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Cosmic Log: Seeing through invisibility: Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: First, scientists developed a real-life invisibility cloak. Now Chinese researchers are working on an anti-invisibility device to see through the cloak. ›22:50 3 Sep, Wed
Defibrillator shock may signal future trouble: A lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests it can also be a sign that more trouble is ahead. ›21:00 3 Sep, Wed
Industry files lawsuit over polar bear rule: Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming. ›00:08 29 Aug, Fri
NYT: Party in power, running as if it weren't: As John McCain accepted the GOP nomination for president, he and supporters sounded the call of insurgents seeking to topple the establishment, even though their party heads the establishment. ›04:34
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
Worst nightmare: Babies stolen from their beds: More new babies kidnapped by strangers are being taken from homes and other public places, even as the number of newborns abducted from hospitals has declined, researchers said. ›12:28 4 Sep, Thu
Cat takes 70-mile trip under owner's truck: Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his. ›13:01 3 Sep, Wed
Huge ice shelf breaks loose in Canada: A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away in Canada's northern Arctic, another indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday. ›02:48 4 Sep, Thu
Alaska voters decide mining over fish: Alaskans were given an option when voting for an initiative in their primary election: mining or fish. ›23:56 28 Aug, Thu
Homicide cops fooled by life-sized doll: Police were trying to determine whether they were the victim of a hoax Tuesday after a "body" they found wrapped at a seaside resort turned out to be a life-sized doll. ›01:11 3 Sep, Wed
AT&T's Northeast wireless data outage fixed: AT&T Inc said on Wednesday that its mobile data services such as Web surfing had stopped working very early on Wednesday, primarily affecting customers in the Northeastern United States and that the company had fixed the problem just before noon. ›14:13 4 Sep, Thu
Rice set to make history in Libya: When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lands Friday in Libya and meets Moammar Gadhafi, she will close a nearly three-decade era of animosity between the United States and Libya. ›08:34
Obama: Iraq surge exceeds expectations: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Thursday that the escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq, which he had opposed, has succeeded in reducing violence "beyond our wildest dreams." ›00:29
Culpepper retires after nine NFL seasons: Daunte Culpepper, who starred for the Minnesota Vikings before suffering a major knee injury in 2005, never returning to his past Pro Bowl form, retired from the NFL on Thursday.Culpepper completed 64 percent of his passes in a nine-year career, with 142 touchdowns. He tried to resuscitate his career with the Miami Dolphins in 2006 and the Oakland Raiders last season, struggling in both of those stops, and wasn't in training camp with any teams this year. ›23:14 04 Sep, Thu
Brazil: Amazon deforestation worsens: Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in a year the first such increase in three years as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday. ›22:19 30 Aug, Sat
AP: Pentagon opposes quicker Iraq exit: President Bush's top defense advisers have advised against quicker troop reductions in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. ›00:02
Cleaner mower, speedboat engines ordered: Gasoline-powered lawnmowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the EPA. ›20:56 4 Sep, Thu
Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating: Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating. ›13:45 4 Sep, Thu
Clicked: A tangled Web at the RNC: Something bothers me about the accusation that Barack Obama has no significant legislation in the Senate to his credit. ›20:09 4 Sep, Thu
An hour of darkness is a real eye-opener: I don't like the dark, and the closest I've come to being blind is taking off my glasses. But what I'm about to experience goes far beyond my astigmatism, and I expect it will widen my myopic world view. ›18:47 3 Sep, Wed
Shuttle hauled to launch pad in Florida: NASA hauled the space shuttle Atlantis to the seaside launch pad on Thursday, hopeful a trio of storms churning over the Atlantic Ocean will steer clear of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ›19:04 4 Sep, Thu
Internet traffic grows 53 percent from 2007: International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday. ›16:08 4 Sep, Thu
Half of cases dropped in polygamist raid: Child by child, Texas authorities are acknowledging that many of the children seized during a raid on a polygamist sect's ranch can safely live with their parents or guardians. ›21:45 4 Sep, Thu
U.K. army to reconsider bearskin hats: After meeting with animal rights activists, the British military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace. ›12:22 3 Sep, Wed
