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
GE lowers its sights on fourth-quarter profits: General Electric Co. says it expects fourth quarter earnings to be near the low end of its previous guidance. ›16:16
Newsweek: Why we need better batteries: ›07:52 26 Nov, Wed
Nokia unveils N97 touch screen phone: Nokia Oyj, the world's largest mobile phone maker, unveiled its flagship N97 model smartphone on Tuesday, which drew a lukewarm response from analysts. ›15:33
Second death sentence for 'Chemical Ali': A court sentenced Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," to death Tuesday after convicting him of crimes against humanity while crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in Iraq. ›12:12
China: 6 babies likely 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. ›18:38
Week-old conjoined twins undergo separation: A spokeswoman for a British children's hospital says an operation is under way to separate conjoined twins. ›18:59
Depression in elderly tied to heart disease: Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat that can lead to diabetes and heart disease, a disturbing new study found. ›21:05 1 Dec, Mon
After 55 days, contest ends for 2 living in truck: A radio station had to make two contestants an offer they couldn't refuse in order to get them to quit a game to win a new car. ›23:32 28 Nov, Fri
$1 billion network for green cars vowed: A $1 billion network of electric car recharging stations will dot San Francisco Bay area highways under a plan unveiled Thursday. ›22:55 20 Nov, Thu
Carbon monoxide kills 11 girls at China school: Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China's Shaanxi province, an education official said Tuesday evening. The girls had reportedly lit a fire to keep warm. ›10:22
Cell phones more distracting than passengers: Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. ›15:46 1 Dec, Mon
Feds ignored clear meltdown warnings: The Bush administration ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents. ›22:43 1 Dec, Mon
GM CEO heading to Capitol by way of Malibu: This time, GM Chief Rick Wagoner will drive a company car to Washington instead of flying by corporate jet as he seeks a government bailout, a spokesman says. ›19:30
Iraqi women seek freedom of roads again: With the sharp drop in violence in Iraq this year, women are venturing onto the roads. They are gingerly reclaiming freedoms denied by the Islamic extremists since the 2003 U.S. invasion. ›05:57
Your brooding teen: Just moody or mentally ill?: The teen years are a critical period of development when mental illnesses can emerge and progress untreated, in part because they are perceived as typical adolescent behavior. ›13:25
Man: God ordered me to ram vehicle: A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road." ›02:06
Bush faces historic pardon choice: Anticipation is growing over possible pardons by President Bush. Conservative columnist William Kristol argues that the president should consider pardoning everyone who served in good faith in the war on terror." ›13:10
Activists blast U.S. at climate talks: Environmentalists criticized the United States and other rich countries Tuesday for failing so far to make meaningful commitments at a U.N. conference on climate change. ›17:26
AdBlog: JCPenney gets in the doghouse: ›12:14
More Nixon tapes, records being made public: The government is opening another window into Richard Nixon's shattered presidency. ›14:54