Top headlines:
Animal detectors used to warn drivers: Colorado highway planners are experimenting with the same technology used by some prisons for perimeter security to prevent drivers from colliding with deer and elk. ›19:36 1 Oct, Wed
Radiation rules issued for Yucca site: The EPA said Tuesday that the proposed Yucca nuclear waste dump must be designed to ensure against excessive radiation exposure to nearby residents for up to a million years. ›19:38 30 Sep, Tue
Sundays of Our Lives: Sideline drama kings: Kissing a coach? Crying on the sideline? Kevin Hench can't help but wonder: Shouldn't players be concentrating on the game? ›17:14
NYC restaurants slammed by financial crisis: New York restaurant owners are seeing the first wave of the financial crisis. Analysts say that people are dining out less often, and when they do they are spending less. ›17:42
Evidence is in: Gil Grissom is irreplaceable: Everyones favorite CSI might be leaving the crime lab, but William Petersen's portrayal of Gil Grissom has left an indelible mark on the show. By Paige Newman ›14:02 9 Oct, Thu
Bodies of Somali migrants wash ashore: Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard, the latest such tragedy in one of the most lawless stretches of ocean in the world. ›21:30
Rare turtles fail to produce offspring: She's around 80 years old. He's 100. Breathless scientists watched as the world's most endangered turtles successfully mated. ›17:33 4 Oct, Sat
Norbert nears Mexico's Baja California: Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Hurricane Norbert strengthened and bore down on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. ›22:33
McCain, Obama offer ideas to aid economy: John McCain and Barack Obama outlined modest steps to counter the faltering economy and plummeting stock market on Friday, fresh evidence of the dominant role of pocketbook issues in their race. ›21:44
Topless activists protest EU bullfighting: Animal-rights activists staged a topless protest outside the European Parliament on Thursday, demanding the European Union ban bullfighting and stop aiding the industry in Spain, France and Portugal. ›20:37 9 Oct, Thu
Will gene testing change behavior?: A Silicon Valley gene-testing startup is responding to criticism that the tests could spur bad health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior. ›17:01 9 Oct, Thu
Experts: Half of mammals in decline: One in two mammal species on Earth are in decline and at least one in four are at risk of disappearing, according to a survey released Monday. ›15:14 6 Oct, Mon
Study: Arctic stormier as Earth warms: The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds. ›19:13 7 Oct, Tue
Ike debris threatens Texas wildlife: Tons of debris swept up by Hurricane Ike last month still litter miles of Texas beaches. ›22:21 2 Oct, Thu
'Bra Bandit' strikes again in Florida: The Lee County Sheriff's Office was searching for an individual they say stole 160 bras valued at nearly $6,000 on Thursday from a Victoria's Secret store. ›01:43 7 Oct, Tue
Cambodians saw house in divorce pact: A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. ›12:11
1 in 4 U.S. girls received HPV vaccine: About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday. ›18:51 9 Oct, Thu
Judge sentences rap fan to Beethoven: A defendant had a hard time facing the music. ›15:08 9 Oct, Thu
Extremely drunk R.I. driver pleads no contest: A man who state police said had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit when he was arrested in July has pleaded no contest to drunken driving. ›22:13 6 Oct, Mon
Greenspan pegs housing recovery to early 2009: Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. housing market will begin to recover in the first half of 2009, according to an article he wrote for Emerging Markets magazine published on Friday. ›17:06
Satellite study: Georgia villages 'torched': Hundreds of houses in ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia were torched in August, after Russian troops took control of the area, according to an analysis of satellite images. ›23:07 9 Oct, Thu
Authorities: Man skipped jury duty to drink: Curtis Lemons was supposed to report for jury duty in a drunk driving case. Instead, according to authorities, the 50-year-old Cape Girardeau man skipped the jury duty so he could drink himself. ›22:52 7 Oct, Tue
Wall Streets rollercoaster ride continues: Wall Street capped its worst week ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss. ›22:34
Body Odd: When you can't find your way home: We all get lost, but how many times have you been unable to locate the bathroom in your own house? Researchers report the first case of an otherwise normal patient who can't find her way around anywhere. ›23:56 9 Oct, Thu
