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Technology Review: 2007 Ford Expedition: Ford's full-size SUV is big on conveniences and standard features. ›07:00 19 Oct, Fri
Premium tuna fetches $100,000 at auction: Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, several times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said. ›13:26 5 Jan, Mon
Volkswagen Baja Race: Paris to Ensenada: Volkswagen and its Touareg 2 head to Mexico for the Baja 500. ›07:00 16 Oct, 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
Study: Hawaii's pygmy killer whales stay close: A new study of pygmy killer whales one of the least understood marine mammal species shows that those living off Hawaii tend to stay close to the islands and don't swim out to the open ocean. ›15:25 2 Jan, Fri
Bush to create huge marine sanctuaries: President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate three remote Pacific island areas as national monuments that together will make up the largest marine conservation effort in history. ›23:57 5 Jan, Mon
Taliban claim 5,220 foreign troops killed: The Taliban has long exaggerated its military successes, but its figures for 2008 may be the militia's most startling claims yet. ›14:00 5 Jan, Mon
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad inaugurated: The United States opened its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government. ›13:09 5 Jan, Mon
Greek cop wounded in shooting: Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a policeman in Athens on Monday, the second such attack since police shot dead a teenager last month prompting Greece's worst riots in decades. ›20:27 5 Jan, Mon
Man, a killer at 11, sentenced in drug case: A man who spent his adolescent years in state custody for a slaying he committed at age 11 was sentenced Monday to four to 20 years in prison on a drug conviction. ›22:38 5 Jan, Mon
Europe stocks mixed amid Asia gains: European stock markets were mixed Monday despite hefty gains earlier in Asia as traders took profits on gains built up over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. ›13:07 5 Jan, Mon
Calif. sues to block Bush species rules: California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists. ›21:40 30 Dec, Tue
Navy, environmentalists settle sonar lawsuit: The Navy has settled a lawsuit filed by environmentalists challenging its use of sonar in hundreds of submarine-hunting exercises around the world. ›12:47 28 Dec, Sun
Rare pink iguana evaded Darwin: When English naturalist Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s, he, and countless scientists since, overlooked a hefty pink iguana. ›00:31
U.S. tourist stabbed in Rome, in critical condition: An American tourist from California is in serious condition in a Rome hospital after being stabbed outside a bar in downtown Rome. ›12:41 5 Jan, Mon
Newsweek: What would Apple be without Jobs?: The larger issue around Jobs' health, and the one that Apple is failing to address in any meaningful way, is the question of succession at Apple. Jobs says only that he will remain in charge for the time being. Who is his heir apparent? No one knows. ›23:41 5 Jan, Mon
Human hair makes good fertilizer: All those snipped locks that are swept up after your haircut could be turned into crop fertilizer, researchers now say. ›21:37 5 Jan, Mon
Obama arrives in D.C. in style: With a brief glance out his car window, President-elect Barack Obama bid a brief hello last night to the town he will now call home and to his new neighbors. ›10:36 5 Jan, Mon
New reptiles found in Tanzania's forests: Seventeen previously unknown species of reptiles and amphibians have been found in the threatened rainforests of eastern Tanzania, Italian and Tanzanian scientists reported on Monday. ›16:33 5 Jan, Mon
Endangered right whales reveal key secret: Scientists think they have identified a new wintering area and a possible breeding ground in the Gulf of Maine for the endangered North Atlantic right whale. ›18:33 31 Dec, Wed
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
Contractor indicted in N.Y. crane collapse: The contractor that raised the crane that toppled in midtown Manhattan last year and killed seven people was charged Monday with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. ›22:35 5 Jan, Mon
Cops probing sewer problem sniff out pot operation: Deputies investigating a sewer problem at a Minnesota home smelled something amiss a strong odor of marijuana. ›00:10
China targets Google in crackdown on porn: China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google. ›01:46
