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2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Cars Makers Should Greenlight: The concept cars that we think should become production models. ›07:00 31 Oct, Wed
Environmentalists can't corral Palin: Before she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species. ›21:58 4 Sep, Thu
Newsweek: Identifying victims of Franco's Spain: For the first time, Spanish authorities are investigating the unmarked mass graves that hold tens of thousands of Francisco Franco's victims. ›22:25 5 Sep, Fri
Canada's PM to call Oct. 14 election: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper plans to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call early elections in hopes of strengthening his minority government's hold on power. ›22:49 5 Sep, Fri
Slitherin' stick shifts! That's a snake!: Think rush hour is bad enough? What if a three-foot python were part of the drive home? ›20:53 5 Sep, Fri
Medvedev: Russia must 'be reckoned with': President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday the war with Georgia has shown the world that "Russia is a nation to be reckoned with" his most aggressive comments to date on the conflict with Russia's southern neighbor. ›11:53
U2 pushes release of new album to early 2009: Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material. ›14:54 5 Sep, Fri
Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level: More ominous signs have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes. ›21:55 27 Aug, Wed
Bangkok Dangerous? More like tedious: Neither Nicolas Cage nor his frighteningly awful hair-do arouses much excitement in this clichd crime thriller ›21:45 5 Sep, Fri
Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm: Investigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away. ›14:07 5 Sep, Fri
Stinkweed tested as future biofuel: Some farmers have agreed to grow the hardy weed called field pennycress a.k.a. stinkweed to help test a potential new source of fuel for the booming biodiesel market. ›14:58 5 Sep, Fri
Jonas Brothers set to rock new TV series: The Jonas Brothers will begin filming a new Disney Channel series in mid-September, Joe Jonas told ELLEgirl magazine. ›16:15 5 Sep, Fri
Hundreds of oiled penguins die off Brazil: More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for the source of the oil. ›20:51 29 Aug, Fri
Karma? Bug eviction ends with blazing temple: A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornets' nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground, police said Thursday. ›11:55 4 Sep, Thu
Raft made of plastic bottles crosses Pacific: Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of ocean debris finally stepped onto dry land. ›14:54 28 Aug, Thu
Technology Review: 2007 Ford Expedition: Ford's full-size SUV is big on conveniences and standard features. ›07:00 19 Oct, Fri
Fall Movies: Seth Rogen, Diane Lane find love: Whether you take your romance with tears or laughs, fall offers up some interesting couplings. ›18:34 27 Aug, Wed
U.K. army to reconsider bearskin hats: After meeting with animal rights activists, the British military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace. ›12:22 3 Sep, Wed
Using stolen card? Sign somebody else's name: Iowa City police say they didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card he signed his own name to the receipts. ›03:02 4 Sep, Thu
More than 40 million tune in to Palins speech: More than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to hear vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin introduce herself to voters. ›20:38 4 Sep, Thu
Landslide hits Cairo shanty town, kills 31: Thirty-one people were killed and 23 injured when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, sending rocks and boulders crashing down on dozens of houses, security and medical sources said. ›14:36
Boy doles out fake $20 bills at school: Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was handing out hundreds of dollars in fake $20 bills at an Ocala elementary school. School officials reported the boy to police on Tuesday. ›22:13 4 Sep, Thu
More watched RNC than DNC on TV: In terms of drawing a television audience, John McCain and Barack Obama are in a virtual dead heat. And for a change, political speeches were an even bigger draw than "American Idol's" finale, the Academy Awards, or the Olympics opening ceremonies. ›21:10 5 Sep, Fri
Hugging lion video inspires movie: Sony Pictures aims to bring the story of "Christian the Lion" and two men who bought him from a London department store to the big screen after millions viewed video of their reunion on YouTube. ›09:02 5 Sep, Fri
