Top headlines:
Panda attacks zoo visitor for third time: For the third time, Gu Gu the panda has attacked someone who climbed into its space, prompting officials at the Beijing Zoo to consider changes to keep visitors away from 240-pound animal. ›17:27
Senator sworn in amid domestic-abuse probe: A former police officer and councilman was sworn in as a new state senator, despite facing charges that he slashed his girlfriend's face with a piece of broken glass in a jealous rage. ›13:45
Report slams Pentagon nuke oversight: A Pentagon advisory group plans to release a report Thursday criticizing the Defense Department for lack of focus on its nuclear mission and recommending more oversight, a senior defense official said. ›02:49
Book links JFK, RFK and King assassinations: "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" links JFKs murder with a bagful of sensational stories, from President Johnson's fear of a Soviet nuclear attack to the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ›13:56
Cosmic Log: Good times in ancient times: Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Ancient peoples could get just as high and indulge in humor just as low as your typical contemporary college crowd. ›23:58 7 Jan, Wed
Partners in love, but not in business: How dangerous is financial imbalance in a relationship? Dr. Gail Saltz advises a man whose fiancee has excluded him from investing in her startup, leaving him to handle all the household expenses. ›22:43 7 Jan, Wed
Neocons Converge Around Giuliani Campaign: ›21:52 6 Oct, Sat
Microsoft's Ballmer: Windows 7 is nearly final: Microsoft Corp.'s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time. ›04:22
Palm changes expected to operating system: Palm, the granddaddy of consumer smartphones, is expected to announce a new operating system and possibly a new device, to help it try to keep up with more popular BlackBerrys and the iPhone. ›14:45
Gross: Banks Claim the Credit Crisis is Over. It's Not.: Banks insist their credit problems are over. Why on earth do investors believe them? ›21:31 9 Oct, Tue
How to deal with a moody man: It's women who have the rep for being the moody sex, but sometimes it's the guys who get grumpy. Cosmopolitan magazine offers the best tactics for dealing with his cranky frame of mind. ›15:28 6 Jan, Tue
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 6 Jan, Tue
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
Bikers strap on fruit to dodge helmet law: Police in Nigeria have arrested scores of motorcycle taxi riders with dried fruit shells, pots or pieces of rubber tire tied to their heads with string to avoid a new law requiring them to wear helmets. ›15:41 7 Jan, Wed
'Hello 911? I'm driving drunk': Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender. ›07:25 3 Jan, Sat
New therapy helps boy with rare disease: A drug used to suppress the immune system in cancer and rheumatoid arthritis has helped extend the life of a Minnesota boy struggling with a rare and deadly form of the genetic disorder Pompe disease. ›16:56
Watch out, Vegas! New York hears wedding bells: With a gleaming marriage bureau makeover, New York City aims to become the new No. 1 place to tie the knot. ›00:56
Mississippi now has highest teen birth rate: Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report. ›13:30 7 Jan, Wed
Drugmakers aim to polish image with ad blitz: The pharmaceutical industry, confronting sluggish growth, low prestige and the prospect of more-aggressive government oversight, is moving on several fronts to burnish its image. ›11:09
Will Knicks Scandal Affect Cablevision?: Jimmy Dolan's sports empire is a humiliation. Does that make him unfit to run Daddy's cable company? ›00:00 15 Oct, Mon
Volkswagen Baja Race: Paris to Ensenada: Volkswagen and its Touareg 2 head to Mexico for the Baja 500. ›07:00 16 Oct, Tue
Thousands flee stubborn Colo. wildfire: More than a hundred firefighters spent the night battling a stubborn, wind-driven wildfire that triggered the evacuations of more than 900 homes as it scorched grasslands near Denver. ›12:31
Lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing: The nation's largest medical lab company says it recently discovered and fixed a problem that led to inaccuracies in a small number of tests for vitamin D deficiency. ›14:09
Al Gore's Nobel Patrol: A vigilant fan of the former veep keeps watch as the Nobel Committee announces its peace prize. ›15:10 12 Oct, Fri
