Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:05pm EDT

* Latest in a series of mishaps for space industry

* $265 mln orbiter described as Europe's most powerful ever

(Updates with cost of satellite, expert opinion)…

Chinese websurfers are seen at an Internet cafe…

ATLANTA (AP) — Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that…

At the World Trade Center site, self-styled tour guide Harry John Roland entertains visitors as he shares his knowledge about details of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Harry John Roland, also known as the "World Trade Center man," shares his message with a captive audience in Lower Manhattan. (Carolyn Cole,…

First, they brought you a tea party coloring book. Now the publisher is back with more fun for the whole family.

Just in time for the 10th anniversary of…

Civil libertarian groups have backed away from threats to legally challenge the Bay Area Rapid Transit system's wireless service shutdown last week after the agency refused a repeat amid rush-hour protests that shuttered four San Francisco stations.

By PAUL ELIAS

Associated Press

Civil libertarian groups have backed…

A deputy police chief and a sergeant in Renton have been demoted over a Web cartoon ridiculing city jail staff. Posted on YouTube in January, the video made fun of jail policies and staff and featured a clown refusing to admit into jail a drunken suspect brought in by police.

By Jeff Hodson

Seattle Times staff…

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Jamel Mims, a Fresh Prep instructor, working with students at Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics.

By SHARON OTTERMAN…

Photo of machine-made Shmura Matzo eaten during Passover week. Photo taken on April 12, 2006 by Yoninah

August 11, 2011

Reuters

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that an inmate in a New York jail does not have a constitutionally protected right to matzah and grape juice.

Christopher Henry, who was charged with first-degree sodomy, claimed permanent trauma and malnourishment and requested nearly $10 billion in damages for what he…

(Reuters) - Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move…

When aerosol particles from ship exhaust enter…

Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) wants the CIA and Pentagon to investigate whether the White House gave filmmakers access to confidential information regarding the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal's film project on slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is stirring up…

1:34 p.m. CDT, August 9, 2011

Farzana Ali, left, and Sherali Shalwani were killed on the Reagan Memorial Tollway Saturday by a car going the wrong way. (Family photos)

Cash was…