Toyota to suspend car production in Japan: Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March as it grapples with shrinking global demand. ›14:20 6 Jan, Tue
Tenn. gov. pledges more oversight of ash ponds: Tennessee's governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that released more than a billion gallons of ashy sludge. ›01:37 1 Jan, Thu
Great Barrier Reef's coral growth is slowing: The growth of coral in the Great Barrier Reef has slowed to the most sluggish rate in at least 400 years and signs point to manmade greenhouse gas emissions as the culprit, according to a new study. ›19:00 1 Jan, Thu
Sons find dads submarine, sunk in 1942: Jim Abele commanded a U.S. submarine that disappeared off the coast of Alaska in 1942. Last fall, the Navy confirmed that after a seven-year search, Abeles sons had solved one of World War II's biggest mysteries: the final resting place of the USS Grunion. ›22:00 1 Jan, Thu
Obama designer Pinto sticking to Chicago: Despite being a Michelle Obama fashion favorite, Maria Pinto stresses that her clothes are for real women, not just ingenues who are here today and gone tomorrow. This may be why the Chicago-based designer hasn't campaigned to become a household name. ›20:46 5 Jan, Mon
Stranded sea cow saved by Filipino fishermen: Filipino fishermen rescued an endangered sea cow, pushing it back into open water after it was stranded off a beach in the western Philippines, conservationists said Tuesday. ›12:55 6 Jan, Tue
Did Earth's twin cores spark plate tectonics?: It's a classic image from every youngster's science textbook: a cutaway image of Earth's interior. The brown crust is paper-thin; the warm mantle orange, the seething liquid of the outer core yellow, and at the center the core, a ball of solid, red-hot iron. Now a new theory aims to rewrite it all by proposing the seemingly impossible: Earth has not one but two inner cores. ›19:56 6 Jan, Tue
Police: Woman in wheelchair flees on foot: Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. ›23:22 5 Jan, Mon
Twins born on separate days, months, years: They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. ›22:58 2 Jan, Fri
Certificate says seizure killed Jett Travolta: An official with a Bahamian funeral home says Jett Travoltas death certificate says he was killed by a seizure. ›22:51 5 Jan, Mon
Flood-control dams eyed for energy: America's search for cleaner electricity has developers studying dozens of government flood-control dams to see if it makes financial sense to retrofit them with hydroelectric turbines. ›17:28 31 Dec, Wed
Death of Travoltas son raises medical queries: Millions of children and adults have seizures in the U.S., but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta ›23:47 6 Jan, Tue
Nicaragua turns to wind power: Energy-starved Nicaragua is turning to wind as it tries to reduce its dependence on oil-based power. ›22:15 1 Jan, Thu
WHO confirms 3 Ebola deaths in Congo: The World Health Organization confirmed the Ebola virus had killed three people in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said more deaths were being investigated. ›23:02 2 Jan, Fri
AdBlog: Wake us when its over: Ads of the Weird: Sprint tries to bore you into buying their service. ›23:46 5 Jan, Mon
Fashion forward: Style trends for 09: What's old, what's new, what's right for you? From fancy pants to bold costume baubles, get a preview of the hot looks for this year from Today Style editor Bobbie Thomas. ›14:33 2 Jan, Fri
L.A. water cops get muscle to fight drought: The green thumbs who keep lawns lush and flora flourishing in Los Angeles have found a new foe among the aphids, white flies and other yard pests the water police. ›22:47 6 Jan, Tue
Joy's LIFE Diet Challenge: Jan. 5: Two teams face off in a month-long battle of the bulge. Find out how you can play along at home. ›12:43 5 Jan, Mon
Report: China faces wave of unrest: China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from an economic downturn. ›13:03 6 Jan, Tue
Gladiators to fight again at Romes Colosseum: Gladiators are to return to Rome's most famous fight arena almost 2,000 years after their bloody sport last entertained Roman crowds, local authorities announced. ›18:04 6 Jan, Tue
Apple's Steve Jobs' condition a 'puzzle': Reports that a hormone imbalance may be responsible for Apple chief executive Steve Jobs recent weight loss do little to quell concerns about the pancreatic cancer survivors health, endocrinologists said. ›21:13 5 Jan, Mon