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Key U.S. lawmakers have reached a framework plan to identify pension plans at risk of default as part of new funding rules in a broad pension reform bill, a Republican senator in charge of the negotiations said on Tuesday. "I think there'
Microsoft Corp.'s latest instant messaging program is ready for prime time. Windows Live Messenger, which had been available in test form, will officially launch Tuesday. The free program is an upgrade to MSN Messenger, the previous nam
It's one of the greatest challenges for robotics engineers: Building a machine that actually walks like one of us. So far, most attempts have come off as, well, robotic. Scientists in the field of biologically inspired design are looking at na
As the Senate takes up the first overhaul of the nation's telecommunications laws in a decade, this week's debate will pitch one of the most unlikely lineups in recent political history against an entrenched industry lobby.
In a Space Age version of fighting fire with fire, French scientists have suggested using one asteroid to destroy another rather than letting Earth get pummeled. The offbeat plan is intentionally incomplete and would allow the planet to be showere
Mayor John Fabrizi admitted he had abused cocaine while in office and said he wanted to apologize "to all the people of the city" but had no plans to resign. Fabrizi took office after former Mayor Joseph Ganim was convicted of corruption in
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist declared that "surrendering is not a solution" in Iraq as Democrats embraced a proposal to start troop withdrawals this year, setting up an election-year showdown in the GOP-controlled Senate. "We c
[Why do either?] I read with interest the article about members of the House of Representatives and Senate accepting their "automatic" pay hike. The minimum wage has not been raised since 1996, when Congress last passed legislation raising
A U.S. jury convicted a former Bush administration official of 4 counts of lying and obstructing justice in the first trial to be held in connection with the influence peddling scandal of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The jury found David Safavian -- a fo
The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. [Don't fly.]
Numerous federal and local law enforcement agencies have bypassed subpoenas and warrants designed to protect civil liberties and gathered Americans' personal telephone records from private-sector data brokers.
A niche social networking site MOG.com launched with the aim of hooking up people based on their taste in music -- a sort of Myspace.com for music junkies. The free site, started by former MTV marketing executive with $1.4 million from private invest
Robotics has captured the minds and imagination of those inside and outside the technology market, but as a market unto itself, robotics can barely get its act together. Microsoft announced a set of development tools to help this market.
Opera Software today will use Seattle as the venue for the launch of the next version of its desktop browser and a marketing campaign to lure more users, according to blogs that track the company's moves.
Veteran broadcast journalist Dan Rather has left CBS News in a bitter departure clouded by a reporting scandal over President George W. Bush's military record, ending 44 years as reporter, anchor and face of the network. [What's the frequency
Bush: "Consistent with our common values, we will ensure that measures taken to combat terrorism comply fully with our international obligations, including human rights law, refugee law and international humanitarian law.
Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told Mexico's business sector he was not an enemy as he tried to calm nerves ahead of a July 2 presidential election that is balanced on a knife edge. [He only wants to confiscate their property.]
Uneasy at election victories by leftists in Latin America, the United States may soon feel the region's wave of change lapping up against its southern border if a former indigenous welfare officer wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2
NASA's top safety official objected to the agency's decision to press ahead with the launch of Discovery next month without fixing a potentially catastrophic foam-shedding problem, but said he won't appeal and won't resign in protest
In a defeat for President Bush, Republican congressional leaders said that broad immigration legislation is all but doomed for the year, a victim of election-year concerns in the House and conservatives' implacable opposition to citizenship for m
The bodies of 2 missing soldiers were recovered from an area it said was rigged with explosives. An Iraqi official said the Americans were tortured and killed in a "barbaric" way. Claimed the new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq executed the m
The Bush administration is weighing responses to a possible North Korean missile test that include attempting to shoot it down in flight over the Pacific, defense officials told The Associated Press. [Like you could.]
The urgent needs created by three major natural disasters - the tsunami in Asia, earthquake in Pakistan and hurricanes Rita, Katrina and Wilma - drove American philanthropy to its highest level (Imagine that, under no coercion, people actually give t
Three U.S. soldiers were charged with premeditated murder after being accused of shooting three detainees north of Baghdad on May 9 and then threatening to kill a fellow soldier if he told the truth about the incident, the U.S. military said.
President Bush told Iran on Monday that nations worldwide won't back down from their demand that Tehran suspend uranium enrichment. "Iran's leaders have a clear choice. We hope they will accept our offer and voluntarily suspend these
Acting at the mayor's request, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she would send National Guard troops and state police to patrol the streets of New Orleans after a bloody weekend in which six people were killed. "The situation is urgent,**
Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that aggressive U.S. action is responsible for preventing new terror attacks since the Sept. 11 strikes. "Nobody can promise that we won't be hit," Cheney said. But he credited a determined offe
The Supreme Court ruled that the government can block development on hundreds of millions of acres of wetlands, even on land miles away from waterways, as long as regulators prove a significant connection to the waterways. Chief Justice John Rober
IBM has built a transistor that runs about 100 times faster than current chips, a development that could pave the way for ultra-fast computers and wireless networks. "We're nowhere near having tapped the limits of silicon performance,
Antarctic waters hover just above freezing, but that doesn't stop fish from prospering in the chilly depths. The resilient fish—known as Antarctic notothenioids—keep from freezing solid thanks to a special "antifreeze protein" t
