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More nests is good news for loggerheads: Rare loggerhead sea turtles are having a record nesting season on the Georgia coast and have been laying eggs in promising numbers on southern Atlantic beaches from Florida to the Carolinas. ›20:20 15 Aug, Fri
Americans visiting Britain down sharply: The number of American tourists visiting Britain dropped by 120,000 in a year, British government figures showed, amid a general slowdown in the U.S. economy and a weaker dollar. ›18:51 19 Aug, Tue
Christina Applegate had double mastectomy: 36-year-old actress elects surgery after testing positive for gene linked to cancer. ›13:25 19 Aug, Tue
Citing land deal, judge kills Everglades reservoir: The proposed purchase of U.S. Sugar farmland holds such great promise for restoring the Everglades that it would be a mistake to order work to resume on a controversial reservoir, a judge has ruled. ›21:22 14 Aug, Thu
Beyond the boardwalk: Atlantic City reborn: Atlantic Citys losing streak may be over. With the help of billions of investment dollars, this seaside city is being reborn. ›19:51 19 Aug, Tue
2 get labor over China protest bid: Chinese authorities have ordered two women to spend one year in a labor camp after they applied to hold a protest during the Olympics against being forced from their homes, a relative said Wednesday. ›08:11
Orbitz adds vacation rentals to online offerings: Travelers booking their vacations on Orbitz.com now have the option to rent a private home or condominium for their trips rather than a hotel room, online travel agency Orbitz Worldwide Inc. said Tuesday. ›18:31 19 Aug, Tue
Fonz statue gets two thumbs up in Milwaukee: Theyre giving two thumbs up to the bronze Fonz in Milwaukee. Dozens of people lining the Milwaukee River downtown cheered as a bronze statue of the Happy Days character was unveiled Tuesday. ›20:09 19 Aug, Tue
Sax player in Dave Matthews Band has died: LeRoi Moore, sax player and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, has died at age 46. He was seriously injured in an ATV accident in June. ›16:29
Forget swimming ... badminton, anyone?: One writer passes on Michael Phelps to instead delve into five Olympic sports that rarely make primetime. Does anyone out there really understand track cycling? ›19:56 17 Aug, Sun
American expands in-flight Internet program: American Airlines expanded the availability of in-flight Internet access Wednesday, launching airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. ›14:01
Mayor seeks ugly duckling women: A plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote Australian mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has landed the local mayor in hot water. ›01:59 18 Aug, Mon
Disabled turtle finds romance: Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. ›22:45 18 Aug, Mon
Eclectic mix of contestants for Amazing Race: An ex-NFL player and his estranged wife, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and her actor brother and fraternity brothers are among the 11 two-person teams hurrying for the finish line and the $1 million grand prize on the upcoming season of "The Amazing Race." ›16:45 19 Aug, Tue
School spankings: Minorities get more: A quarter of a million schoolchildren were paddled in 2007 and black children, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share, according to a study. ›04:24
1993 Ark. slayings' case back in court: Nearly 15 years after he was convicted in the killings ofthree boys in Arkansas, one defendant hopes to get a new trial. ›18:14
Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings: Britney gears up for VMAs; Jack Black brings the Thunder, Madonna turns 50. ›11:02 19 Aug, Tue
U.S. assisting displaced Pakistanis: The U.S. has provided emergency assistance to Pakistanis displaced by an army operation against Islamist militants in a northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan, embassy officials said Wednesday. ›15:31
More true tales of award-winning weirdness: Honoring knuckleheads, nincompoops and National Aviation Day. ›13:47 19 Aug, Tue
Foreign snail is tiny but destructive: Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. ›20:20 15 Aug, Fri
World Blog: Hangover to follow China's party?: ›05:57
Never wait in line at the museum again: Private VIP museum tours will set you apart from the crowd at some of the world's best and most visited museums. ›15:12
Costly voting machines are tossed out: The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Thousands of voting machines that have been shelved due to concerns about accuracy and security. ›22:42 19 Aug, Tue
Mexico church assailed for maligning miniskirt: The Roman Catholic Church warned women that if they wear skimpy clothing, they could provoke sexual violence. But the warning provoked outrage from women's rights advocates. ›21:44 19 Aug, Tue
