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Ritchie rocks again with latest crime romp: With RocknRolla, writer-director Guy Ritchie returns to the sort of gangster tale that shot him to fame, presenting a big, boisterous ensemble of lovable low-lifes doing anything they can to score a buck or rub out an enemy. ›14:28
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
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
Stinkweed tested as future biofuel: Some farmers have agreed to grow the hardy weed called field pennycress a.k.a. stinkweed to help test a potential new source of fuel for the booming biodiesel market. ›14:58
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
More homeowners collect, store rainwater: Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a roosting chicken, and pointed to a shiny metal gutter spout. ›15:16
U2 pushes release of new album to early 2009: Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material. ›14:54
Was Palin's SSN published on the Web?: Part of vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Social Security number apparently was published on the Web earlier this week, stirring up privacy concerns. ›13:09
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm: Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away. ›14:07
Michael Moore to release film online for free: Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. The film, Slacker Uprising, follows Moores 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. ›20:23 4 Sep, Thu
Canada's oil rush comes with critics: The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. ›19:44 29 Aug, Fri
Man denies killing Kutcher's former girlfriend: An air conditioning repairman pled not guilty Thursday to the murders of two women, including a former girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher. ›01:21
Britney will open VMAs, but wont perform: MTV Networks Music Group President Van Toffler said Wednesday, itll be something fun and unexpected on Sunday nights show. ›00:14 4 Sep, Thu
Comcast appeals FCC Web-blocking decision: Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the government's authority to regulate the Internet. ›18:26 4 Sep, Thu
Anthony Edwards to return to E.R.: Anthony Edwards will reprise the role of Greene, who died of a brain tumor at the end of the 2002 season, in flashback scenes in the Nov. 13 episode, NBC announced Thursday. ›23:35 4 Sep, Thu
Google is world's most powerful 10-year-old: When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. ›16:39
Simpson goes to trial in Vegas: O.J. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart go on trial Monday in Las Vegas on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. ›14:59
Brazil Indian reservation targeted for breakup: The future of Brazil's traditional Indian cultures was under challenge on Wednesday as Brazil's Supreme Court began hearing arguments on whether to break up a vast Amazon reserve. ›22:55 27 Aug, Wed
School shooter jailed over new charge: A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge. ›09:22
Cell phones welcome in some classrooms: Cell phones have long been anathema in the classroom, banned as a potential distraction, at best, and as a possible vehicle for cheating, at worst. But lately, educators have begun changing their tune on mobile phones. ›13:15
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
'Help me!' Bird's cries draw police: Cries for help inside a house in New Jersey turned out to be nothing but a talkative cockatoo. ›15:11
Facebook to test N.J.'s Web safety icon: The popular social networking Web site Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one developed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. ›15:08 4 Sep, Thu
Lobbyist Abramoff gets 4 years in prison: A federal judge has sentenced disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to four years in prison. ›20:32 4 Sep, Thu
