
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts inside and out worked to install a porch for experiments on Japan's expansive space station lab Saturday, a major objective made all the more difficult by microphone static that often drowned out the spacewalkers' voices.
If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.
FRANKFURT - The struggle over control of Porsche, the heavily leveraged maker of world-class sports cars including the 911, appears to be coming to an end, according to media reports.
WASHINGTON - New NASA photos of the moon show the leftovers from man's exploration 40 years ago. For the first time, photos from space pinpoint equipment left behind from Apollo landings, and even the well-worn tracks made by astronauts on the moon surface. The images are from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which was launched last month and now circles the moon in search of future landing sites.
NEW YORK - The possible collapse of a key lender is sending panic through the retail industry, threatening to hang up deliveries of back-to-school clothing and other merchandise and throw holiday ordering into disarray.
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.
The world might be knee-deep in cow patties and other animal waste today were it not for dung beetles.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp, the largest U.S. bank, posted a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street forecasts but warned of a fresh surge in soured loans to credit card, mortgage and business customers.
LISBON (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Friday hailed the opening of a joint scientific research center with Portugal as the dawning of a new age of discovery for the two countries.
The heat is on for MBA and undergraduate business student interns in the summer of 2009. After clawing their way into coveted internship positions in one of the most competitive job markets in memory, the real fight for full-time job offers is happening now, halfway through their 10 or so weeks on the job.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts inside and out worked to install a porch for experiments on Japan's expansive space station lab Saturday, a major objective made all the more difficult by microphone static that often drowned out the spacewalkers' voices.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Earnings are set to take center stage again next week as more marquee U.S. companies line up to report their quarterly scorecards and investors decide whether to keep pushing stocks higher.
WASHINGTON - New NASA photos of the moon show the leftovers from man's exploration 40 years ago. For the first time, photos from space pinpoint equipment left behind from Apollo landings, and even the well-worn tracks made by astronauts on the moon surface. The images are from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which was launched last month and now circles the moon in search of future landing sites.
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.

SEOUL, South Korea - Hackers extracted files from computers they contaminated with the virus that triggered cyberattacks last week in the United States and South Korea, police said Tuesday, a sign that they tried to steal information from the victims.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago.
BOSTON - Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.
OAKLAND, California (AFP) - Popular Internet radio service Pandora on Monday confirmed it is getting millions of dollars in new funding in the wake of clinching a deal on music royalty rates.
LONDON (AFP) - Several high-profile figures are considering jointly suing a tabloid following reports of an alleged phone tapping scandal, a lawyer said.
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's intelligence agency Monday downgraded its alert against cyber attacks which had crippled numerous websites and in which North Korea was a suspect.
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