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WASHINGTON – Environmental groups and industry seem headed for another battle over regulation of greenhouse gases, as President Barack Obama said he will look for ways to control global warming pollution other than Congress placing a ceiling on it. Full Story »
Older Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts, according to new research. Even so, Americans live just as long, or longer, than their cousins across the pond. Full Story »
BRUSSELS - Environmental activists say car makers are cutting their fleets' carbon dioxide emissions faster than expected. Full Story »
BOSTON - A utility official says a home in Boston exploded after construction crews accidentally struck a natural gas line. Full Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - Foul weather has delayed the scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery until Friday, NASA said. Full Story »
AP BEIJING (Reuters) - China's quarantine bureau confirmed on Tuesday it had discovered traces of an unapproved genetically modified organism (GMO) in a U.S. corn cargo and had refused it entry into China. Full Story »
AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Storms prevented Discovery from blasting off on its final journey Thursday, the latest in a series of postponements for NASA's oldest and most traveled space shuttle. Full Story »
AP ATLANTA - A giant panda gave birth to her third cub Wednesday at Zoo Atlanta, one of only four U.S. zoos that house the endangered animals. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. - The U.S. Forest Service has found a new branch of crime-fighting. A study by the service has found less crime occurs in neighborhoods with big trees in the yards and on the streets, and more crime at homes with smaller trees. Full Story »
AP A complex weather system was forecast to produce plenty of active weather throughout the eastern third of the nation Thursday. Full Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Stormy weather forced NASA to delay the launch of the space shuttle Discovery for at least one more day, the latest in a string of setbacks for what will be the spacecraft's final mission. Full Story »
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental cancer drug is proving effective in treating the lung cancers of some patients whose tumors carry a certain genetic mutation, new studies show. Full Story »
Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Viktor Chernomyrdin, who founded the world's biggest gas company Gazprom and helped steer Russia through the chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, died Wednesday aged 72. Full Story »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA has decided to press on with plans to launch the space shuttle Discovery on its final mission Thursday after evaluating a last-minute electrical glitch on the spacecraft, but a dismal weather forecast looms ahead. Full Story »
A Romanian Gypsy woman whose 10-year-old daughter just gave birth in Spain says she's delighted to have a new granddaughter and doesn't understand why the birth has shocked anyone — let alone become an international sensation. Full Story »
U.S. stocks index futures rose on Thursday as more monetary stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve aimed at boosting the ailing economy fueled investor risk appetite. Full Story »
AT&T Inc., the country's largest telecommunications company, on Thursday said it is setting up a division to target the health care industry, hoping to have a significant seat at the table when industry adopts electronic medical records, doctor's visits by video-conferencing and wireless gadgets like remote glucose monitors. Full Story »
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