China: PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter: Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory. ›14:44 2 Jul, Thu
524,000 apply for Jackson memorial tickets: More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday. ›10:34
Johnny comes marching home to no job: National Guardsmen are coming home from Iraq to face a new enemy a swooning economy that has landed like a KOd heavyweight on the canvas of their home towns. ›11:55 3 Jul, Fri
Gary Coleman's wife arrested in Utah: Police say the wife of actor Gary Coleman was booked into jail after an argument at the couple's Utah County home. ›21:48 2 Jul, Thu
'Dire' report on Earth's biodiversity: Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline threatening almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a conservation watchdog warns. ›00:15 2 Jul, Thu
Mystery surrounds missing star Cuban pitcher: Chapman is considered to be No. 1 left-handed prospect in world ›00:58
Funeral for Billy Mays draws hundreds: Television product pitchman Billy Mays is remembered as a pop culture icon at his funeral near Pittsburgh. ›17:58 3 Jul, Fri
Newsweek:Chemicals in fireworks dangerous?: This Saturday, Americans all across the country will look to the skies to witness fireworks. But what goes up must come down, and some researchers think that what drifts back to earth after the spectacle subsides could negatively affect both our bodies and our ecosystem. ›16:58 2 Jul, Thu
Myanmar denies request to see Suu Kyi: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Myanmar's top military ruler Friday but failed to win any concessions or to get permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. ›21:18 3 Jul, Fri
Jacksons ex Rowe says, I want my children: Debbie Rowe wants custody of the two children she had with Michael Jackson and said she was willing to submit to any testing, including DNA, to prove that she is the children's true biological mother. ›22:22 2 Jul, Thu
White House not appealing transgender ruling: The Obama administration is not fighting a nearly $500,000 judgment for a Library of Congress hiree who lost the job while undergoing a gender change from a man to a woman. ›17:33 1 Jul, Wed
Honduras says won't restore president: Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. ›03:14
2 GIs die in bombing, gunfight at Afghan base: Militants blew up a vehicle outside the gates of a U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, sparking a two-hour gunbattle, officials said. Two American troops were killed and four others injured. ›09:49
Scientists explain Martian soil surprises: In a fresh set of research papers, scientists add perspective to the Phoenix Mars Lander's findings about Martian water and soil. ›20:10 2 Jul, Thu
Marshals seize Madoffs $7 million penthouse: The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse, an action that forced his wife to move elsewhere. ›23:34 2 Jul, Thu
Ancient mosaic comes out of hiding in Israel: Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago. ›19:14 1 Jul, Wed
Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list: The federal government on Monday agreed to put gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region back on the endangered species list at least temporarily. ›13:49 30 Jun, Tue
Bush-era logging rule overturned: A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests. ›15:12 1 Jul, Wed
Video shows police chief, cop kissing: The police chief of an Ohio town has retired after a video became public showing him and a female officer kissing and caressing in the front of a police cruiser while a prisoner was in the back seat. ›22:19 2 Jul, Thu
Cosmic Log: New moon vistas revealed: Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The first images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter provide a fresh perspective on the moon, just weeks before the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing. ›17:21 2 Jul, Thu
Newsweek: 'Cash for clunkers' has limits: True, the new program offers to pay $3,500 or $4,500 for old, gas-guzzling cars and trucks, but while the government's plan may benefit some buyers, it's not for everyone. Embedded in the fine print are rules that will disqualify a large segment of drivers. ›20:47 30 Jun, Tue