Reuters - A collision 160 million years ago of two asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter sent many big rock chunks hurtling toward Earth, including the one that zapped the dinosaurs, scientists said on...

SPACE.com - Several crucial devices aboard NASA's Mars-bound Phoenix lander have passed in-flight testing.

AP - The state Supreme Court removed a potential hurdle to hundreds of Hurricane Katrina lawsuits Wednesday, ruling that allegations hospitals lacked evacuation plans are not medical malpractice...

AFP - The northern tip of the Bay of Bengal, home to tens of millions of people, faces a potential double whammy from an earthquake and tsunami, a scientist warned on...

AFP - The extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago can be traced to a collision between two monster rocks in the asteroid belt nearly 100 million years earlier, scientists report on...

AP - British authorities ruled Wednesday that research using animal eggs to create human stem cells could go forward in...

Reuters - British billionaire Richard Branson said on Wednesday he was hoping to trace missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett through a satellite mapping service offered by Internet data provider...

AFP - World oil prices steadied with prices, underpinned by the US Atlantic hurricane season -- which threatens to damage energy facilities -- and expectations that OPEC will keep its output unchanged at a meeting next week, dealers said...

AP - President Bush urged Pacific Rim nations Wednesday to band together on tackling global warming, saying all major polluters must be part of any solution. But finding consensus among Asian leaders at their annual summit has proven...

AP - Weather around the U.S.A.

AP - Hurricane Henriette threatened Mexico's mainland Wednesday after punishing the Los Cabos resorts, while far to the south, the weakening remnants of Hurricane Felix dumped heavy rain over Central America, forcing thousands to...

AP - A Pacific storm will move slowly eastward from the Northwest to the northern Rockies on Wednesday, bringing showers and thunderstorms to parts of the intermountain West, Rockies and northern Great...

Reuters - Heavy rains from Hurricane Felix soaked the hill country of Honduras on Wednesday, threatening dangerous flooding and mudslides as it approached the capital Tegucigalpa after killing four people in neighboring...

AFP - Anti-whaling campaigners called Wednesday on Australian Prime Minister John Howard to press Japan to stop hunting whales in national waters, drawing a Japanese response not to get...

AP - Pacific Rim business leaders say governments must make polluting more costly to businesses and make investing in expensive energy-efficient technologies more attractive if they want to reduce global...

AP - Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever...

AP - South Korea announced Wednesday that a 30-year-old robotics expert will be the country's first person in space when he flies on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station early next year.

AP - The latest round of tests show that a toxic algae bloom on Geist Reservoir continues with little change in the toxin's levels in the lake, a state health official said.

AP - The name of South Korea's first astronaut — who will fly on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station early next year — will be announced Wednesday, an official said.

AP - Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same...

AP - Wildlife officials counted a record 128 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this summer on Texas...

AP - Britain is considering whether to permit research using animal eggs to create human stem cells — a process that tests the ethical boundaries of cutting-edge scientific...

AP - The rate at which livestock breeds are disappearing is "alarming," a senior official at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Tuesday, warning that precious genes could be lost...

AP - Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever...