AP
COPENHAGEN – After a week of U.N. climate talks, some money is finally on the table and a draft agreement has been circulated. Now the really hard bargaining begins. Full Story »
A new technology may make it easier for gun owners to improve their marksmanship. Full Story »
AFP
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets or were preparing to march on Saturday calling for climate negotiators in Copenhagen to strike a deal to prevent global warming. Full Story »
Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A group led by Russian energy giant Lukoil won a deal to develop one of Iraq's most attractive oilfields on Saturday, in the country's second auction of contracts that promise to thrust it into the ranks of the world's top producers. Full Story »
NASA
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA has delayed the launch of a space mapping satellite because of problems discovered in a rocket booster steering engine, the US space agency said Friday. Full Story »
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - In a Dec. 8 story about a federal health screening for a genetic mutation associated with a rare blood cancer, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of people in northeastern Pennsylvania who were tested. It was 1,170, not nearly 2,200. Full Story »
SAN ANTONIO - Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumors significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday. Full Story »
ATLANTA - The National Zoo in Washington is getting its new director from Zoo Atlanta. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. - The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will make its museum debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry along the banks of the Willamette River. Full Story »
AFP
MANILA (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters wearing red shirts banged on drums and bamboo poles and sang songs outside Manila's City Hall on Saturday demanding global action on climate change. Full Story »
Wintry weather was expected to persist over the Northeast and New England on Friday, while the Central U.S. could start to warm. Full Story »
Talk about a party-crasher: Just hours after British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveiled a gleaming new commercial spaceship in the California desert this week, hurricane-force winds leveled the gala event's tents. But luckily no one or spaceship was harmed. Full Story »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A mother's genes may be an important factor in the risk of preterm birth, two new studies suggest. Full Story »
AFP
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq struck a deal with Russian energy giant Lukoil on Saturday to develop one of the world's biggest untapped oilfields as part of efforts by Baghdad to dramatically ramp up its crude output. Full Story »
The federal agency in charge of protecting the nation's oceans announced Thursday it is ramping up efforts to expand new rules aimed at lessening the cutthroat competition among fishermen that has threatened dozens of ocean species. Full Story »
New results from a landmark women's health study raise the exciting possibility that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel may help prevent breast cancer. Full Story »
The Senate is poised to clear away a Republican filibuster of a huge end-of-year spending bill rewarding most federal agencies with generous budget boosts. Full Story »
About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked. Full Story »
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