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Signature drinks from around the world: For the adventurous who would like to try signature drinks in their international destinations of origin, heres a list of top favorites. Cheers! ›15:44 10 Oct, Fri
Experts: Half of mammals in decline: One in two mammal species on Earth are in decline and at least one in four are at risk of disappearing, according to a survey released Monday. ›15:14 6 Oct, Mon
China implements dairy industry reforms: Alarmed by the growing public outcry and international recalls over its tainted dairy products, Chinas government pledged this week to overhaul the troubled industry by monitoring every link in the supply chain that brings milk from farms to family kitchens. ›19:50 9 Oct, Thu
Study: Arctic stormier as Earth warms: The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds. ›19:13 7 Oct, Tue
Two Cuban soccer players missing in DC: 'You cant handcuff them to their rooms'; Team play U.S. in World Cup qualifier ›23:44 10 Oct, Fri
Environmental damage heavy after Ike: Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. ›16:29 5 Oct, Sun
Mission to monitor ocean's climate control: Australian scientists set sail later this week on a voyage that could lead to better data from the Southern Ocean, which plays a major role in acting as a brake on climate change. ›16:07 1 Oct, Wed
U.S., India sign nuclear deal: The U.S. and India signed an accord Friday that allows American businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India, reversing a three-decade ban on atomic trade with the nuclear-armed power. ›22:48 10 Oct, Fri
Judge sentences rap fan to Beethoven: A defendant had a hard time facing the music. ›15:08 9 Oct, Thu
Creation Museum draws big crowds: The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-the-art planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah's Ark, all intended to explain the origins of the universe from a biblical viewpoint. ›18:01 10 Oct, Fri
Cows may hold secret for efficient ethanol: Researchers attempting to make the production of corn-based ethanol more efficient may not have needed to leave the farm. ›22:24 6 Oct, Mon
Canseco detained at U.S. border with fertility drug: Drug helps restore production of testosterone lost in steroid users ›02:50
Odd to perverse the worlds strangest museums: Bunnies, bad art, and Burt Reynoldsthe worlds strangest museums showcase some of the worlds quirkiest passions. ›15:38 10 Oct, Fri
Greenspan pegs housing recovery to early 2009: Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. housing market will begin to recover in the first half of 2009, according to an article he wrote for Emerging Markets magazine published on Friday. ›17:06 10 Oct, Fri
Experts: 'Losing battle' to save Everglades: A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls and red tape, according to a congressionally mandated report. ›20:21 29 Sep, Mon
Study: Urban bears arefatter, die earlier: Urban black bears are much heavier and more likely to die violent deaths than their wilder peers, a new study found. And if female, they're more likely to get pregnant at a younger age. ›20:58 30 Sep, Tue
U.S. acts to protect 48 Hawaiian species: The federal government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species that live only on Kauai. ›19:08 1 Oct, Wed
Oil prices plummet to 13-month low: The stunning collapse in oil markets accelerated, sending a barrel of crude plunging below $78 as investors grow more pessimistic about resolving the global economic crisis. ›21:06 10 Oct, Fri
Woman is shot in the leg by her stove: A woman said she was shot in the leg by her stove. Cory Davis told the Peninsula Daily News she had just stoked her cast-iron heating stove Sunday when she heard a loud bang and was struck in her left calf. ›22:33 8 Oct, Wed
After scandal, China tightens dairy regulations: Chinas State Council tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry Friday, as authorities in Macau and Hong Kong reported several children had kidney stones blamed on Chinese tainted milk. ›18:16 10 Oct, Fri
Are 'microplastics' marine pollutants?: Tiny plastic particles called "microplastics" and which concentrate pollutants might be ingestible by the ocean's tiny denizens and then move up the food chain. ›20:04 2 Oct, Thu
Family finds big snake under hood of car: Animal authorities in western Ohio have a possible sequel to "Snakes on a Plane": a case of a snake in a car. ›21:08 8 Oct, Wed
Canada faces suit over killer whales: Environmentalists are taking the Canadian government to court, demanding it use the country's Species at Risk Act to protect killer whales off British Columbia. ›01:18 9 Oct, Thu
Ethics report: Palin abused authority: Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. ›05:18
