Top headlines: What a tangled web space spiders weave: A pair of orb weaver spiders flying aboard the International Space Station have fought a battle with weightlessness and lost. ›21:27 Ford to slash Mazda stake to raise cash: Ford Motor Co. is slashing its stake in Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. by nearly two-thirds, joining other struggling U.S. automakers in selling prized assets to stay afloat. ›14:00 Video: Cleaner coal? Researchers say yes: Nov. 18: An East German energy research team has devised a $100 million pilot plant that burns coal with pure oxygena cleaner process than using air. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.(Nightly News) ›00:02 19 Nov, Wed 140 million-year-old dino footprints found: Bolivian farmer Primo Rivera had long wondered about the dents in a rocky hill near his home. Paleontologists solved the mystery this month: they are fossilized dinosaur footprints the oldest in Bolivia. ›16:05 New mad cow case found in Canada: Canada has confirmed a new case of mad cow disease, its 15th one since 2003. ›22:14 17 Nov, Mon Newsweek: The Obama palace guard: But judging from the kind of people the President-elect is selecting to serve as at the White House, his administration is going to look and feel very differentvery grown upfrom Day One. ›13:38 Newsweek: Emerging powers gain economic influence: In the days before last week's G20 summit, Russia quietly reached out to the governments of China, India and Brazil to coordinate a meeting on the fringes of the main event. It was one of many recent signals that the four nations are emerging as vital players in the global economy. ›22:29 17 Nov, Mon The New Yorker: The perils of efficiency: Four decades after the Green Revolution, and after waves of reforms intended to transform agriculture, were still having a hard time insuring that people simply get enough to eat. ›00:12 Might rock help soak up warming gas?: A rock found mostly in Oman can be harnessed to soak up the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could help slow global warming, scientists say. ›22:38 7 Nov, Fri Video: High drama on the high seas: Nov. 18: Piracy has proven to be a lucrative industry for ocean-bound outlaws, who have raked in more than $50 million in ransom money from the more than 80 cargo ship hijackings this year alone. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.(Nightly News) ›23:54 Victims of bullying may get own school: Planners of Pride Campus never shied away from touting their proposed high school as a haven for gay youth seeking refuge from sometimes hostile traditional classrooms. ›02:21 19 Nov, Wed Escaped inmate returns on his own: Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in. ›17:22 Unhappy people watch much more TV: Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people. ›19:27 17 Nov, Mon Lawmakers choose GOP, Dem leaders for '09: The next Congress took shape behind closed doors Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate elected leaders and conferred on the fates of their frowned-upon colleagues. ›17:59 Cold realities await Gov. Sarah Palin in Alaska: Gov. Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces many challenges as she returns from the campaign trail. ›19:43 National Geographic getting into video games: National Geographic, best known for its yellow-framed magazine and often breathtaking nature shows, is getting into video games. ›00:46 19 Nov, Wed NYPD opens counterterrorism nerve center: The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: men in dark suits, sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors. ›22:30 Lawmakers grill Paulson on bailout plan: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson launched a spirited defense Tuesday of his handling of the $700 billion program and expressed fresh reservations about tapping the pool for mortgage guarantees to relieve skyrocketing home foreclosures. ›21:36 Drilling platforms near national parks?: The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry. ›22:05 16 Nov, Sun Offshore wind power could alter ocean currents: Generating wind power at sea may disturb ocean currents and marine ecosystems, according to a new study. ›19:07 12 Nov, Wed Woman fined in toilet corpse case: A woman accused of helping her religious leader hide a decaying corpse in her toilet so they could collect Social Security was convicted of a misdemeanor in a deal for her to testify against the leader. ›09:08 Violence a political danger for Chvez: Many Venezuelans who once supported the Hugo Chavez are now considering a vote against the president's candidates because of the government's hapless response to rising crime rates. ›09:36 Diabetes could cost U.S. well over $218 billion: As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone. ›13:52 Obama girls visit schools, White House: Malia and Sasha Obama are in Washington with their mother checking out prospective new schools. ›22:16 |
