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  1. A helicopter heads towards collapsed buildings in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, in Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)
    School collapses in focus as China buries quake dead Reuters - 13 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.8

    MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000.

  2. Customers use computers inside an internet cafe in Changzhi, Shanxi province April 25, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)
    Woman indicted in MySpace hoax suicide Reuters - Thu May 15, 8:07 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of pretending to be a love-struck teenage boy on MySpace and driving a 13-year-old girl to suicide with cruel messages was indicted on Thursday on federal charges.

  3. TV drug ads may have to zoom in on side effects AP - Thu May 15, 2:12 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    WASHINGTON - Would consumers get the same warm, fuzzy message from a drug advertisement that promised to lift their mood if it also urged them to report side effects like suicidal thoughts and diarrhea?

  4. Tips on getting vitamin D for cancer prevention AP - Thu May 15, 9:01 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    Evidence is growing that vitamin D, which the skin makes from sunshine, is linked to lower risk of breast cancer and other cancers. But that doesn't mean it's good to get a golden tan — and certainly not a sunburn.

  5. 9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach AP - Thu May 15, 3:52 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    ATHENS, Greece - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.

  6. A diagram shows a comparison of the sizes and strangely elliptical shapes of the orbits of the pulsar J1903+0327 and its apparently Sun-like companion star with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. The sizes of the Sun and the possible companion star have been exaggerated by a factor of about 10, while that of the Earth has been exaggerated by a factor of about 1,000. The pulsar, with its magnetic field and beams of radiation, is too large by a factor of about 100,000. (Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF/Handout/Reuters)
    Astronomers baffled by weird, fast-spinning pulsar Reuters - Thu May 15, 4:59 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects.

  7. Oil investor T. Boone Pickens speaks during a briefing at the 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, April 29, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    T. Boone Pickens orders 667 GE wind turbines: report Reuters - Thu May 15, 8:05 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - T. Boone Pickens' Mesa Power LLP placed a $2 billion order for 667 wind turbines with General Electric to build the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle, the Dallas Morning News reported Thursday.

  8. Contractors, insurance firms gouging taxpayers, panel says AP - Thu May 15, 2:28 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    WASHINGTON - A poorly run Pentagon program for providing workman's compensation for civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers, a House committee said Thursday.

  9. Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds AP - 26 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.7

    Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found — adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing.

  10. E-mail from VA worker says to avoid PTSD diagnosis AP - Thu May 15, 5:31 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    WASHINGTON - An internal e-mail written by a Veterans Affairs Department employee suggested avoiding a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans and instead considering a diagnosis that might result in a lower disability payment.

  11. Senate votes to roll back media ownership rule AP - Thu May 15, 9:17 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    WASHINGTON - The Senate Thursday night voted to nullify a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows media companies to own a newspaper and a television station in the same market.

  12. In this May 3, 2008 file photo, actor Sylvester Stallone waits for the start of the Oscar De La Hoya and Steve Forbes junior middleweight boxing match in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, file)
    Celebrity cast in Hollywood wiretapping case AP - Thu May 15, 8:58 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    Seven famous faces associated with Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano's racketeering case:

  13. A view of the US Capitol. The US House of Representatives Thursday rejected 163 billion dollars in emergency spending for Iraq and Afghanistan, in a largely symbolic twist in a fierce political battle over war funding.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)
    US House Republicans block war funding bill AFP - Thu May 15, 6:55 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives Thursday rejected 163 billion dollars in emergency spending for Iraq and Afghanistan, in an unexpected but symbolic twist to a fierce political battle over war funding.

  14. People affected by the cyclone Nargis walk past an uprooted tree in Yangon. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes plans to travel to cyclone-hit Myanmar in the next days to persuade its military rulers to open up to foreign aid, the United Nations said Thursday.(AFP/Hla Hla Htay)
    UN humanitarian chief awaits visa for Myanmar mission AFP - Thu May 15, 9:41 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN humanitarian chief John Holmes awaited a visa to travel to Myanmar where he hopes to press the junta to allow in foreign aid to help survivors of the deadly cyclone, the UN said.

  15. An old person suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The US Congress has been urged to increase funding to Alzheimer research and improve understanding of the early-onset form of the disease which strikes adults in their 40s and 50s.(AFP/File/Fred Tanneau)
    Terminal Alzheimer's victim pleads for US research funds AFP - Thu May 15, 5:09 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chuck Jackson has lived his entire life the same way four generations of his family have before him: with a death sentence from Alzheimer's disease hanging over his head.

  16. People over 60 urged to get one-time shingles shot AP - Thu May 15, 8:00 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    ATLANTA - People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the painful rash, U.S. health officials are recommending. There's a 50-50 chance the shot will prevent shingles for those 60 and up, though the odds get worse the older you get. But shingles can be severe for some people, and the government believes it's worth the $160-per-dose cost.

  17. Eight Belles had no diseases, bone abnormalities AP - Thu May 15, 6:34 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eight Belles had no diseases or pre-existing bone abnormalities that caused the filly to break down after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby.

  18. This artist's concept released by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over the red planet. A radar map of the Martian north pole reveals a four-layer ice structure laid down over a period of five million years, on top of sedimentary rocks hundreds of kilometers thick, scientists said Thursday in a report.(AFP/NASA/File)
    Radar map peels back secrets of Martian north pole AFP - Thu May 15, 4:51 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A radar map of the Martian north pole reveals a four-layer ice structure laid down over a period of five million years, on top of sedimentary rocks hundreds of kilometers thick, scientists said Thursday in a report.

  19. Burma's neighbors step in The Christian Science Monitor - Thu May 15, 4:00 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    Myawaddy, Burma - Officers in crisp longyis stare incredulously at a Westerner walking into the police station. One calls for backup from senior government officials.

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