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Report: Australia's drought to worsen: A decade-long drought in Australias most important crop-growing region is worsening and there is little hope for relief from either saving rains or a new government conservation plan, officials said Thursday. ›09:39 10 Jul, Thu
Hydrogen future doable, experts say: The best-case scenario for a transition to vehicles that run on hydrogen and independence from oil is promising, experts said Thursday in a report requested by Congress. ›18:35 17 Jul, Thu
Video: Officials race to clear Beijings air: July 20: With the Olympics on the horizon, Chinese officials kicked off a sweeping plan aimed at clearing the smog that hangs over the nations capital. NBCs Mark Mullen reports.(Nightly News) ›22:57
'Megafish' explorers seek giant stingrays: A biologist is stalking a huge Cambodian stingray as part of a project that aims to document and protect freshwater giants on six continents. ›23:52 19 Jul, Sat
Ansen on Lars and the Real Girl: Its not smutty, its not snide, its not creepybut what is it? ›16:02 12 Oct, Fri
Will Knicks Scandal Affect Cablevision?: Jimmy Dolan's sports empire is a humiliation. Does that make him unfit to run Daddy's cable company? ›00:00 15 Oct, Mon
Game consoles used to control drone fighters: It looks like the ultimate new video game: the operator on the comfortable leather chair uses dextrous thumbs on a hand-held console to maneuver an aircraft, whose trajectory is shown on three large flat screens. ›18:25 18 Jul, Fri
Book Excerpt: Vegetable Dishes I Cant Live Without: A book excerpt by Mollie Katzen. ›21:49 6 Oct, Sat
Q&A: Policing School Shootings: A disturbed 14-year-old wounds four before killing himself in Clevelandjust another spasm of violence in another bloody year for Americas schools. How to spot trouble before it opens fireand the ongoing debate over blame for a cycle that just wont stop. ›23:25 11 Oct, Thu
Cop fired for demanding free coffee: An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused. ›18:47 18 Jul, Fri
U.S.: Warming worsens health 'disparities': Global warming will affect the health and welfare of every American, but the poor, elderly, and children will suffer the most, according to a new White House science report released Thursday. ›20:13 17 Jul, Thu
Plea deal unlikely before Gitmo war crimes trial: A last-minute plea deal could halt the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay on Monday, but military lawyers and observers say that appears extremely unlikely at this late stage. ›20:58
Burmese Battle Spiritual and Economic Ills: Businesses are struggling, prices are rising and residents are facing a spiritual crisis. An on-scene report from post-protest Rangoon. ›18:10 11 Oct, Thu
Bank loot, gun found in old speaker: An Illinois woman and her son-in-law have discovered thousands of dollars hidden after a 2004 bank robbery in Wisconsin. ›21:34 17 Jul, Thu
Man strips on flight, tries to open exit door: An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a pro soccer team and others, the FBI said. ›23:52 18 Jul, Fri
Sierra Club sullied by Clorox deal?: Some Sierra Club chapters are crying foul, and officers in northern Michigan even quit, after the venerable environmental group signed up with a new partner: The Clorox Co. ›22:11 16 Jul, Wed
Confident Iraq rides U.S. political tides: Confusion over the Iraqi prime minister's seeming endorsement of Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan is part of Baghdad's strategy to play U.S. politics for the best deal possible over America's military mission. ›18:14
33,000 solar panels going atop warehouse: The first of 3.5 million solar panels planned for 150 business rooftops were installed Wednesday in what will be the world's largest solar panel installation, Southern California Edison announced. ›19:01 16 Jul, Wed
Cosmic Log: Tomorrow's Dark Knights: Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: As the Batman saga continues, some of the Dark Knight's once-outlandish technologies are looking more and more realistic. ›22:00 16 Jul, Wed
Pope: Natural resources being squandered: Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday the world's natural resources were being squandered by "insatiable" consumption and urged people to care more for the environment. ›15:29 17 Jul, Thu
Drugs: Meet Mexicos Suspected Queenpin: Sexy, stylish and female. Meet Mexicos unlikely druglord suspect. ›22:00 10 Oct, Wed
Hollywood apes being sent to sanctuary: Filmmakers looking for an ape may be left scratching their heads after Hollywood's sole supplier of orangutans decided to quit renting them out and will instead send his six to a sanctuary. ›23:20 16 Jul, Wed
Africa's women last and least in food crisis: Women grow the food, fetch the water, shop at the market and cook the meals. But when it comes time to eat, men and children eat first, and women eat last and least. ›08:22
Black market iPhones big in Russia, China: In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone. ›17:09 18 Jul, Fri
