issues appear to be blocking the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts early Tuesday morning.

Hormones, Genes and the Corner Office
2008-03-10 05:30 - Though girls and women are triumphing in the classroom, men still largely rule the workplace. Susan Pinker asks why.


 
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