Childhood sleep terrors inherited, study finds: Night terrors, which send children into sudden inconsolable screaming, are at least partially inherited, according to a study published on Monday. ›17:26 1 Dec, Mon
Planet found orbiting puffed-up star: A planet outside of the solar system has been discovered orbiting a dying, puffed-up star called a red giant. ›19:14 1 Dec, Mon
Airliner lands with shattered windshield: An airliner with a shattered windshield has landed safely at Kansas City's airport. ›16:31
Lots of TV and Web harms children's health: Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, researchers said on Tuesday. ›14:00
Bush, first lady mark World AIDS Day: President Bush says his presidential initiative has already met its goal of treating two million people with the deadly AIDS disease in sub-Saharan Africa. ›15:53 1 Dec, Mon
N.M. baby dies from illness tied to formula: The New Mexico Health Department says a baby has died and another has been hospitalized due to a rare infection. ›19:04 1 Dec, Mon
TV listings:
For the Record, Britney reveals very little: "No topic was off limits. No question went unanswered." That's what we were told at the beginning of the MTV documentary "Britney: For the Record." But Britney's answers to those questions provide very little insight about her life, her decision-making, or her mistakes. ›13:46 1 Dec, Mon
Red Tape: eBay users say holiday giveaway hacked: eBay users are complaining that a holiday contest offered by the auction Web site has been over-run by Scrooge-like computer hackers, and that eBays poor design for contest is to blame. ›15:43
Did Iceman munch on moss?: A new study of the well-known "Iceman" mummy finds that he ate moss, though perhaps not on purpose. ›19:40 1 Dec, Mon
British Airways in merger talks with Qantas: British Airways PLC said Tuesday it is in talks with Australias Qantas Airways Ltd. about a potential merger. ›16:43
Earthlings, space beer has splashed down: Space beer, the result of a five-month mission to boldly grow, where almost no one has grown barley before, has landed in Japan. ›16:12
New hope on AIDS in Africa: In a sign of hope on a continent ravaged by AIDS, a South African fertility clinic has started a service allowing couples infected with the virus to have a healthy baby. ›12:20 1 Dec, Mon
China: 6 babies may have died from toxic milk: Chinas Health Ministry says six babies may have died from tainted milk, up from a previous official figure of three deaths. ›01:09
Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings: Britney gets her Bambi, Cruise and Beckham do Broadway, Oprah plants a tree and more. ›12:57
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? YouTube: Borrowing from "American Idol," the online video site announced plans Monday for a YouTube Symphony Orchestra, featuring a collaboration of wannabe musicians with Carnegie Hall, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, composer Tan Dun and others. ›22:13 1 Dec, Mon
Volkswagen Baja Race: Paris to Ensenada: Volkswagen and its Touareg 2 head to Mexico for the Baja 500. ›07:00 16 Oct, Tue
JPMorgan cutting 9,200 jobs at failed thrift: JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Monday it will cut a total of 9,200 jobs at its Washington Mutual unit, which it acquired Sept. 25 after the giant thrift failed. ›22:56 1 Dec, Mon
No Joke! Ledgers role is Oscar-worthy: Nomination, or win, for turn in Dark Knight more than mere sentimentality ›14:13 1 Dec, Mon
On the Mark: Plaxico's a joke, guns aren't: Plaxico Burress' close call is good for a joke, but Mark Kriegel says athletes' infatuation with firearms is dead serious. ›16:35
Key to HIV shot may be bodys initial reaction: The body's initial response to contracting HIV could provide the answers scientists need to develop a vaccine for the AIDS-causing virus, a Nobel-winning expert said on Monday. ›19:34 1 Dec, Mon