Top headlines:
Best PlayStation 3 games of 2008: PlayStation 3 has advanced technology in spades but has been hit and miss with great games to show it all off. This is the year the PS3 hit its stride. ›02:28 19 Nov, Wed
Septic tanks make Malibu special, smelly: Malibu, which has long relied on septic tanks over sewer pipes as a way to limit development, may soon be forced to acquiesce. ›21:24 19 Nov, Wed
Pistons are less physical, but more slick: and it ain't bad, Charley Rosen says. ›05:46
Ariz. Gov. Napolitano is pick for DHS: An early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, the former Arizona attorney general is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security. ›13:51
New penguin found, 500 years after extinction: Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. ›14:32 19 Nov, Wed
Brown clouds threaten world food supply: Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threaten health and food supplies in the world, the U.N. reports. ›21:46 13 Nov, Thu
NFL reinstates Adam 'Pacman' Jones: The NFL is giving Adam "Pacman" Jones another chance.Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday the suspended cornerback has been reinstated by league commissioner Roger Goodell, but will not play this Sunday or the following game on Thanksgiving. That would peg his return for Dec. 7 at Pittsburgh.Jerry Jones said Adam Jones could return to practice Monday. ›01:56
Pakistan summons U.S. envoy: Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador Thursday to protest a suspected U.S. missile strike deep inside its territory as militants threatened revenge attacks unless the cross-border raids stop. ›11:52
Man in wheelchair allegedly hides cash in leg: Authorities on Florida's east coast have arrested a man in a wheelchair who they say robbed a credit union on Merritt Island and hid the money in his prosthetic leg. ›02:44 18 Nov, Tue
James Van Der Beek returns to the creek: Five years after his star-making turn as the center of Dawsons Creek came to an end, Van Der Beek is back on one of Wilmingtons sound stages for a guest appearance on the CWs teen drama One Tree Hill. ›19:44 19 Nov, Wed
A real-life Star Trek deflector shield: In "Star Trek," a deflector shield surrounded the Starship Enterprise, and radiation bounced off it. Now tests show it's possible to create a real deflector shield that would have the same effect. ›00:37
Times Square getting its first 'green' billboard: This winter, New Year's Eve revelers will have a close-up view of Times Square's first environmentally friendly billboard powered entirely by wind and sun. ›01:00 16 Nov, Sun
Woman pleads no contest in corpse case: A member of a religious sect pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor after being accused of leaving another member's corpse in her bathroom so the group could collect her Social Security checks. ›21:19 17 Nov, Mon
Our ancestors had floppy, flexible gibbon feet: Our ape-like ancestors might have walked like todays gibbons, whose super bendy feet give them a floppy strut. ›17:57 19 Nov, Wed
Did attacker use a club sandwich?: A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. ›02:42 19 Nov, Wed
Huckabee won't rule out 2012 run: Mike Huckabee wouldn't rule out a 2012 run for president Wednesday, but he acknowledged it could be hard to take back the spotlight from fellow Republican Sarah Palin. ›20:37 19 Nov, Wed
Governors plan fight on global warming: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders from four other countries signed a declaration Wednesday pledging to work together to combat global warming. ›12:54
Baldwin not pleased with Afflecks impression: Hes terrible! Hes terrible! Can we say that? Baldwin said. It was Regis Baldwin. It was my brother Regis. ›01:19
Hand model sues over snipped finger: A hand model, magician and actor blames a Martha Stewart-branded lounge chair for snipping off a bit of his livelihood. ›00:24 18 Nov, Tue
Hark! Colbert sings in new Christmas special: The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots. ›22:34 19 Nov, Wed
NBC: Daschle to be Obama's HHS secretary: The former Senate majority leader has been a close adviser to the president-elect throughout the campaign for the White House and recently wrote a book proposing health care improvements. ›05:03
Gday! Hugh Jackman is new Sexiest Man Alive: Hugh Jackman, People's 2008 Sexiest Man Alive, is a romantic in a hard body who leaves women saying "Oh ... my ... God." ›13:07 19 Nov, Wed
Suri Cruise tops list of hot Hollywood tots: Suri Cruise, the 2-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, tops Forbes.coms second annual list of Hollywoods 10 Hottest Tots. ›17:11 19 Nov, Wed
Cosmic Log: Interplanetary Internet passes test: Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: After a decade of tinkering, NASA has successfully conducted the first deep-space test of a protocol designed to accommodate an interplanetary Internet. ›08:06 19 Nov, Wed
